@wtg Tin Can Knits does excellent patterns!

They are good for small areas. I kept my insulated tack room above freezing in the barn in Maine. We have one near the desk at the gallery (plus several others that blow air) since the rooms in the lower level of our building have no heat. I like that they don’t make noise, and are so much safer than the ones that get red hot. They are easy to move around too. Just don’t get a cheap one. Our cheap one from Walmart quit working after the first winter.

Finally, a Peace Prize. Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review? At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-peace-prize-fifa-world-cup

@DougG said in The end of an era: wow, you must be really old. But congratulations. I have really enjoyed retirement the two or three times I’ve done it. Yeah, I get it. As an emeritus professor I still plan on doing stuff, just not in the classroom. I might even see if there is any need for an old curmudgeon in consulting!

Good for them! It always bothers me that CEOs of the big tech companies don't allow their own children access to the internet, phones, games until they're no longer children per se. Clearly, they know the hazards of their product for immature brains. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+CEO's+of+big+Tech+forbid+their+children+access+until+they're+older&oq=what+CEO's+of+big+Tech+forbid+their+children+access+until+they're+older&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTE5MDc1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

@kluurs said in It appeared in the feed at another site: HOAs frequently have rules about the number and placement of Dougs within the community. probably because they’re so rare and valuable. No one wants to be Doug-less.

Can tai chi help insomnia? Recent study published in the BMJ says it might. https://san.com/cc/tai-chi-and-the-art-of-getting-a-good-nights-sleep/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472 The study: https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-084320

Stephanie and Philip (Chateau Diaries) went to see it at Christie's and included footage in today's video. For anyone so interested. Link to video

I put up our tree shortly after Remembrance Day here - we have a half day off for lieu time for parent teacher conferences on the third Friday of November, so I generally spend that afternoon getting the tree up and decorated. We don’t do much more than that, but I really enjoy the extra light at this time of year!

I looked it up in on a map. I've been to Syracuse so it's possible I've been to Utica but I doubt it.

Not sure how representative it is. Young college students in the rural county they describe and then Charlotte which was Kamala +33 in 2024. Sorry to be a buzz kill.

Morbid.

I'm going hazard a guess. This is fake too. Link to video

That's beautiful. Thanks for posting it.

@wtg Oh dear, I figured it out... I wasn't logged in! ... exits sheepishly...