We had a roof top solar array and Tesla Powerwall II battery installed back in 2022. Since then, we’ve been electrifying the house to take…
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The Tom Ripley books, written by Patricia Highsmith, include five novels: “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1955), “Ripley Under Ground” (1970), “Ripley’s Game” (1974), “The Boy…
Leave a CommentOscar-winning (Best Original Screenplay) Breaking Away (1979) is one of those movies that has always stuck with me over the years, and you rarely hear…
Comments closedSisu is a Finnish term for an indomitable, stoic determination, grit, and resilience in the face of extreme adversity, often translated as “guts”. It signifies persevering when…
Comments closedProblem: My relatively new PC build would not “post” or “Boot” up. There are four lights on the motherboard that indicate the boot steps. It…
Comments closedImagine being a peasant at the end of the Shogunate era. Your parents were peasants – farmers, craftsmen, all in the service of the feudal…
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The late 1800s were a tremendous time period of great change and modernization around the world especially in the American West and Japan which creates…
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13 Assassins (2010) is a gripping samurai epic by Takashi Miike set in the fading days of Japan’s Edo period. It follows thirteen warriors on a…
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As anyone with a wood fire device knows, eventually the ash build up and needs to be removed or you might want to rearrange the…
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If you have only hooked up stereo speakers with bare-wire ends, there is a better way – banana plugs. What are banana plugs? Banana plugs are simple,…
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