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There’s a fan theory that says Gene Hackman was playing the same character in two espionage thrillers, released 24 years apart.Hackman starred as Harry Caul in The Conversation in 1974. Then he played Edward “Brill” Lyle in Enemy of the...
Book title: Brightly Shining Author: Ingvild H. Rishøi Rating: 3.5/5 A short, sad book with beautiful prose.
Unless you’re stuck in an airport like Tom Hanks in that movie, you’re a citizen of somewhere. So pointing out that someone is a citizen is kind of a non-starter. Yes, they are also made of molecules, they are a mammal, what of it? But...
Tia would have turned 16 this year. Another marker that wouldn't come to be. After Tia was lost and born to stillbirth on 31 August 2010, we quickly had a slew of firsts. The first Christmas without her. First mother's day. First...
"Something More Than Free" by Jason Isbell Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that captures the feeling of being proud - Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell It's a working-man's song...
Having lost the Wilson translation of The Odyssey, and wanting to continue reading it (instead of waiting for the SFPL queue on the book to subside — which it may well not for some time to come, and even lengthen! ::chuckle::) I went out...
Classic film fans received a nice surprise this week when Turner Classic Movies announced dates for the 2027 TCM Classic Film Festival.While announcements have been made this early in some years past, more recently TCM has made the...
Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***I remember being on holiday, this week in 1976, merrily hoovering up comics on the streets of Blackpool, in order to import them...
From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 106-1110: No empire in historical times has disappeared as completely as Srivijaya. Yet this vast Nusantarian...
Amidst the worldwide sadness of the passing of the legendary Dolly Parton this week, I got to reminiscing. Many people have great stories about their awesome connection to Dolly Parton. These are not those stories. the banjo lessons I...
The points are fake and the score is made up but we always finish 70% of our sprint and get around 30 points done per person. Hey waitaminute that almost sounds useful 🤨 I've said before that working in a high growth startup is like...
If you do not follow me on social media (X, LinkedIn), you likely have missed the different work I have been up to. So this is a remix of some of that, posted here for folks to follow along. Crime De-Coder Blog On the Crime De-Coder...
Made it into work today despite really not feeling like it. I just didn't sleep amazing and honestly, work doesn't even need me. It isn't very busy, they should just let me go home and get snuggled up and sleep until I'm rested. Then I...
One horse there looks more curious than the rest. A flock of starlings decided it was absolutely vital that they all immediately move 100 metres to the west. This is arguably one of the most “Hveragerði” photos I’ve taken. The river...
Another frame from the test roll of a new-to-me film. I don’t often photograph people but I’m trying to change that. I live and work downtown so there are opportunities to do more street/people photography but it’s far outside my comfort...