Gidon KremerKremerata BalticaPages of a Biography Gidon Kremer violinGeneva Lewis violinAndrew Pushkarev vibraphone, tubular bellKremerata BalticaPages of a Biography, Passacaglia, Darf ich…recorded January 2024Studio Residence Paliesius, IgnalinaEngineers: Vilius Keras, Aleksandra KerienėKaleidoscope of Lost Timerecorded September 2020at the Reformation Church, RigaRecording engineer: Varis KurmiņšCover: Fidel SclavoExecutive producer: Manfred EicherRelease date: October 30, 2026 Gidon Kremer…

Wise Vengeance’s folk, fed only through hunt, desired other sustenance. But they did not know about other foods not since the ancient First Meal. Their hunt brought them east to where they entered Lady of Rain’s forest realm. They chanced upon folk wandering the woods. All strangers warmly greeted. Lady of Rain’s folk and Wise Vengeance’s sat and spoke with each other. They told of their lives spent with their Children apart from other People. As the day grew long a meal was gathered from all…

I’ve noticed that in recent years, Halloween decorations have grown increasingly macabre. In my neighborhood, at least, grinning Jack o’lanterns and innocuous ghosts are being replaced by ghoulish skeletons (both human and animal,) gravestones, knife-wielding devils, and various other ugly monstrosities. Last year, a house near me put in their yard such a revolting handmade display of chopped-up doll parts covered in unsettlingly realistic-looking fake blood that some neighbors complained…

By Nate TremeHighland Paranormal SocietyOSRLevels 1-2 The valley is a remote region in the shadows of the Dogtooth mountains—colloquially ‘the Dogteeth.’ While the Dogtooth Outpost is a relatively new settlement, some older civilizations’ ruins are scattered about the region. The Outpost is intended as a starting point players venture out from. Perhaps they are locals, passing travelers, or recent arrivals seeking work. They could have been sent to investigate the graverobbing or put a stop to…

More pub explorations in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne as I set about using the Metro to visit a few areas of the city either side of the river. My day began with grey skies and showers as I wandered from my hotel to Wetherspoon's The Mile Castle. By the time I emerged 45-minutes later there was blue sky and sunshine. Everything is better after a couple of Lavazza coffee refills and a Spoons breakfast. I purchased a £7.50 Day Saver ticket from the machine in the Metro station and set out to make the most…

The New York Yankees have broken baseball analytics with the promotion of designated hitter Homer Nunn, a player who has never recorded a hit, drawn a walk, or safely touched first base in his entire professional career.Nunn strikes out in one hundred percent of his plate appearances. His career batting average is .000, his on-base percentage is .000, and his WAR is somehow 12.4. He achieves this through a singular talent: fouling off fifty consecutive pitches before striking out looking on…

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE FREE Webinar:T1D and ADMITTED to the HOSPITAL with Dr. Irl Hirsch, 10/28/26 EASD 2026: New Pumps, Less Bolusing and Sensors Beyond Glucose Whose Data Is It Anyway? Dexcom, Abbott and CGM Data Rights New Survey Explores Diabetes-Related Nerve Damage and Treatments CGM Data Could Reveal More Than Glucose Levels?

I’ve probably mentioned this issue before, but in September 2025 I came across the perfect illustration of it, so here we go: That’s an 1860 commercial building designed by John Kellum, one of New York’s better mid-1800s architects. I’m reasonably sure that’s Tuckahoe marble veneer, both because of its appearance and because that was a popular white stone of that era in New York. A fair amount of ornament was recently replaced as part of a renovation, and the new stone looks to have been carved…

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Fries Vansevenant builds portraits like puzzles, locking geometric shapes into a fixed portrait frame until a character emerges.The Ghent-based digital collage artist works in a contemporary Cubist idiom, constructing iconic faces from flat planes and angular fragments. Each composition begins as a problem to solve — how to suggest a profile, a gaze, a recognisable silhouette using only geometric abstraction. The constraint of the fixed ratio becomes the engine of the work, forcing economy and…

I live in hope of finally catching up on my reviews of this series, and this month’s TBR Challenge offers me a perfect opportunity to continue chipping at it: I tend to read these novels rather quickly, and the ‘mysterious beast haunting the woods’ in the blurb, coupled with the mystery solving element, means I can slide this one in nicely (if a bit belatedly) into “The Hunt” theme. Win-win! Beware: fatphobia; some on-page violence and blood (though not gore); drinking. The Beast of Littleton…

World Philosophy Day this year is Thursday, November 19th, 2026. photo by Thomas Pesquet World Philosophy Day, created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), celebrates “the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual.” UNESCO’s theme for this year’s World Philosophy Day is “How can we coexist in a world in crises?”, with emphasis on issues related to migration, climate, artificial…

When I was 17, I got into reading in my free time. I remember reading books like Crime & Punishment, American Psycho, Post Office, etc. I loved it. Before I finished one book, I would buy the next one and got excited about starting it. Reading was so important to me, that I had this urge to write books myself. But it wasn’t until I was 28 that I actually started writing a book. Before that, I tried to start a few times, but it never amounted to anything. So when someone tells me they’ve wanted…

Last night I slept great! The night before I did too so I woke up feeling excellent. I even slept in until 5 o’clock. I was disappointed to miss my girlfriend before she left for work though. Tonight I will not sleep so great. I will be up late switching back and forth between the Eagles game and the World series game looking for my sister who will be there! I am so happy she can go! I drank and enjoyed my coffee early this morning while waiting for it to warm up a little in the garage. We…

connecting with people that share my values is rewarding. a win-win situation spending time with people that share ancestors, hobbies or location are less so h/t jake

Construction Barrier, Celina TX. It's been 121 days since I quit chess [Now I Can Quit Chess, June 27]. Here's what I've learned. I thought my problem was my rating. It wasn't. My problem was that chess made me feel worse more often than it made me feel better. That's the definition of a bad relationship. The pursuits I've stuck with are social, creative, and forgiving. Chess, at least at my level, is none of those. Talking is forbidden. It rewards pattern recognition and memorization. And…

Well it’s about time to get ready for work after a week off. It’s been one of the best vacations of my life–and we didn’t go anywhere. Somehow, and unintentionally, it was perfectly paced. It felt like more than a week long. I got a lot done while also having plenty of leisure. I’m very thankful.

came this closeI got 5 coats on the box and the lid and I'm calling that part done. In the AM I'll install the Soss hinges and I'll rub down the box and lid with Howard's Feed 'n Wax. Then the oohs and aahs can commence followed by much dancing and rejoicing in Mudville.I spent most of the day resting and doing nothing. I made two trips to the shop to slap on shellac and that was it. Last night I hit the rack at 2200 and 5 minutes later I launched into a 15 minute coughing fit. After that I…

Flower pie chart flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Pie charts. Bar graphs. Scatter plots. Can the representation of data be art too? Enjoy this scenic pie chart- what kind of data art can you make? I asked for help from NightCafe. First I asked it for a bird that looked like a pie chart, but I thought the image it gave me looked too corporate: Pie chart bird flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons…

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The Times of Israel has a few great resources for the Israeli elections in two days including this handy interactive infographic: Credit: Times of Israel If you are curious about the parties and issues, also take a look at this page: Everything you need to know: ToI’s guide to the 37 parties that Israelis can choose from | The Times of Israel.

heya! I'm back! in case you didn't know, i have this big list of blogpost ideas that i add to anytime i, well, get an idea for something. and if you've been writing down every idea you have for any significant amount of time, you're going to eventually write down some very silly things. or stuff that you no longer remember the context of and have no clue what it could possibly mean. so... here's a list of some highlights. How to go to hell in every religion Quiz: Florida Man or Silver Age comic…

Sunday night, and another illegal copy of Sleep Tight Stories turns up from the same perpetrator.Dealing with this is a real pain, and I'm happy to hand the task off to AI and remove all the emotion from the process, which is mostly form letters to the podcast host and Apple anyway. This time it put URGENT in the subject line, which I regret. There still needs to be a human in the loop, but it was Sunday night and I wanted to get out of the studio.The last time, the same suspect, going by the…

– Harvester ants inside a gel farm. Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Whenever my wife and I are too tired to get up and go to work, or have to do something we really would love to just not do we recite to one another: “For the colony!” and sometimes add: “And all the oppressed bugs of the world!” and top it with a good laugh.

If Men Were Angels They’re not even all “youth pastors”: A [typical and representative Christian] pastor [named]…Benjamin Garate…was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 21…[for] child [sexual] abuse and another sex crime…the board members of Calvary Chapel Montrose [frantically tried to distance themselves from Garate, pretending they don’t teach children to blindly submit to “authority”]… To Molest and Rape Raping a victim on camera in the cop shop requires incredibly bad judgment: A [Missouri cop] was…

William Emmett Geder 1903-1977 circa 1920 I felt safest as a child in bed between my parents. Dad strung a monster balloon by the window, woke me to the swaying dragon and then turned on the lights. “What are you afraid of?” Saturdays, we would go downtown. Shopping for Mom. “C’mon Dad; let’s hurry!” “Where’s the fire?” We shopped, then headed for Milton's Grill. Comics, sodas, and my private booth.Dad was 'belly-to-the-bar'. Next thing that I knew; I was stepping off the bus with packages for…