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The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) • View trailerFour stars (out of five). Not rated, but akin to PG-13 for violence and brief nudityAvailable via: Amazon Prime and other VOD outletsBy Derrick BangThere’s plenty to enjoy in this sumptuous, old-school adaptation of Dumas’ 1844 novel. That said, Dumas purists might get cranky, because scripters Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patelliére have taken serious liberties with the author’s book. The musketeers …

That Germans love bread seems to be one stereotype that is largely accurate. Given Germany’s rich baking culture, it is perhaps not surprising that it also has a long tradition of producing challot, braided loaves eaten during Shabbat. There were many expressions for challah, including Datscher, Challe, and Striezel.1 The most common terms, Barches and Berches, are derived from the word brachah, i.e., blessing. Additionally, Barches in some regions contained …

Zig-Zag paths and neusis constructions of a heptagon and a nonagon (\(\mathbb{M}\)), new article by Dave Richeson and Dan Lawson. annie rauwerda tells the world why Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing is great in a letter to the editor in Harper’s. Reverse mathematics (\(\mathbb{M}\)). New entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. CAT(0) Cube Complexes (\(\mathbb{M}\)). New book by Petra Schwer. I’m on the program committee for two recently announced calls …

(You probably expected this announcement a while ago ...) I've just signed a new two book deal with my publishers, Tor.com publishing in the USA/Canada and Orbit in the UK/rest of world, and the book I'm talking about here and now—the one that's already written and delivered to the Production people who turn it into a thing you'll be able to buy later this year—is a Laundry stand-alone titled "A …

Following on the success of last year's A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving album, Lee Mendelson Film Productions has announced the release of another classic Vince Guaraldi Peanuts soundtrack.It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown will be issued on an exclusive "camp green" vinyl LP for Record Store Day on April 20, 2024.The original soundtrack recording for this special has never been available before, and this album contains six bonus tracks as …

Big news, gang.Lee Mendelson Film Productions has made good on its promise to deliver another of Vince Guaraldi's iconic Peanuts soundtracks.Their announcement went live earlier today:Available for the first time ever!Vince Guaraldi’s complete soundtrack for 1969's It Was a Short Summer, Charlie BrownLimited release in celebration of the special's 55th anniversaryAvailable exclusively on "Camp Green" Vinyl (12-inch, 45 RPM) for Record Store Day, April 20th “This entire score is can’t-be-played-often-enough …

Sometimes it is necessary to lift your eyes from the written words and try to see what Goethe saw. Goethe has been characterized as an "Augenmensch." As Richie Robertson has written: "The German language distinguishes Augenmenschen (eye-people) and Ohrenmenschen (ear-people). Although Goethe appreciated music, and was a competent pianist, he was emphatically an Augenmensch. He was also from an early age familiar with painters." So it was that, as I …

Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 85 - I. Adagio. Moderato (excerpt) 3:42Sisters 3:36Suite No. 2 In B Minor For Flute & Strings, Bwv 1067 - I. Overture 1:27The Farmhouse 2:59The Holiday Song 1:08The Hospital 1:01A Day On A Beach 3:56Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato 8:41Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 85: Ii. Lento - …

This is an excerpt from the last chapter of GOOD VIBES ONLY. It zooms in on Marina Peterson’s Atmospheric Noise and Eric A. Stanley’s Atmospheres of Violence to examine how critical phenomenology can contribute to a critical analysis of the...

I’ve been playing with paper. I had this question: what if you rolled up some paper into a coil, would it look like the rings in a cut log? And it was late, and I couldn’t sleep no matter how... Read More ›

Trying Markdown code indicators in my post title, not because I want it to convert, but because I am curious if people will ping me to tell me it broke their RSS readers. Oh, and so it converts to code when pasted into your GitHub issues. ARIA note Role A section whose content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource. ARIA 1.2 note The note role …

Here’s how you want to set your margins on your game to make sure it’s profitable. You’ll want to use a spreadsheet to keep track of some of this stuff. Spreadsheet maintenance is a big part about figuring out your business. It’s like a sketchbook for numbers, so learn to have fun with it. So let’s start with this: your ideal profit margin is 10x. That means you set your …

My podcast producer recently turned me onto a show called Acquired, which features its co-hosts, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, diving deep into the backstories of well-known brands and companies, from Porsche and Nike, to Amazon and Nintendo. It turns out I was late to this party. In the eight years since Acquired was originally launched, it has grown into a huge hit. The show now serves more than 200,000 …

Powerhouse comedian Chris Farley (February 15, 1964 - December 18, 1997) of Saturday Night Live and Second City Chicago fame has been gone a long time but still makes this writer laugh out loud.Especially noteworthy: the Schiller Visions decaf coffee crystals sketch. . . No decaf for Chris!With apologies to Tony Robbins, Matt Foley is by far my favorite motivational speaker! A key assist on the following sketch, featuring Chris' …

The release of @manton’s new notes app got me thinking about the icons for these different companion apps, and how they might look if they were designed to appear more like a family.Too closely related? Possibly, but there’s something in this, I think.