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When I say Burger Chef to most people, they might recognize the name from its appearance on Mad Men, but most people haven’t heard of. This, despite it being the second largest fast food chain in the United States by 1973. Its rise was dramatic, its fall, sad. On this episode of the show, I want to talk to you about this wonderful fast food restaurant.I start the show talking …

Elon buys accounts someone else spent the hours developing, doesn't know how to play them

It’s the feast day of your patron saint, and a recipe has gone missing. A short tale of birds, books, and the cloistered life. It would be easy to say Hatoful Boyfriend meets Pentiment – but this is more intricate and loving than that would imply to me. Turn the sound on, but don’t worry, this won’t take too long.

After clocking out from my day job, I usually look for games that help me unwind. Fast Food Simulator had a different plan. The game perfectly captures the hustle and bustle of a fast-food joint, placing you in the shoes of a manager who has to handle everything from taking orders to balancing the books. It’s a frantic, fast-paced experience that mimics the real-world stress of working in fast food—but …

I. Darius Mozaffarian, a nutrition professor at Tufts University, has an editorial in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:“The Dietary Guidelines for Americans—is the evidence bar too low or too high?” He writes about an analysis of the systematic literature reviews SRs) that form the basis of science-based decisions in the guidelines. His comments gives an insight into the Dietary Guidelines process worth seeing. For the 2025–2030 DGAC, I served …

While the new year has just kicked off, we are excited to share the most viewed blog posts of last year. We published 192 new posts on this blog, In Custodia Legis, in 2024. These posts are authored by staff, both on the blog team and guest bloggers, as well as intern bloggers, from across different parts of the Law Library and the Library of Congress. The blog team features …

Really. And no, I’m not about to follow that statement up with something annoying like “…Because I love it! Haha!” either. I know the general term has its uses but I could do without the retro gaming mindset entirely, if I’m honest. I think we’d all be better off chucking that artificial distinction in the bin. If I happen to say I like a game made in 1981, or for …

My favorite songs of 2024.

Editor’s note: The third edition of “Cut & Dried” should arrive in February. You can sign up to be notified when it arrives here. In this post, author Richard Jones explains his update to Chapter 6. Rombald’s Moor: The opening image to Chapter 6. In 2021, I decided I ought to update “Cut & Dried,” and the third reprint of it at the end of 2024 was a good opportunity …

I had such a massive book hangover after finishing “The Town and the City” that I was in a real state of indecision about what to read next! I couldn’t even pick up a book until I’d jotted down some of my thoughts about the Kerouac, and once I’d done that I decided to go for the perfect palate cleanser – a British Library Crime Classic! The recent lovely review …

It’s now 2025, thank God. And if you’re a chick, wiith the coming of a new year comes, of course, horoscopes. I am a Libra (Libra sun, Libra moon, Libra rising), so it’s not exactly my year. But my horoscope … Continue reading →

I haven't been doing much work on my model train layout. However, I do like to stop by my favourite train store, Ware House Hobbies, now and then.

Reading Time: 35 minutes New year, new worries, same old Web Curios! Even in the maelstrom of moderately-unsettling uncertainty that is Q2 of the 21st Century, rest assured that I am once again here to greet you with open arms, a tear-streaked face and a hug that you will initially find welcoming but will, as it continues without showing signs of stopping, begin to make you feel uncomfortably like I …

In my last post I said that I ought to write a guide to helping those caught up in a disaster. I truly hoped it would be a long time before this type of thing was needed, but unfortunately I … Continue reading →

I think not!This is a modern 80s built house, and the ivy has been allowed to grow right the way across the upstairs window (the house had been unoccupied for a while), covering it completely, and heading on upwards into the gutter and into the roof.I sent my colleague up the ladder (I'm not daft!) to pull it off, and we found that the ivy had forced a way inside …