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Good bye, good dog
A week ago, we said goodbye to our 13 1/2 year old dog, Bifi[note]pronounced the same as beefy[/note]. She was a street mutt, named after the African country Biafra by...
06.02.2026 06:00
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Shakespeare in the mud
What strange fate has had me slumber upon this gem for two decades? The subject of my thoughts is Deadwood, a TV show first aired in 2004. Being almost 22...
05.01.2026 07:27
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Stephen Fry's Greek Mythology Books
Greek Mythology and I have a complicated relationship. I definitely learned about Greek myths in school at some point, and to this day I still have a fairly basic book...
19.12.2025 09:10
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Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Whenever I make my chocolate cookies, I get a lot of requests for the recipe. A long time ago, this was a recipe that I got from the internet[note]"Wendy Gaynor's...
14.12.2025 17:05
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TTRPGs beyond DnD and fantasy
In my previous post, I posted mini-reviews about roleplaying games that I've played that are not DnD, but that are mostly fantasy. This post is part two of that post,...
11.12.2025 07:57
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Fantasy TTRPGs beyond DnD
I've been playing DnD for quite a few years now and blogged about my DnD characters about a year ago. A lot of roleplayers are currently going through a bit...
04.12.2025 06:55
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Good and Evil: Baldur's Gate 3
Is there even a point in blogging about Baldur's Gate 3? This game is over 2 years old, and surely it's old news by now? Perhaps, but I'm probably not...
27.11.2025 07:02
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Chief of War: An Accomplishment for Pacific Islanders
I love to watch historical TV shows, especially those that are a bit gritty and not stereotypical period dramas[note]A stereotypical period drama for me would be anything containing British or...
07.11.2025 07:08
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New York Nostalgia
Eight times I've been to New York in my life so far, and I feel the relationship that I have (or had) with this city has taught me a lot...
13.10.2025 06:43
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Dissertation defended!
Yesterday five years of hard work finally came to a conclusion in the defense of my dissertation. Being a PhD student was the most challenging thing I ever did in...
07.10.2025 14:35
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Read Dead Redemption 2
Rarely have a been carried away by a video game as I have been by Red Dead Redemption 2. What an absolutely amazing, outstanding, and somewhat heartbreaking game. Admittedly, Arthur...
07.10.2025 14:34
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Data Science with Doctor Who (2005)
As a long time fan of Doctor Who (2005), I hit a wall watching the show around 2020. I really wanted to like the new (Thirteenth) Doctor, but somehow the...
07.10.2025 14:34
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The pros and cons of AI generated images
Since its release of v4, I've been an avid user of Midjourney, one of the currently most popular image generation tools aside from DALL-E and wombo.art. The current popularity of...
07.10.2025 14:33
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The World of Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West
About a year and a half ago, I first discovered the world of Horizon in the video game Horizon: Zero Dawn. I was absolutely enamored with this world. It's so...
07.10.2025 14:31
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Interview with the Vampire, re-told
One of the most famous vampire books of recent cultural history, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire has received a new adaptation last year by American TV network AMC —...
07.10.2025 14:29
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Mord mit Aussicht
Ich gucke ja viel Zeug (wie man sieht, wenn man sich mal durch meine Reviews klickt), aber etwas das ich sehr selten gucke, sind deutsche Produktionen. Es gibt ungefähr 2...
07.10.2025 14:29
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The many layers of Arthur Morgan
I would like to express a massive SPOILER WARNING for this entire post. If you ever plan to play Red Dead Redemption 2 and would like to not have your...
07.10.2025 14:27
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The search is over: The journey to my new job
I'm happy to report that my job search is finally over! As of July 2023, I am employed again! I'm now working as a developer in the field of conversational...
07.10.2025 14:27
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A novel development
It's been a very long time since I read novels out of my own free will. Having been forced to read some pretty annoying stuff during my time studying literature...
07.10.2025 14:25
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Arc of a Scythe
In the city where I live, there are quite a few public bookshelves. Whenever I leave my apartment or just happen to pass by one of them, I check them....
07.10.2025 14:25
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Lord of the Rings: 20 Years Wiser
Lord of the Rings is such a vast and epic topic, where to even begin? And what can I write about it that hasn't been written about it yet? I'd...
07.10.2025 14:23
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Eight years of pen pals
About eight years ago, I revived a very old hobby of mine: writing letters. I used to have a few pen pals when I was a kid in the nineties[note]yes,...
07.10.2025 14:21
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Mistborn
Everybody loves Brandon Sanderson, don't they? Well, as my enthusiasm for reading had been rejuvenated in the past year, I have been spending a lot of time on literature websites...
07.10.2025 14:21
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Unwind
The Unwind Dystology was by far one of the weirdest things I've ever read. It's a captivating, easy to read series aimed at young adults, but despite that, it's nowhere...
07.10.2025 14:20
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From the Chronicles of Dawnmaster Aeneas, The Morninglord's Chosen
SPOILER WARNING: This entire post contains heavy spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3, and in particular The Dark Urge origin! Proceed to read at your own peril! Written in the Year...
07.10.2025 14:19
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6 Mindbending TV Shows
If you, like me, enjoy watching weird and mind-bending TV shows, often with a bit of a sci-fi twist, I have a few mini-reviews for you of shows that I...
07.10.2025 14:19
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Romantasy is not for me
I jumped on the Fourth Wing and Romantasy bandwagon in 2023, when I was researching cool books to read. Back then bookstores were plastered with these novels, so I honestly...
07.10.2025 14:18
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Original Sin & New Blood: Dexter revisited
Back when Dexter first released, I was a big fan. I even wrote a review about the first season, which was phenomenal and probably one of the best seasons of...
07.10.2025 14:17
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Seeing the present through the past: The Newsreader
If you've followed the news today, you're probably just as depressed as me by the German election results, with actual fascists having gotten 20% of the votes, and the majority...
07.10.2025 14:17
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Resurrecting Dexter
Just when I thought I was done blogging about Dexter... they released another new show. Yes, another one! I couldn't quite believe it myself when I saw Dexter: Resurrection popping...
25.09.2025 07:12
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