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I know the walks between terminals at SLC are long, but this is kind of ridiculous.
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me yuri" - Himedanshi Julius Caesar
Back on my bullshit. This guava soda is good, maybe too sweet? But these “New” (new to Japan) Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Guys, these are not “Flamin’ Hot.” They are barely spicy. Also, they’re not even red! So I guess that is “New.”
I posted this to Wordorigins, but I’m still unsatisfied, so I thought I’d see if the Hattery could provide enlightenment: My wife asked me about the phrase “have it in for (someone),” and I realized it is in fact a very weird...
A poem by Caitlin Johnstone They’re designing park benchesso that homeless people can’t sleep on themand placing metal spikes beneath overpassesso they can’t be used as shelter. Jerry Seinfeld says Palestine doesn’t existand that...
Alberto Giacometti, Lacoön, after a statue in the Vatican Museums, 1952, ballpoint pen on paper, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in., collection the Giacometti Foundation, via Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is selling a full-scale bronze cast of the Laocoön made in...
The worst way to end any trip is with airport delays. You just want to be home, and there’s nothing you can do but wait. (Posted from a plane that was supposed to land four hours ago.)
yes, yes, it was a lucky escape when this food waste in bag left late with some trick of space left unexpanded and lay in wait til the fearsome lift unfreed by weight - no, no, no bag split and topside lee to tie it freely - it left me...
I'm in bed, I have the windows wide open, and the fan on full blast, and I'm actually starting to feel cold. I'm very glad we're finally reaching the end of this heatwave.
The nth harmonic number is the sum of the reciprocals of the first n positive integers. Hn = 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + … + 1/n The product of all the denominators is n!, so you could write Hn as a fraction Hn = p/q where p = n! Hn is an...
weather: ☀️ perfect critters: cabbage butterfly, sulfurs, monarchs, big swallowtail bitching about inconsequential annoyances is one of my favorite forms of stress relief w/r/t the absolute state of the climatic and geopolitical...
I am back from Paris. It was very hot. And I need to vent.Before I do so, I want to stress that we had plenty of fun on this trip. When I told my mom I was invited to present at the Critical Theories of Antisemitism conference, she...
For the fourth volume in the Japan-only ECM Special series, we turn to a selection of tracks devoted to trumpet and saxophone, though the premise soon feels less taxonomic than metaphysical. Across the album, horn and reed serve as...
Is it coincidence, or was it planned, that you can sing the words to Silkworm’s “Slow Hands” to the tune of “The Weight” by The Band Went out in a thunderstorm and watched the movie by the band The Band. People who know the setlist take...
I was back in my hometown of Kota Kinabalu (we call it KK) for the Sabah National Tabletop Con over the weekend of 20-21 Jun 2026. This was my first time exhibiting in my hometown, so it was a meaningful event. This same event was held...