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This is another repeated trip. Years ago I went to Almeria, just as a way to escape from a very bad time in my life. I thought about spending a few days somewhere not too …

Following up from the previous installment. Redacted Reports (Amended)Apparently the end of Season 6 was one of the scripted bits, which is very disappointing: I think it was a really lame way to end a …

China has the world’s largest and most extensively used high-speed rail network, currently over 38,000 km in length, and it aims to reach 70,000 km by 2035. Riding this modern miracle is both enthralling and …

practicing with new brushes and dusting off the rust with life drawing.

Using a Fire Stick I bought a TV a few months ago. I hadn’t had one for a while, but I was ready to make a home theater at the time of purchase. I already …

Disappointing to hear about these pullbacks from the financial behemoths, but… at the very least they’re “shifting from pressuring companies on climate disclosures to pushing them to actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions”?

The CT90 exhaust system, although similar in appearance to the one used on the 6v C90, has different internals with fewer baffles and the addition of a Krizman spark arrester. The very early 'trial' models …

The 1997 modern classic was created as an alternative ending to the 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' tv series.

—Tim Gunn is an academic, bestselling author and television star. He won an Emmy Award for his role as host of “Project Runway.” He wrote this piece for the January-February issue of the Library of …

Quanta on ‘the mysteries of polygonal billiards‘: Is it always possible to hit a ball so that it returns to its starting point traveling in the same direction, creating a so-called periodic orbit? Nobody knows. …

We're almost out of 2023!This year has been the 30th Anniversary of Risus: The Anything RPG, the 20th Anniversary of The Risus Companion, and the 10th Anniversary of Risus 2nd Edition.As I write this, we're …

I love a good book, for the learning and the enjoyment. I like to read widely and frequently. I virtually always have access to good reading, regardless of whether I am sitting at home (with …

Because it contains details of my medical history, this is a members-only post. If you have a seasonal rash and the cost of membership is a financial hardship, please contact me so I can send …

motel-babilonia:Chewing Gum Meanwhile, just imagine The Banana Splits filling the gumball machines with nickels wholesale, just trying to use such up as there doesn’t seem to be much of anything worth a nickel anymore.

[Apparently, it IS the size of your supercollider, not just how you use it.] Not content with a 17 mile tunnel to use in smashing particles together, the folks at CERN are now planning one …