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There's a decent chance you haven't heard about the latest Polymarket scandal. For the majority of folks who haven't heard, let me explain. Polymarket is, in my opinion, an industrial addiction machine (along with its kindred conspirator...
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
As I write, I’m sitting in my office in the attic. In summer, this is the hottest place in the house; in winter, the coldest. However, it’s warm enough today that I opened the windows in the bedroom to let the fresh air of summer in and...
I love a beautiful craft-room solution as much as the next person, but not every problem needs a specialty product. Crafting systems do not need to be overly precious to be helpful. Here are three normal-person ideas. Swatch your Inks...
This lot dates back to March of last year, when a group of us had our Christmas breakfast and 'show and tell' a tad late, well, a quarter of a year late! Anyway, while indulging in friendship, good home-cooked food and a bit of...
I am done building my new home-brewed "Steam Machine" (the tower on the right of the TV). I still need to add Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, but they haven't shipped yet. That's an easy fix. In the meantime, I am using an ASUS BT500...
I often reflect on a conversation from years ago with a former Army boss. It’s foundational to how I understand leadership. He said that being a leader means you have to “Genuinely care.”
On Thursday I refused to click on a Substack story claiming to tell me the real reason why nobody’s reading any more. On Friday, I read Shelf Awareness which bears the news “Total net book sales in April in the U.S. rose 4.4%, to $887.7...
Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 28th April 2026 Mexican necrotic death metallers Necroccultus have been powering their way through a pile of underappreciated releases in the underground for over twenty years, and their new record,...
I will now explain why at least 50% of your team finds your current All Hands to be a waste of their time. They believe: This is information they can easily find elsewhere. This is about you, not them. This is boring. Now, I will...
AI will not let you post possibly defamatory material. However it is not possible to defame the dead. AI won’t let you post possibly defamatory images of Jeffrey Epstein. Therefore, AI believes that Epstein is alive.
I had recently reviewed Ken Faig Jr.’s collection Lovecraftian People and Places (2022) from Hippocampus Press. In 2025, he came out with a sequel, More Lovecraftian People and Places. For those not aware, Ken Faig Jr. has been a leading...
The first time I saw a photo of Jeff Bezos in his cowboy hat, back from his eleven-minute joyride past the Kármán line, I thought: this is what happens when a man who could end childhood hunger decides to cosplay as Yosemite Sam instead....
Note: This review, as with all content I write on this site, is my opinion. It does not reflect the opinion of others, including the American Knife and Tool Institute (AKTI), the cutlery trade group that I advise on legal matters. In...
I did not check On This Day in the marmot before writing the preceding post, but back in 2017, I wrote something similar. It's a theme, I guess. On This Day is ephemeral. If you're coming to this post anytime after the 29th of June,...