A pair of Harvey Ellis nightstands after glue up. Next: drawers, back and top

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
RIP the greatest comic genius of the twentieth century and a guiding light for me in these times.

My first and likely only dancing gig. I also do the voice over at the top of the show. It’s a very funny evening of comedy, and Conan’s remarks at the end speak for themselves.

Greetings from Portugal, a fallen empire that managed to recover and eventually join the community of modern democracies. It took the Portuguese about 10 years after the coup against Salazar in 1974. We’ll see.

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This might useful, given that our counterpart is now run by a crackpot idiot.

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Today’s German lesson. And yes, it is happening here.

Trump says he will appoint himself chair of Kennedy Center

The mind reels.

It’s spellbinding! Riveting! A triumphant tour de force!
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from The Economist

The Economist, how do I love thee? A light in the darkness of the knuckle-dragging USA. But I guess this is a blurb!

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