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I maintain that relative versus absolute risk is a concept that we absolutely must teach in intro stats.I have given some examples of this before (murder! COVID!) but here is another one that hits home for my fellow Great Lakers. In particular, this one is for my friends in Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, and Buffalo Up here in Erie, a common point of discussion is how frozen Lake Erie is. Because …

On Monday, I played in Worthing D&D White's 100-45 home win against Worthing D&D Ballers. It took me until the second half to find a shooting rhythm but I eventually finished the game with 12 points, and for the second game in a row made four three-point shots. Much to my surprise, all of my shots were caught on video which is something I'm not used to. They weren't highlight …

As a Wikipedia article tells us, Alabama has 41 official state symbols. The postcard below only had room for six: the state flag, adopted in 1923; the state flower, the camellia, in 1959; the state bird, the yellowhammer, in 1933; the state tree, the long leaf pine, listed in Wikipedia as the Southern longleaf pine, 1997; coat of arms, 1939; state fish, the Atlantic tarpon, 1955. As you'll see on …

This week, Pax commits the perfect crime with only a few Glitches, Red Alert gets fridged and Windcharger has someone remember he exists.All in my look at the conclusion to Shadowplay!

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I ran 3 games of Shadowdark at Philly Area Games Expo (PAGE), a convention that seems to be gaining some traction in the area here in it's second year. There were plenty of YouTubers and ex-TSR era and WOTC designers at it. I sat in on some seminars, including OSR tavern keeper Tenkar talking about the jump from blogging to video. Interesting stuff.I ran 3 home dungeons 3 home dungeons …

Of all the obituary posts I’ve felt obliged to hastily bang out for this blog over the years, this loss is perhaps the one which has proved most difficult to process, or to find words for. When looking at a figure like Lynch - who has been a giant presence within any kind of art or culture I’d deign to care about, throughout my life - it would be all …

Not much to write home about lately, in fact hardly been out at all. Tried a spot at the end of the pool with a shallow run down the near bank that worth a return visit, would be good to wade and trot. Bit distracted by a plane doing touch and go's from Norwich Airport turning right over head 4-5 times. Plenty of chublets and the snowdrops will be a …

I finally received the beautiful zines by Miranda Reinert. (I say finally bc there was a postal strike in Canada and the mail is slowly getting back to its usual pace) She's a music writer, zine enthusiast and podcast host. These zines are simply stunning. The paper texture is a dream, and the way she rendered most of her photographs extra-grainy is a visual treat. Her zines feel special in …

You know when you’re browsing old copies of American television industry magazines, and you come across something that makes you stop and scratch your head with Simian-like confusion? Broadcasting & Cable, 19th Jan 1987 New Monkees was a syndicated show, developed from the original by Matthew Fassberg and Victor Fresco. It lasted 13 episodes, and was jointly produced by Coca Cola Telecommunications and Straybert Productions. Broadcasting & Cable, 20th October, …

Last weekend I lazily cancelled this survey because I didn't fancy walking in the snow. No such problem today although it was only two degrees when I set off. A train and a bus took me to the outskirts of West Kirby, to the Ridger which is now called the Newton Arms:Outside this is something of a sixties classic, or actually I think it is more modern than that, eighties …

Classic Movie Travels: Clarine Seymour Clarine Seymour was born on December 9, 1898, in Brooklyn, New York, New York. She was born to Albert and Florence Seymour, a wealthy Methodist couple. Her father ran a ribbon manufacturing business until 1916, … Continue reading →

If Kate Bush fans can sometimes treat her work with a bit too much reverence, it says something about the artist herself that she is less precious about her back catalogue. Indeed she has latterly tinkered with old albums and has dismissed this 1993 short film even though at the time poured considerable effort into directing as well as writing and starring in it. Its thirty two years old now …

Dissolves Difference The smartphone is what you get when the architecture of media collapses. It’s a black hole full of light: information supercompressed but radiant. In its singularity, it might be described as the first postmedia medium. Its circuitry dissolves difference, renders all content equal and equally disposable. Media becomes medium. Nicholas Carr

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival will take place Jan. 23-Feb. 2 in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with a selection of titles available online from Jan. 30-Feb. 2 for audiences across the country to discover bold, independent storytelling.