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Dzimas
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After 27 years, it seems appropriate to go by the Lithuanian version of my name. Proud to call Vilnius my home, a city built upon Gediminas' dream of an iron wolf, whose howl would be heard all over the world.
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A new day!

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You Don’t Mess with the Zohran!
It’s not like I’m from New York or even have a stake in what goes on in the city, but to see a young progressive candidate take the Big…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Lonely Gothic church in Lithuania
August 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Yahoo Mail goes from 1 TB free storage space to 20 GB, leaving me to clear 10 GB worth of emails or pay $2 a month for "extra storage." I suppose it was a nice "freebie" all these years, but that is a massive reduction in storage space! Times must be tough.
July 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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So long, Ozzy!

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The nicest devil worshipper you would ever meet
It was 1982 that I saw Ozzy Osbourne at City Park Stadium in New Orleans. Four of us had packed into a little Chevy Chevette and made the…
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July 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The enigma of arrival

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Nothing is of its own explanation
I admit that I sometimes feel I’m being sodomized by my client, but not in the crude way depicted in The Brutalist. I had no idea where…
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July 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Do we really need another Superman?

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Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape
Frank Miller tried to kill off Superman but to no avail. In one of the more darkly funny graphic novels, The Dark Knight Returns, Miller…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Hard to imagine,

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The Lost Telegram
We are recording and LP together this weekend in NewYork. How about coming in to play bass stop call Alvan Douglas 212–5812212. Peace Jimi…
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July 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Lovely summer day in Vilnius
June 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Imagine, if you will, a Gilligan's Island without Mary Ann,

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Gilligan's Island "Lost Pilot Episode" Part 3
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June 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Reflecting on what happened on November 5, 2024,

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Lost in America
When Daina heard the news that Joe Biden had dropped out of the race and passed the torch, so to speak, to Kamala Harris, she announced we…
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June 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Another strange and enjoyable turn,

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Help yourself to a hand grenade
The rarest of things — I saw a movie on its opening night in Vilnius and am hear to report it like a diligent scribe. I was surprised to…
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May 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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My thoughts on the second overwrought season of The Last of Us,

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Restless in Seattle
I was glad the action shifted from Jackson Hole to Seattle just to see how the creative team of The Last of Us made my home city look in…
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May 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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That uneasy feeling,

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Life During Wartime
It’s gotten so bad in the ever-escalating war of words that Vilnius finally released its long overdue evacuation plan should Russia invade…
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May 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Careful there are a lot of spoilers for those who haven't seen GoT yet,

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Of Wolves and Men
I had avoided Game of Thrones for the longest time but my youngest daughter coaxed me into it one evening and here we are a week later and…
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May 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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It's tick season!

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I had just gone to bed when my daughter woke me to say she found a tick on the cat.
Ash sensed something was up the next morning when I came upstairs to the bedroom with the hamper and immediately retreated to the attic. I…
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April 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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... and the Trump administration says Putin wants peace 😞

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Nine killed and dozens injured in ‘massive’ Russian missile attack on Kyiv
Several districts across city targeted in one of most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for months
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April 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Lost in Time
Watching a recent episode of Black Mirror, I got to thinking about time, in particular how is it framed. Hotel Reverie wasn’t very…
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April 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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How did we go from a relatively accommodating college educational system to one that very few persons can afford today?

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WTF Happened?
In 1985 I bought a new Ford Ranger. It was a basic ‘84 model the dealer wanted to clear off the lot so he gave me a discount, pricing it…
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April 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Sweet! Gators are Chomps!
April 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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What to do with all those CDs and albums?

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Travelin’ Light
Like many other persons, I went digital in the 1990s and over the years accumulated a huge cache of CDs, the vast majority of which I don’t…
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April 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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So it goes ...

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Ice Station Zebra, the remake
“I would imagine it had nothing to do with anyone else. It was Mike, I guess I don’t know. I always thought it was Mike.” — Donald Trump
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March 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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So nice to escape the chaos. Welcome to Australia.
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Remember to Remember
You get the feeling that Madeleine Gray wrote her amusing first novel, Green Dot, ten or fifteen years ago given that her first job is…
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February 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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In these difficult times, comedy is sometimes the best medicine.

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There’s no escape
Try as I might there is no escape from Trump, not even here in Vilnius, Lithuania. Wherever I turn, he is being reported upon. LRT even has…
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February 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Chillin' on a winter's day,

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February 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM