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Got sidetracked in a hobby store and thought about taking up model building. Went home to watch YouTube videos of the process instead and realized I prefer watching YouTube videos of said process. + 3 photos of models I did not buyCurrently Listening: Chappell Roan “Casual”

The faces are back, a new book, calm, beauty, civil war. The faces are back. Feels like something is happening here. This ^ is the start of a new book. “We need more calm companies.” — Justin Jackson What is beautiful? Another face. These papers are so bright and saturated that it’s tough to get the white balance right. Civil war.

Among my workmen and then to the office, and after that dined with Sir W. Batten, and then home, where Sir W. Warren came, and I took him and Mr. Shepley and Moore with me to the Mitre, and there I cleared with Warren for the deals I bought lately for my Lord of him, and he went away, and we staid afterwards a good while and talked, and so …

Eli’s thoughts on the new album…and everything? The post Constantly Hating: The Tortured Poets Department appeared first on No Bells.

The rights center at the Salone Internationale del Libro di Torino 'has developed at a surprising pace,' says the show's new director Annalena Benini. The post Rights Edition Interview: Torino’s New Director Annalena Benini appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

And you wonder how many times this has ensued at Cattanooga Klatsche, let alone become occurence with certain other Funtastic characters.

Eggs originally cooked in Japan‘s hot spring water, Onsen Tamago with silky whites and custard-like yolks are easy to make with my recipe. READ: Onsen Tamago (Video) 温泉卵

Ian Betteridge, quoting yours truly on non-consensual tracking back in 2020 and then my piece yesterday on the EDPB issuing an opinion against Meta’s “Pay or OK” model in the EU: I wonder what happened to turn John’s attitude from “no action Apple can take against the tracking industry is too strong” to defending Facebook’s “right” to choose how it invades people’s privacy? Or is he suggesting that a private …

600 ks east of Perth, the City of Kalgoorlie was a unique expression of gold fever. Unlike most goldmining towns, which last for perhaps a dec­ade, Kalgoorlie includes the famous Golden Mile and has an economy driven by gold since 1893. The central area, Hannan St, has fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings. Here visitors can visit the Hannon Hotel, Ex­change Hot­el, Palace Hot­el, Old Aust­ral­ia Hotel and York Hotel. Imp­ortant …

OCTACHRON features 16 tracks of 1-32 steps, pattern chaining, parameter locks and more.… Read More OCTACHRON iOS MIDI Drum Sequencer Gets Major Update, iPhone Support & More

Born 1939 as Count Paolo Michaelangelo Zappi-Manzoni di Giovecca in Bologna, Italian make-up artist Pablo Manzoni persuaded the Elizabeth Arden salon in Rome to employ him at the age of 17, despite his lack of experience. Whilst there, he worked with clients such as Sophia Loren, for whom he used his trademark eyebrow-bleaching technique to enhance her eyes. Another early Manzoni trademark was the use of false eyelashes.Classic beauties were …

A balcony on the 17th floor is the perfect spot for watching a storm. So says Linda Crebbin (Member 58,170), who watched this ‘small yet intense’ storm cell building at the end of a hot and humid day in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia. In the middle, we see a Cumulonimbus calvus storm cloud ‘just letting it all go,’ as Linda put it. With a smoother top, this is …

It's been a while since I posted one of those videos from an American musical comedy performed in Korea. Let's fill that void… [...]Read More... from Today's Video Link

A long post with notes and reflections and photos from my recent trip to Toronto and Halifax.

I picked up these pirates in Bungay.They're by cake topper kings Culpitt. I always look for languishing astronauts in their stand but never find any.Why? LP spacemen were often re-packaged by Culpitt back in the Seventies and Eighties and similar outfits too across the world and sold as cake decorations. They even feature in Culpitt's old cake decorating books.Have you any Culpitt figures or old cake decorations? Pictures welcomed!An old …