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With the screening of the first TV episode of The Mirror and the Light, the final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, interest in all things Tudor is reaching fever pitch. The BBC has scoured the country to find suitably sumptuous locations to form an appropriate backdrop to the epic storytelling and larger than life characters. But there are numerous London locations linked to the key characters and events …

With the US elections now settled, and a second Trump term being a reality, I guess many (most?) of the remaining hold outs on Twitter are finally migrating. I decided to keep my personal account, for now, and just promote pro-union, pro-education, pro-left, and anti-war messages, while posting my regular content on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. I am also in the process of shutting down my department's Twitter account for …

Laying wide awake, trying to sleep in a Perth hotel, so I thought crunching some annual stats might help me sleep. 2024 has been a wild year of travel. Here’s my 2024 travel stats as of when I get home on December 2: For 53% of 2024 I have slept in a bed I do not call home. 172 nights away from home, 94 flights, 85 marriage ceremonies, 275 hours …

Just got back from Isan again. What happened while I was away? HAHAHAHAHAHHA. If you, like me, were disappointed by the outcome of an election that feels like 5 years ago, I think we are all due to learn something … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning, took a pill, and proceeded to have one of the most productive writing days I’ve had in perhaps years. The day prior, a doctor diagnosed me with Adult ADHD. I finally drew the unfortunate trauma diagram that’s been in my head for years now. In a pretty short timeframe, my family and I endured a series of traumas that reshaped our lives and tore us …

April 4 – 26, 1521 (Hellerick) Following in the wake of King Kolambu’s little boat like whales behind a dolphin, Magellan’s ships sailed west at an unhurried pace, skirting around the northern side of the squat Philippine island which we now know as Bohol. Then the lookouts spotted dead ahead another island. Kolambu signaled with gestures and shouts that this island was their destination. As usual, Antonio Pigafetta tried to …

Another Zombicide post today – this time dealing with something tangental to what we’re playing – my collection of Zombie Wolfz (yes, with a z). With a whole lot of these Wolfz to paint, I decided I wanted to vary them and split them into groups with different fur tones. I settled on White, Black, Brown in smaller groups and also two larger groups each of Light Grey and Dark …

applying grease to a batch of saw visesI'm happy to report that a couple of a favorite Gramercy tools products that have been out of stock for a while are now back in stock.First of all. The Gramercy Tools Saw Vise is back! We were particularly sorry to run out with the renewed interest in saw sharpening brought by the recent publication of our friend Matt Ciancis Set & File: …

The Heysham Hogback is an enigmatic Viking Age stone monument discovered in the 1800s. For years it lay outside St Peter’s church, and older locals of the village remember playing on it. It now rests within the church, carefully preserved for posterity. While its actual origins are unclear, historical opinion is that it could have […]

Qatar Airways is best known for its Qsuite long-haul business class. But if you’re thinking of flying Qatar, remember that the airline operates a diverse fleet with multiple seat styles. So it’s important to be a smart shopper and know what you’re getting when you book. We recently wrote about Qatar’s A320 business class, and we’ll be back later with a dive into Qsuite. But in this story we’re featuring …

About eighteen years ago, Monty Don, the British horticulturist and human Peter Rabbit, penned an article for The Guardian titled “Dirty Dressing.” It was about how to dress for the dirty task of gardening. “Never wear tight trousers,” he advised. “Always buy trousers at least one waist size too big, make sure that the pockets [...] Read More... The post Excited to Wear This Fall appeared first on Die, Workwear!.

"A Private Little War" ("Star Trek," season 2, episode 19; first aired Feb. 2, 1968)More than a half-century after the original "Star Trek" series was on TV, we've found what could prove to be the Final Frontier when it comes to filming locations for the 1960s sci-fi show. Space — The Final FrontierWe're not talking about "Space — the Final Frontier," as it was described each week in the show's …

Math hats (\(\mathbb{M}\)): the mathematicians of yore and their silly headwear, 2017. Later published in revised form as “MathCap History” in Math Horizons. Carnival of Mathematics #233 (\(\mathbb{M}\)). Includes a link to my post on half-flipped binary tilings. Impossible world (\(\mathbb{M}\), via), enormous collection of links and models regarding Escherian impossible figures. Square carpet pattern resulting from coloring a table of bitwise ANDs by their Hamming weights. Letterlocking: The Hidden …

On a flight to Washington DC last month, I discovered I felt okay above the clouds. No shivering or hyperventilating or fighting back tears. Christ, how long had it been since I boarded an airplane without trembling or praying to something I’m not sure I believe in?After some mental rummaging, I realized my last normal flight was in 2009 from Helsinki to Istanbul on a chaotic airplane with ashtrays in …