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The early scene in the Wizard of Oz was never the same after I learned pigs eat people... https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/when-pigs-attack-do-livestock-intentionally-kill-people.html ... even if some of those cases might just be for corpse disposal (as in an episode of Father Brown and...

South Carolina. I get up to DC and NYC now and then for work, but have only made it north east of that twice. Oh for the money to be retire and your the country.

Westbrook Brewing Co.'s Key Lime Pi. The start wasn't as sour as I was expecting and so was a bit disappointed, the bottom half was solid, will try it from a glass next time.

There are still a lot of classic mystery authors I haven't read yet, but what sets Marsh apart from Stout (US), Tey or Sayers (UK), and most of the adaptations of things on BritBox is how long she consistently spends building up the other characters before the main detective even shows up. In...

Well, yesterday. The existence of the Wold Newton Family. (Archie Goodwin's proposed connection to Travis McGee came up in a short blip in the 2nd issue of the Rex Stout Journal from 1979). There are several characters in there that I've never read. (And I am not a fan of the Wolfe being a...

Well, with everything else in the world, that exchange (else thread) at least put a smile on my face.

I wonder if it was a bit more about learning (or at least honesty) before much of the country decided to make college tuition a lot more expensive in exchange for massive state funded scholarships that required a B average to keep. Now instead of that disastrous semester making you have to work...

CNET and Inside Higher Ed don't think so... https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/companion-einstein-ai-tool/ https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-visiting/2026/02/23/student-ai-use-demand-side-problem

On the plus side we use Blackboard... Einstein - AI Homework Agent And I confess to thinking it might be a bit interesting if it is hacked by someone nefarious who blackmails all the users for bitcoins with the threat of being turned in for academic integrity violations and being expelled /...

Rereading Stout's sixth Wolfe book "Some Buried Caeser" and came across this quote I had forgotten: "Nowadays an Erinys wears a coat and trousers and drinks beer and works for pay, but the function is unaltered and should still be performed, if at all, mercilessly. I am going to find out who...

Away from the gaming table... Successful yard work with the chainsaw today (finally started feeling comfortable with it a couple times back - although I might be the only one in the neighborhood who uses the chaps and visored helmet with one). Anyway 6 privets down vs. 0 humans down seems...

Trying to pull out "perfect" as opposed to favorite or most rewatched or... The only two I gave a 10 to on IMDB back when I used that would be: Mary Poppins (the animatronic Robin keeps it only practically perfect, but what is better than practically perfect?) Wizard of Oz And I don't have...