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Rumors of Djokovic – New York, New York My wife and I were window shopping on 5th Avenue when we came across this crowd in front of the Lacoste Store between 47th and 48th Streets. Do you remember Lacoste? They were well-known in the...
I've caught 139 carp so far this season - and none of them made me work harder than this Small River gem. What a beauty! And it wouldn't be a wander without a few little barbel (7) and a pint!
Sometimes you get an update on something that you invested in, you see new investor names listed and you’re like… I beat one of my heroes to the punch on this one? Wow. And what a vote of confidence in the product!
I was walking with my dog today at the park, and Samson was just running ahead of us for a little bit. All of a sudden, my mind went to this old memory where I’m standing. It must have been 1998 or 1999, at a book fair or something...
(Continued from my previous posts on Catacombs, which you probably should read before this one if you want the full background.) Last weekend, I received a message from Marcel Ingram Lansing that one of the most sought-after Commodore...
You might be wondering how anyone can grow from being an advanced learner to becoming an expert. It might seem like an impossible step to climb. According to the traditional Japanese approach of Shu Ha Ri, a vital step in the learning...
Australia Felix, Arthur Streeton, oil on canvas, 35 x 59 in. (90 x 151 cm), link is to Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Art Gallery of South Australia. Australia Felix is Latin for “dortunate...
We often forget how inexpensive it is (often free, in fact) it is to completely make someone’s day/week/year or, even, give them a memory they will cherish for life.
News just in from 2009: “It’s time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter.” – Techcrunch. Well that didn’t exactly age well. And now there’s an RSS resurgence in the air – from Dave Winer, of course, who made RSS immortal by...
09:15 Began the morning reading through some wonderful words from my RSS feed. Tells me the experiment of being extremely picky with my subscriptions is working. 17:03 It has been a busy Saturday, with a great home-cooked lunch in...
We’ve been having our regular family disagreement about thinning our bookshelves, which made this article timely: How and why to cull your book collection [via Kottke.org]. On reflection, our bookshelves are very much a working library,...
Memories……
A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Marcia Muller EDITH PIÑERO GREEN – Rotten Apples. Dearborn V. Pinch #1. E. P. Dutton, hardcover, 1977. Berkley, paperback, 1982. Dearborn V. Pinch is described by one of Ms. Green’s publishers as “the world’s...
The frontier labs regularly run promotions like “hey there’s a long weekend or holiday soon! Tokens or this new model is half-off until the next business day back.” I don’t like the nudge to “always be prompting”, working with the models...
This week I finally caught up with a film which has long been on my "to watch" list, BLACK WIDOW (1954).BLACK WIDOW isn't the 2021 Marvel movie, which I saw and reviewed upon its release, but rather a '50s murder mystery with a terrific...