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April 2024 marks five years since I quit my corporate job for a life of financial independence. With that anniversary approaching, here are five… The post Lessons from Five Years of FIRE appeared first on …

I’ve made a bit of a running gag on this site for my sign offs to include something like “Until I’m not, Rowan Zeoli.” While one, it’s a good bit, it’s also a recognition that …

2024 sees Peter Richardson on a cinema tour. Picturehouse cinema celebrates the history of The Comic Strip Presents, featuring Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer, Ade Edmondson and Peter Richardson. This …

CLR is a beloved brand in the candle community, which is a corny opening sentence but also completely true. They’re inclusive and diverse, owned and operated by LGBTQIA+ people of color who donate a percentage …

For me, the most important thing an RPG can do is make its setting feel like a real world inhabited by real people. Having recently played Star Ocean: The Divine Force and Star Ocean: The …

Michael Hettich THE WILD ANIMAL They knock over everything, boys and girls, hardly more than instruments waiting to be played; hardly more than rivers waiting to be navigated, waiting to be damned; hardly more than …

Refuge from the WorldKim McMahill(The Beartooth Chronicles, #1)Publication date: March 19th 2024Genres: Dystopian, New Adult, Young AdultAshley McPhee arrived in Beartooth with her mom, Sara, when she was three years old. Ever since Ash can …

I have been thinking a lot about the evolution of food, what was before we have now and what will come. As the world gets exponentially connected, trends, culture and society continue to change and …

Specific skincare textures are usually ideal for a given skin type but aside from that, it’s also the climate and weather of a country that determines whether a skincare product will suit you or not. …

The best checklist (until you find a better one) for getting your inboard diesel engine ready a new season

The long awaited discussion between Graham Hancock and archaeologist Flint Dibble on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast is now available. Here are my thoughts after listening to the whole four and a half hour thing, …

The Cass Review final report has now been published. It has been received with jubilation by transphobic hate groups, by conversion therapy proponents, by those advocating against trans rights, by those who do not believe …

I recently completed Tom Jones' Masterclass Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word offered through the Family History Academy. The class was incredible - I had no clue how much I didn't know about using …

It’s now Round 5 of “benzene in your products is giving you cancer” – over the last three years, this “known human carcinogen” been found in hand sanitiser, sunscreen, deodorant, dry shampoo, and now benzoyl …

The original: se non si puote amare senza prima mirare, bella a che d’invecchiar sì vi dolete? Invecchiando più amata anco sarete: a rimirar il sol la vista è pronta più che nel mezzo dì, …