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This outdoor production of Shakespeare’s lively comedy Much Ado About Nothing is almost a musical version, but in the main a straightforward interpretation in the evocative setting of St Paul’s, the Actors’ Church in Covent Garden. Opening with a bit of audience participation as maid Margaret (Katrina Michaels) pursues musician Borachio (Will Benyon) to a... The post Theatre review: Much Ado About Nothing (Moving Parts at St Paul’s Church) appeared …

Pogonip Forest In Santa Cruz. Park on River St and walk up Golf Club drive all the way up to the green gate entrance to Pogonip.

“As two men sit silent, after having exhausted all their topics of conversation; one says, ‘It is very fine weather,’ and the other says, ‘Yes;’—one blows his nose, and the other rubs his eye-brows; (by the way, this is very much in Homer’s manner;) such seems to be the case between you and me.” All of us recognize that uncomfortable moment when conversation flags and two brains feel empty. This …

I am not good actually at this social media thing so messed up my accounts, moving stuff around for piccalilli. Anywho, this is where we’re at. My mastodon account is messed up. If we’re mutuals I am either following you or you are following me and very likely, not at the same time lol. Sorry about that, but yeh, let’s fix it! Bluesky is all good and you know what, …

The same month that a Sydney Australia council removed a “playful” artwork of Jesus … Sydney artist Philjames’ work, Jesus Speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem, was removed from the Blake Art Prize exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre after fierce criticism was directed at the artist and gallery on Friday, just two days before the eight-week exhibition ended. and fifty-two years after National Lampoon debuted their version of …

I love harmony groups and here we have the Alexandria Harmonizers with their rendition of — and you didn't see this coming — "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat." I'm just featuring this song here to put much-needed money in the pocket of Paul McCartney, owner of the catalog of songs written by Frank Loesser… [...]Read More... from Today's Video Link

cool old conservatory building in Seattle Highlight of the week: seeing a pink pineapple at the Volunteer Park Conservatory Looking forward to: Bellingham trip! Stuff I did: 2.25 hours consulting 6.5 hours writing researched new personal computer updated my portfolio tracker, reviewed amortization estimates for when we can pay off the house, took care of financial tasks, transferred a retirement account between brokerages to consolidate more voted in Washington’s state …

Hey everyone, I want to use my main memory palace to remember a wide variety of information, including: Favorite words Stories Quotes Movies Foods, wines, etc. How would you recommend creating and organizing such a diverse range of information within a memory palace? For example, would it be helpful to link each topic to a specific location within the palace, such as associating favourite movies with the lounge room where …

If the proposal “Out to Sea” was enacted, add a subrule to “The Sea Chart” called “Landmarks” and give it the following text: There exists a Shore, which is any cell where the cell’s label has G in it. There exists an Ocean, which is any cell where the cell’s label has A in it. There exists a Judge’s Hut, which is at cell G4. There exists three Basalt Obelisks, …

Fantasy Tavern Brawl Summary: Your group of adventures encounter a tavern in the midst of a bar brawl. Guide your eleven, dwarven, orc adventurers/patrons and more to try to keep them all inside the tavern during the brawl. You’ll need … Continue reading →

The sun had grown on lessening dayA table large and roundAnd in the distant vapours greySeemed leaning on the groundWhen Mary like a lingering flowerDid tenderly agreeTo stay beyond her milking hourAnd talk awhile with meDaily #JohnClare postings. #photography #poetry #environment

James Baldwin // “The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of writer, activist, essayist, and public intellectual on August 2, the New York Public Library has assembles a collection of the most important and extraordinary items from its holdings …

Following a 2018 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court, 38 states have legalized sports gambling. We study how this policy has impacted consumer financial health using the state-by-state rollout of legal sports gambling and a large and comprehensive dataset on consumer financial outcomes. Our main finding is that overall, consumers’ financial health is modestly deteriorating as the average credit score in states that legalize sports gambling decreases by roughly 0.3%. …

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