Pointless Anecdotes: Maybe it's not too far off

Reading and recently read

Dansa på deadline – uppskjutandets psykologi A Rozental & L Wennersten.
Biggles går till attack W E Johns, transl A-L Olson. The cover painter has clearly made the effort to read the entire book, incorporating important detail given by a single sentence on p. 203.
Beach safari mawil, transl B J Conner. Coming from nowhere, leaving for unknown places for unknown reasons.
Barry Martin rekordflyger H M Brier, transl K-R Östlund. Paper-thin plot, but very interesting in many ways. (It took about 20 years to develop 300+ pax airliners.)
Mera gubbvarning! Äldre, argare, bittrare. L Norman. Even less funny.
Gubbvarning! L Norman. Actually isn’t all that funny.

Places I keep track of

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Trauma Queen The diary of a paramedic in Edinburgh—distilled life.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
The darling buds of May A brace of young girls contemplating the world.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Ting och Tankar Archaeologists everywhere!
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And squid. Lots of squid.
Halfway There My students were (almost) never quite as clueless as professor Zeno's.
Bad Science Ben Goldacre keeping science journalists honest. The pseudoscientists just don't care.
James Randi Educational Foundation Fighting against the deluders to help the deluded.
Piled Higher and Deeper Mike Slackenerny, that's me. Free food, anyone?
Sinfest God, the Devil, Buddha, pot-smoking bacon-eating pigs, cool babes, …
The Pain—When will it end? Thankfully, at least death is guaranteed.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.

Pointless Anecdotes