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Today, we unveil “The Conversation Piece,” a new BrickNerd series authored by our friends over at the Builder Improvement Initiative (BII), a Discord-based community that helps LEGO builders of all levels get better at their …

The LEGO Ideas team did a nice recap for 2024 and also what’s coming. I kind of lost count of how many LEGO Ideas sets are still in the works, so this was a good …

I've created a list showing all 1358(!!!) new LEGO® elements added in the January 2025 sets, with links to which ones they come in so you can check for what you might be interested in. …

The mythical cockatrice gets its day in the sun in this exciting build by Ids de Jong. A cockatrice, a monster devised by people in the Middle Ages who looked at a dragon and thought …

From Russell’s StampFans newsletter. I want to remember it so I’m putting it here. The most useful thing I’ve realised of late has been ‘you can’t not have problems’. It’s very liberating when making decisions. …

"November 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown Dennis, you jive turkey!

It isn't often that I've managed to get away on a pre-Christmas break, but that is what I did recently when I paid a first extended visit to one of our most beautiful and underrated …

Navitus Parfums Tempt Me Not by Christian Provenzano is a gourmand delight featuring caramel, toffee, vanilla, and a milk froth accord The post Navitus Parfums Tempt Me Not (Christian Provenzano) 2024 + Sweet Treat Giveaway …

Arizona has taken a bold leap in education by approving a pioneering model: a charter school where artificial intelligence takes the lead in teaching. Set to launch next year, Unbound Academy will be a fully …

By the mid point of the festival of greed being indoors had become stifling, the waterside was calling. I was awake before daylight, which isn’t saying much as for the last several days we’ve had …

12. First Love (1978), directed by Dino Risi - I've seen a few Dino Risi films this year (mostly for the captivatingly beautiful Ornella Muti) and all I can say is that Italian sex fare …

Super Logo Design, edited by Taki Ono, is a two-volume set of paperbacks published in 2001 and 2002 by Graphic-sha in Japan. These spreads are from volume two, available to digitally borrow on archive.org. It …

Hayden Beverage Corp. 2910 East Amity Rd. Boise, ID 83716 12.17.24 Dear Mr. Hayden, Three years ago I wrote you from the Idaho Maximum Security Institution to thank you for personally sponsoring an entire Boise …

Happy New Year! I’m more than ready to put number 24 behind me. Professionally, last year feels like one giant mistake. Luckily, some bright spots here and there helped me keep my head (somewhat) above …

Years ago, Teller performed a magic trick.1 First, he’d have you pick a card. He would attempt to produce the card, but fail, indicating the card may have travelled elsewhere. He’d then lead you on …