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Arch Enemy has a new lead singer, Lauren Hart
Sounds like the departure of Alissa White-Gluz worked well for both parties. I already blogged how Alissa's new work feels more like her, fresh and different. And here we are, Arch Enemy with Lauren Hart, performing as if she's always been there. Their…
Limping Park
I managed to do 3K steps today. My knee is better, only hurts when walking. The pain at rest is gone. However, I think I won't be able to do the daily steps challenge for another week or so. Meanwhile, the winter decided that it's not over yet and surprised us with snow. The weather…
Why so serious
I had a health scare today. Bumped my knee into a concrete trash can right outside a playground. I suspect making steps won't be possible for some time but at least nothing is broken, other than my plans. I moved the damn trash can out of the way. Whoever put it right at the exit of…
Berlin meowall
I find myself unable to blog about anything other than cats these days. Thanks for your patience 🙂
Trabant
A Mercedes is trying to overtake a Trabant on the highway. The speed is high, way over the limit. The Mercedes is in the red, driving parallel to the Trabant. At the last moment, the Trabant slows down slightly. The Mercedes driver rolls down his window and shouts to the Trabant driver:…
Rep
I set myself a goal to do one pull-up by the end of the year. I made some progress yesterday. My one rep is not a clean pull-up. The grip is neutral, and my legs are touching the ground from the moment I started pulling. I didn't jump, but it's not entirely clear from the video if I really…
me_irl
So, the big question here is: do I remove the Apple Watch before going to the bathroom or not?
AI Singularity
I'm a software engineer. My job mostly boils down to three things: Understanding a requirement and turning it into tasks Implementing those tasks or monitoring the implementation by others Querying data about the project - events, stats, trends and such About a year ago, I switched…
I miss the winter
February used to be a cold month in Sofia. It feels like late spring outside.
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4
Apart from buying books, I like getting myself little gadgets on occasion. Over 2025, that was mostly audio equipment. I got two closed-back headphones - the wireless SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 and the wired FiiO FT1. I also purchased an external microphone,…
Cats
First cat photo dump of the year! After all that winter hiding, the weather got warmer, and I had some cat spotting over the last few days. From left to right, The guardian of the hot water leak - I featured both the cat and the hot water pool in November. Despite continuous re-digging, no…
Boza
In Bulgaria's olden days, Boza was a popular drink for kids. Ours was a fermented, slightly alcoholic beverage made from cereals. It’s a high-calorie drink, and I guess we were fed with it so we’d grow up faster. It fell out of fashion, and by the early 2000s I'd stopped seeing it in…
Lake Ariana
This is a rare pretty sight from the muddy winter Sofia. A boat in Lake Ariana. The city planners of the past were fascinated by lakes and rivers, which are naturally missing here. So they built fountains and lakes, and even attempted to build a river, a story for another post. The…
Puddle Stalagmite
I do not have a good explanation about this but I have photo proof it happened. Which reminds me of the power of the water drops.
I will ruffle your hair
The text at the very top, after being censored, means "I will ruffle your hair". I really wonder about the thought processes that produced this copy. Perhaps it meant something else and got redacted. The redacted part must've been offensive. Aksakov street, Sofia.
Reading in January
I spent more time reading this month than I normally do. Had a vacation during the first week of January and had some good luck with book finds. Many of the books I read were written by Alexandra Marinina - a Russian crime/thriller author. Her novels are taking place in Moscow…
Cats, Cakes, and Skyscrapers
I had a chaotic walk this morning, here's a bit of Sofia and my path for the day. Skyscrapers I walked past 3 of the tallest buildings in Sofia. The first photo shows Capital Fort (147 meters) and Sky Fort (202 meters, with parts of it disappearing into the clouds).…
Complaining
Daily writing prompt What do you complain about the most? View all responses My region is known for cultural complaining. Gather people from the Balkans around a table, and it's like a championship in complaining. I suspect this bad habit has Ottoman roots. You shouldn't stand out, to…
Snowdrops
Snowdrops in front of one of my favorite ruins in Sofia - Tsarigradsko Shose 1. Built in 1926, the house is pink, pretty, and has flowers. I hope someone buys it and restores it to its full potential. From this angle, it almost doesn’t look like the Addams Family lives inside.
47
47 is a prime number, and the sum of its digits is also a prime. 47 is a good annual Goodreads goal because it's one less than a number divisible by 12. Let's call these Goodreads Primes: 11, 23, 47, 59, 71, 83, 107, 131, 167, 179, 191, 227, 239, 251, 263, 311... I think Douglas Adams made a…
Not sure about that…
I'm not sure if I should be happy, proud, or upset about that, but Google is now summarizing my blog in the AI overviews.
Gamebook Collection
Some good folks created a tool where collectors can flag all the books they own so they know how far they are from a full set. I stopped buying old gamebooks some time ago because I wasn't able to keep track of them. So, this evening, I dug into the dusty shelves, and using…
