If you're looking for a burger that's a little bit different from the ordinary, these Fruity Sausage Burgers are sure to hit the spot. Juicy sausage meat is paired with sweet dried fruit to create a delicious combination of flavours that has long been a favourite in British cooking. Served on a soft roll with your favourite flavour additions such as lettuce, mayo, grainy mustard or even fried onions, these burgers are hearty, flavouful and wonderfully satisfying.The contrast between the savoury…

A New Generic House Ballot Poll Has the Democrats at D+11 There have a large number of polls of specific House races, but all of them effectively take into account characteristics of that specific race, those specific candidates, and other factors that may not apply in other races. One question pollsters have been asking for decades that factors out these specific-to-a-particular-race things is: "Are you going to vote for the Democrat or the Republicans for the House of Representatives?" It…

Violets Violet (more true to colour) this tree knows how to do autumn colours Two leaves from the tree in the previous picture The leaves on my hibiscus are turning yellow. All pics taken with the hipstamatic app

This big floof is my self-appointed protector. This probably sounds insane. Let me explain. I can’t count the number of times in my life that I’ve witnessed this exchange, or have been part of it: Dog: bark Human: [silence or mildly irritated noise] Dog: Bark! Human: Shush. Dog: Bark Bark!! Human: Quiet! Dog: BARK BARK BARK!!! Human: SHUT UP DAMMIT!!! Then I was faffing about on r/greatpyrenees and a commenter recommended thanking the dog for barking. The logic being that some breeds like Great…

I’m on the road and thinking too much about travel. At some point in my life I had this idea that travel would be easier as I got older. I could put my laptop in my backpack and put some clothes in a carry on and go forth into the world. I also imagined flying cars (not really, but ok), helpful robot assistants (that don’t cause existential angst), and supersonic, near orbit, airplanes that would connect us with Europe in a few hours. Today, in reality, I’d be happy to get through airport…

Find a song you used to love, but forgot about. Tell us what made that song special during that period of your life. How odd. My wife and I were discussing another song from this album just yesterday. It got me reminiscing about this track, the first time I’d heard the Stereophonics as it featured on a compilation album that was on heavy repeat when my ex-wife and I moved to England. It was a big adventure, we were 22 and living away from all our friends and family. I’d gotten a job in…

do you use the toothpick that usually comes with wooden chopsticks?apparently, not everyone does so, recently, they have been making these "packets" without the toothpickif you usually use the toothpick, you'll have to start bringing your own

I'll admit, I don't really know what I'm doing with paint pens. Obviously there are many hours of YouTube out there, but I don't have time to dig through it all, so I've read a couple of articles (sooooo much quicker than video) and dived in. First, we have the garden around the house. One challenge is to match the colours to the stills from the film of My Neighbour Totoro, which seem to change quite a bit. Then to remember that I've only seen the stage show (still looking for a DVD), and so I…

The wayward professor has touched down in Iceland for his ten-day extravaganza. A whirlwind tour of pools, theatres, museums, and quaint music venues, searching for Cosmic Awareness. Daily posts for the next 10 days. Image generation via nano banana2 lite

J.J. Kimche writes in his most recent edition of The Jew from Nowhere, “Who Shall Sway Over the Trees?”: “One of the abiding oddities of my seven years in the United States has been the extraordinary disparity between the calibre of the American people and that of their political representatives. Every day, I encounter Americans who are serious, competent, conscientious and, above all, comparatively normal. I’m talking about the sort of chaps who go about their business calmly, hold the…

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At one point when I was a kid, probably around 14, my goal in life was to put on gigs in the front yard. I was not a DJ. I was not a musician. All I could do was sing. And I knew a bunch of songs. But I had no band, and I had a horrible, ginky fro--so I didn't think I could really be in a band. Which was dumb. But I thought a lot of dumb stuff then. But the dream was correct. In reality, I should have just grown the thing out as large as I could and gone with it while I had it. But that's a…

Preliminary conceptualization for THE SOLAR GRID video game is looking good. There's a high probability we'll be exploring things that were only touched upon in the [already elaborate] graphic novel, building upon the book rather than copying it as is. Which is exactly how a video game adaptation ought to be in my opinion. Travels lined up for Amman and Qatar next month, which will cross out about 2 weeks of studio time for me, so I'm trying to get as much work done as I can in the meantime.…

Art by Albert Robida, except as noted. Built in the crook of the great river Rhynne, on the bones of a city long dead. Folk of all shapes wander in and out. All things lost are near Sumbleton found. Spires rise out of the rock in perfect curves, leaving the landscape unbroken. The wind howls through them, singing ancient words of power. A stone archipelago hangs in the sky. Dragonets roost in the roots hanging below them. Gilded fruit ripens above. A city drifts by on the breeze, unhindered by…

a backside view of the Japanese maple that greets you upon entry to the garden — what a specimen Somehow I’ve never made it to the Seattle Japanese Garden before — I’ve been to the free Kubota Garden in South Seattle many a time (and highly recommend it), but never got around to the paid one. I finally decided to go for my birthday this year. After a leisurely breakfast, we cruised over the floating bridge into Seattle. To our southeast, Tahoma Mount Rainier was crisp against an amber sky, a…

I was going about my day today, when I heard the news, as so many of us did. Sir Patrick Stewart has passed away at the age of 86. It was a real shock. He was one of those figures that I somehow assumed would just be around forever. He always seemed so lively and energetic. He was talented and inspiring. I am glad to have lived in a world with him and the ideals he modeled. I will miss him dearly. Reply by email

Well, they say they have proof. I believe that the Kraken exists. I however do not want to meet one

Joanna Stern, reporting for ABC News in 2012: And it was on that last point that Cook had a lot to say. When asked if Apple was planning to merge its tablet and laptop products, much as Microsoft is proceeding with Windows 8, Cook responded with a quip: “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those aren’t going to be pleasing to the user.” Cook elaborated that converging the iPad with a laptop would result in tradeoffs, ones Apple isn’t willing to make. “We are not going to that…

Your bones say yes before your mouth does & so October unwinds days into darkness. Owls call across brown grass & moonface to hasten the fallow & what follows scurries across the plains of your November until fields scrubbed clean, raw, bleed in the cold & terrible light of day. Your hands, your eyes, your feet in this soil: so much beauty the world cannot endure.

You guys know I’m an Orioles fan. But the Brewers are my National League team and once the Orioles arrive at their usual pre-postseason exit I switch hats and cheer for Milwaukee, who as of about an hour ago are the reining World Series champs for the first time in franchise history. I have to admit it — I think is the best team I’ve ever cheered for, better than any Orioles team of my adult lifetime, including the 1983 champions. So much to like here. Top-to-bottom production from the lineup.…

It just isn't Halloween without a visit from the Peanuts gang, is it? The first Halloween strip for Peanuts ran on October 31st, 1956 and they've ever since been key ambassadors of Halloween nostalgia. Five Below has had quite a few Peanuts themed Halloween items over the past few years and this year they have this little set from Just Play called Perfect Pairs. Who is the titular Perfect Pair? Why Charlie Brown and Snoopy, of course! They're both decked out for trick or treating with costumes,…

Daniel Carter, Kevin O’Bryant, and I have uploaded to the arXiv our paper On the diameter and distribution of Sidon sets. This is a paper stemming from an interaction on my blog last year, regarding the use of AlphaEvolve to improve the then state of the art on the size of Sidon sets. We obtained a series of further refinements to the bound until progress stalled; after several months of no further progress, we decided to release what we have in this preprint. Recall that a Sidon set is a set…

my new job is really fun i get to make coffee with the mechanical equivalent of a ferrari its beautiful and tactile and flashy mmmespresso ... my friends at work are interesting and my boss brings her puppy to the cafe after close ... i had a short lived crush but i think i was just bored ... sigh. i met one of my followers and we shared a cigar and watched the ocean at night ... i thought about asking him to punch me in the stomach but i thought that might be weird. my diet has been poor and…

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Smile and stare out into the glimmery ocean distance as your feet sink and squish into the wet sand at the edge of the waves. Squeeze pockets of drippy beach in your hands and rub your dirty palms together for a mini-massage as the burnt orange sun slowly dips down in the distance. Breathe that warm and salty ocean breeze and dig your feet in deep as you close your eyes for a moment, let your mind drift away, and just let it all go. Just let it all go. Just let it all go. AWESOME! There’s even…

The panorama today Dawn Patrol data visualization from today The base of the pier and the seawall is normally sand. Today I was able to ride waves in that area, some of them were waves going out to sea, some were cross waves headed perpendicular to the beach. It’s a bit freaky, but it was fun to ride waves that way. There were times where the wave I was riding hit a back wave and my ride came to an abrupt end. Here’s how Strava views that data I mentioned the waves doing it yesterday, too. And…

This week is the very last for the suburban farmers markets that have served us since June. Urban markets will run through the American Thanksgiving. ¶ In Arlington this afternoon, the vendors were breaking down their canopies and booths as I arrived. But you could still have bought any of twenty-one kinds of apples:

My first writing job was at Hour Magazine in Montreal. As a film and music critic, my job —— for that first year, anyway —— mostly involved writing capsule reviews for films and albums. For the films I'd either get a screener on DVD (it was 2005) or an invite to a 10am critics' screening that were held at various movie theatres in Montreal. For the albums, I'd check my box in our office to see what CDs my editor Jamie had assigned to me, pop into his office to ask if anything was time…

i met a stranger from the internet and he treated me like a person and we had a normal nothingburger time together ... not that i wanted anything bad to happen ... i thought maybe hand to hand combat would be on the table but the mood just wasnt there. siiiigh.

I’ve looked up and across at these San Francisco buildings for as long as I can remember, and I love how at night their edges are lit up all rectilinear style, like something out of Tron, and I only just this week came to recognize that the magic comes down to good old simple strings of lights. Nothing fancy. Nothing built-in. Zoom in to see.