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Had a very nice Father's Day yesterday, beginning with a wonderful brunch at the Stonecat Café. Perfect weather, three guys playing some blues, and an excellent meal. We stopped at Overlook Coffee in Burdett on the way, so Caitie could...
About two years ago, I learned that I’m not just being a grumpy “back in the good old days…” style about toilet paper. The article I read was good, and if I recall correctly, I emailed the author and also learned from him that something...
Last week I arrived home with a delicious pear frangipane pie from the local bakery. The contents of the cardboard pie box didn’t last long, but on top of it, in a corner, a pink round sticker caught my attention: it read WEEK VAN DE...
The link. The paragraph. With a background in fine arts, I focus on design and refinement, coupled with an essential intellectual humility. I encourage peer review and believe all “institutional knowledge” is merely a hypothesis awaiting...
Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers
Evidently we are now on track for our seventh prime minister in (checks watch) fifteen minutes. The Met Office has issued a rare red warning…
100 lifetimes ago, I worked in a record store. The manager wouldn’t let us play Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, and instead tried to helpfully suggest…Shawn Colvin. In hindsight, it wasn’t the worst choice. But at the time, it seemed...
The Klansmen and the Veiled Prophet both sought to position themselves alongside the red, white, and blue
Introduced in 1955, the original Bodyguard snub was a shrouded-hammer, alloy-framed Airweight .38 revolver that later became the Model 38, while its steel-framed counterpart was the Model 49. Then, in 2014, the M&P Bodyguard .38 hit the...
Today marks the 85th anniversary of Barbarossa, a massive land invasion that was led in many places by small groups of guys hanging on to motorcycle sidecars. The 1920s German Reichswehr, officially restricted from the possession and use...
If you are reading this blog, you likely already know that “America’s Tall Ship,” the 269-foot steel-hulled three-masted barque USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), started life in 1936 as one of the quartet of John Stanley-designed Gorch Fock-class...
A beautiful site that’s easy to read might be the product of someone who is comfortable with the corporate world, but not necessarily. Instead, it may simply show an allegiance to their craft. Principles of design and typography have...