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Why? Because I was looking at my tags (all 100 million of them) and Nic noticed one that was so long it wasn’t wrapping properly in a column. I said it was probably for a review of the movie 2012, which I remembered correctly. Then we...
John Wyver writes: The usual Sunday helping of stuff that I have found engaging and enriching over the past week. The header image is of two Hylaeosaurus dinosaurs on the Tidal Lakes Trail in Crystal Palace Park, which we visited last...
Welcome to another The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies! Growing up, one of my favorite parts of Sunday was flipping to the comics section of the newspaper: a little pocket of humor, color, and light-heartedness to start the week. Now, in...
Back in 1979, Timothy Dalton guest-starred on Charlie’s Angels as Damien Roth: “a man with James Bondian tastes, means, and charm.”Someone has helpfully compiled all of his scenes in this YouTube video.
Regardless of her putative subject, Stevie Smith always seems to get around to death. That sounds like a prescription for adolescent morbidity, like a low-budget horror movie. There’s a theory going around, probably rooted in Freudian...
Composure is not the same thing as calm.There is a difference between having composure and being calm. Calm is the absence of fear. Composure is when you are terrified, angry, heartbroken, or worn out, yet you are aware of all the eyes...
And so to day 4. Ron…. Rain overcast and back to rain. Good to feel rain on my face after weeks not feeling it. Went by bus via Onchan and Ramsey to Jurby Transport Museum. Back by bus to Ramsey for MER back to Derby Castle with a break...
We went out to see a friend’s band last night, and I think it’s official, barring road gigs that must be seen—and you really do have to watch out with some of these older bands. Tracks, original member count, the ability to sing, stuff...
Sunday 16th August 2026 My latest journey of discovery on all of Britain’s 25 bus routes numbered 99 turned out to be the busiest journey yet – even beating TfL’s route 99 between Woolwich and Erith/Bexleyheath – and perhaps fittingly...
📍 ツタンカーメン・ミュージアム Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanComment by email
The news made it out on Facebook today that Red Arrow "Bullet" car 206 has just been cosmetically restored by the Electric City Trolley Museum. Its newly applied livery, shown here, reflects its 1960s-era appearance in the years before...
In 1992, Jōvan was still coasting on revenue generated by its landmark sponsorship of the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You Tour, with old faithfuls Musk and Musk for Men comprising the flagship line, and Jōvan Sex Appeal fleshing out the brand...
New member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society
I love "Art in the Park". The beautiful, if somewhat yellow, Jephson Gardens, are filled with stalls. Each of those stalls is manned by an artist selling their wares. All the hand-made creativity you could want, in a small(ish, it's...
This Month on Table 46I went to Gen Con this month and wrote up what I did there! Blog Posts and Other Gaming ReadingTheory Rules Don't (Necessarily) Elide - Orkish Odyssey - an argument against Jared Sinclair's Rules Elide. Crossing the...