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Steve
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Husband, engineer, musician, traveler
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November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Also…
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Who, me?
Eastern cottontail rabbit looking over his left shoulder, in green grass
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Really, I don’t know how any self-respecting journalist still works at WaPo. Just go write fake Amazon reviews or something.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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August 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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The wearable:
August 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavik’s Rainbow Street, has been painted this way since 1999. It leads uphill through a major shopping street to a Catholic cathedral. (!)

Maybe the City of Tallahassee, Florida could do likewise with the stretch of Adams St. between the Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion.
Shopping street in Reykjavik, Iceland in which the drivable portion is painted in broad rainbow stripes, receding to a modern cathedral tower in the distance
August 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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In 1994, this little gem appeared in bookstores, by little-known author V. Campudoni. It follows a man who tries to get help in finding his lost cat, from those who should care. Reading it in 2025 feels... interesting. (1/3)
Book cover of Wendel, His Cat, and the Progress of Man - an illustrated novel by v. campudoni. Cover illustration is of a simple pen and ink drawing of a black cat sitting on the floor, looking across an empty room at Wendel, a simple man dressed in a black suit. Sample page shows a simple pen-and-ink drawing of Wendal in his black suit with three policemen in riot gear behind him. Dialogue on facing page reads: "Where is the riot?" asked the police. "There is no riot," said Wendal. "I have called you because I have lost my cat and I was hoping that you might help me find her." "Where are the bodies?" asked the police. "There are no bodies," said Wendal. "I have simply lost my cat. Her name is Gai Pan and she is small and dark." "Where are those who wish to be beaten senseless?" "There is no one here who wishes to be beaten." said Wendal. "I have lost my cat." "Are you planning to start a riot?" asked the police. "No," said Wendal. "Call us when there is rampage and murder," said the police. "Very well," said Wendal.
August 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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(2/2)
Dickens continues: “Mr. Bumble was fairly taken by surprise, and fairly beaten. He had a decided propensity for bullying: derived no inconsiderable pleasure from the exercise of petty cruelty; and, consequently, was (it is needless to say) a coward. This is by no means a disparagement to his character; for many official personages, who are held in high respect and admiration, are the victims of similar infirmities. The remark is made, indeed, rather in his favour than otherwise, and with a view of impressing the reader with a just sense of his qualifications for office.”
August 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Dickens’ celebrated beadle, from “Oliver Twist,” illustrating the motivations of certain seekers of public office (1/2)
Quote from “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens: “But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul; his heart was waterproof. Like washable beaver hats that improve with rain, his nerves were rendered stouter and more vigorous, by showers of tears, which, being tokens of weakness, and so far tacit admissions of his own power, pleased and exalted him. He eyed his good lady with looks of great satisfaction, and begged, in an encouraging manner, that she should cry her hardest: the exercise being looked upon, by the faculty, as strongly conducive to health.”
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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What in the Taarna’s bartender is that
Bartender from “Taarna” segment of the film “Heavy Metal”
March 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Plaques on City Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaque that reads: ANYONE WHO WOULD CHOOSE LITHUANIA AS AN ENEMY HAS ALSO MADE AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. VILNIUS CITY HALL, NOVEMBER 23rd, 2002
January 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Holding cell with celebrated (anticipated?) guest, in basement of the former KGB building, now the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, Lithuania
Former KGB holding cell with bare sleeping cots and a cardboard cutout of Vladimir Putin in prison attire
January 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Cafe door sign in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2023. These were a common sight and likely still are.
Cafe door sign that reads, “Supporters of Russian aggression in Ukraine are not welcome,” printed over the Ukrainian flag
January 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The Scottish Parliament knows which end is up. In addition to the Union Jack and the Flag of Scotland, they’re also flying flags of the EU (of which the UK is no longer a member) and of Ukraine.
Edinburgh, Dec. 2024
January 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM