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People sometimes say that autistic children "seem older" than they are. When I was a kid, I supposedly seemed older than I was. But, the more I think about it, the less I think this is what happened. I didn't seem older, I just seemed...
There has been a lot of excitement about the OmFest idea. If you’d like to attend or contribute, please fill out this form as soon as possible so we can gauge the type of venue we need. It’s truly a testament to how Om lived life to see...
Relief of being somewhere unknownPlace of no pretenseNo face to put onTension giving waySome final sigh dropping expectationInto the slowest, kindest aimless walkEyes panning, absorbingLittle joys
The death of engineering has been greatly exaggerated. You still need to know what you're doing.
Pantone has revised the CIELab values for American Flag Blue. The new values are 49,-39,28.The post Pantone color revision first appeared on the last word.
The Wilderness Years of Doctor Who – sorry, I mean the First Wilderness Years of Doctor Who – were a game of two halves, with the TV movie marking half time. In the first half, the Seventh Doctor enjoyed a continued incumbency, even...
'What Else Is On?' is a collection of things from elsewhere on the web that I want to share. Howdy folks, I've been sick as a dog for two-ish weeks, but I'm BACK, and I've gotten through most of (but not all) the backed-up posts in my...
In 1940, Eleanor Jarman escaped a 199-year prison sentence and vanished. In 2025, researchers think they found her grave in Denver, and her own family went to visit it.
Canvey Island is a low-lying area on the south coast of Essex adjacent to the Thames Estuary. It is separated from the mainland by East Haven Creek and Hadleigh Ray. The name of the island appears to come from the Anglo-Saxon word...
Over the next few weeks you’ll see this poster up around Charlottetown:The poster—for the July 14, 2026 edition of Jack Pine Folk Club—is a reproduction of an original lino reduction print by Lisa, the result of weeks of research,...
Back in the days when a friend and I used to brew beer, we’d buy bottled beer to drink, and save the empties for our home brews. Heineken beer was one of those, but we learned that Heineken bottles were made with fairly thin glass. We...
I couldn’t find a good cover photo of the front cover of Here Where We Live Is Our Country so I took a photo of the library copy I had. The cover illustration is by Molly Crabapple. The accusation of failure isn’t one we should level...
Emily St. John Mandel’s “Sea of Tranquility“ is difficult to review because the less you know about it going in, the more impactful it will be when you read it. Sea of Tranquility cover Like “This is How You Lose the Time War” this book...
If you've visited my blog on more than one occasion this last week or so, you might have noticed a slightly different look — or even a huge change. It's me playing around. Trying different styles and ways to piece things together. Trial...
Delightful cortado to start the day at Youngblood Coffee in Fargo.