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Stargirl (Thea) Flowers - Blog
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BikePortland
Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, and opinion.
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Reconfiguration of N Kerby Ave offramp to be studied with federal planning grant (Source: Eliot Neighborhood) We’ve all heard about the I-5 Rose Quarter project, the State of Oregon’s plan to widen I-5 and redevelop the lower Albina neighborhood decimated by construction of the freeway. But there’s another …
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The Daily Cartoonist
Industry news for the professional cartoonist.
By Mike Peterson, Alan Gardner, D. D. Degg. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
A Cache of Cartooning Cachet; or, Nooz for Yooz With Georgia Dunn, John ‘Polly’ Farmer, Dan Schrade, Gary Kopervas, Harley Schwadron, Mike Lynch, Peter Arno, Michael Maslin, Bill Mauldin, James Gillray, and Morten Morland. Georgia Dunn announces the return of Swan Eaters a fortnight …
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Guy Tal | Photographer, Author
This is a reader-supported, ad-free zone. New posts added monthly.
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Inner Expression How can you expect a beholder to experience my picture as I experienced it? A picture comes to me a long time beforehand; who knows how long a time beforehand, I sensed, saw, and painted …
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Cartoonatics
Sketches, Stories and Other Stuff from Tom Ruegger.
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Where We Made "Animaniacs" The Imperial Bank Building in Sherman Oaks, CA, where we made Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, Batman: The Animated Series, Road Rovers and Histeria. These paintings of our home base were made …
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Weather West
California weather and climate perspectives.
By Daniel Swain. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
As extreme California precipitation dipole persists, a high-end offshore wind/fire weather event may unfold in SoCal this week A record-breaking north-south precipitation contrast conditions in CA amid warmer-than-average conditions Heading into the new year, from mid-December, it appeared likely that the already extreme precipitation disparity between very wet northern California and bone dry …
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OSArch
Creating a built environment with free software, increased transparency, and a more ethical approach.
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QCAD for technical drawing (Workshop and books) If you had to choose software to begin working in architectural design, which would be your first choice? Many might think that a BIM solution such as BlenderBIM or FreeCAD would be the ideal choice. …
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smitten kitchen
Fearless cooking from a tiny NYC kitchen.
By Deb Perelman. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
invisible apple cake A dozen years ago I shared my mother-in-law’s recipe for apple sharlotka (which family just calls “apple thing”), a lightly sweetened apple dessert that’s as much a thick crêpe as it is a cake. It’s …
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Loretta Chase
New York Times Bestselling Author.
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Welcoming "My Inconvenient Duke" and celebrating "Lord of Scoundrels" As has been proclaimed in various areas of my website, the third Difficult Dukes book, My Inconvenient Duke, will be released on 21 January. After all the frustration, and the fighting with characters (those strong …
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Diary of a Fat Slob
Obese gray male, introverted, cranky, woke but needs a nap. Enjoys solitude, old movies, my cat, and a good bowel movement.
By Doug Holland. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
So many things annoy me All King County Metro buses have an automated voice inside, powered by GPS, which announces the name of the next stop. It’s a good idea, and appreciated by me, except for the ‘automated’ voice. They …
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mediocregopher's lil web corner
I publish posts about projects I'm working on and things that interest me.
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Caffeinspiration
Writing about tech, our minds, and how things work.
By Alex Ellis. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Harry Chapin and RATM: the problem with bleeding interests Note: this post requires a basic familiarity with the songs discussed. If you’re not familiar with them, I’d recommend you listen to at least a portion of the following three songs: Free Bird by Lynyrd …
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Balladeer's Blog
Singing the praises of things that slip through the cultural cracks.
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JAMES WOODS: EIGHT MOVIES As an appreciative shoutout to James Woods, one of the wildfire victims in California, here’s a Balladeer’s Blog look at 8 of his films. This was originally posted in 2021 so the complimentary reviews of …
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Animated Meat
The junk drawer of the universe. There is at least one useful thing here.
By Ed Richter. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Calaveras Big Trees State Park An afternoon at Big Trees Dear Reader, I am happy to report that Calaveras Big Trees State Park sits a scant three miles past the town of Arnold, California and is home to two groves …
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useless-catalanfacts
A place to share the culture and history of the Catalan Countries, explained by Catalans.
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My favourite tomb in the Cathedral of Barcelona (Catalonia). This is Antoni Tallander —known at the… My favourite tomb in the Cathedral of Barcelona (Catalonia). This is Antoni Tallander —known at the time as Mossèn Borra, Lord Borra—, who was master of jesters. His is the only tombstone in the Cathedral …