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Albums

A statue of a trio of cyclists in fron...of the Olympic museum in Lausanne (1)
A statue by the lake in front of the Olympic museum in Lausanne
A lion in front of the Palais de Justice
"Shuss" the first Olympic mascot (from the 1968 Grenoble games)
"Change of be changed" - a vaguely thr...gan in the Olympic museum in Lausanne
Team Uster skiing amongst the snowy pines
Team Uster at Pizol
Everyone in the Kafipause at the Gaffiahütte
Zürich thinks that German is the only true Swiss language
Working tram model on the Paradeplatz in the Züri Tram Museum
This old tram reminded me of the sad l...bot B.O.B. from The Black Hole (1979)
The Postwägeli behind one of the trams
The lion's-mouth bracket hold the straphanger's pole
The Limmattal Strassenbahn
The  Züri Tram Museum
Old ticket machines in the Züri Tram Museum
Mountain-viewing station on the Zürisee (map from 1949)
Marco wearing the conductor's cap in the Züri tram museum
Marco under a tram, wearing his safety helmet
Marco reads on the old-timey tram
March weather on the Zürisee
Kath with the ticket machine that she misses to this day
Kath under a tram, wearing her safety helmet
Kath in a Züri Tram in the museum

News

Are wall angels supposed to be difficult?

Published by marco on in Sports

The JetBrains Toolbox self-updater ate my Windows system disk

Published by marco on in Technology

Picking on Israel’s war crimes

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

Links and Notes for December 22nd, 2023

Published by marco on in Notes

Oppression => Occupation => Resistance...epression => Terror => Counter-terror

Published by marco on in Quotes

Not the best of This is Hell! 2023

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

Blowback: Iraq, Israel, and no-nothing know-it-alls

Published by marco on in Public Policy & Politics

How important is human expertise?

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Password managers: LastPass and ProtonPass

Published by marco on in Technology

Managing maps on a Garmin device

Published by marco on in Sports

Some good, American comedians

Published by marco on in Fun

Why do you need an app to charge your electric car?

Published by marco on in Finance & Economy

Not “right wing” but “unbiased”

Published by marco on in Arbitrary Thoughts

A secular view of religious adoption

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Registering for Swica’s Benevita

Published by marco on in Design

Censorship for thee, but not for me

Published by marco on in Philosophy

The context of expression

Published by marco on in Philosophy

What is your responsibility to the feelings of others?

Published by marco on in Philosophy

The walls are closing in for freedom of opinion

Published by marco on in Philosophy

An anecdote about the blithely arrogant destructive force of people

Published by marco on in Philosophy

Projects

Recipes

Meat > Hot Sausage (med)

kar116s

Soups & Stews > Vegetable Tortellini Soup

mephit

Pasta, Rice & Grains > Pierogi’s

mephit

Soups & Stews > Thai Coconut Soup

mephit

Desserts > Prune Ring (Swedish Tea Ring)

mephit

Soups & Stews > Slow cooker vegetarian chili

kar116s

Vegetables > Bread and Butter Pickles

Grizz

Desserts > Lemon Bars

mephit

Beverages > Oxymel

kath

Vegetables > South American Bowl

mephit

Miscellaneous

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