The Anniversary Plans
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The Anniversary Plans

The anniversary is coming up. Which anniversary, you ask? The one-year anniversary of getting started in this whole madness that is double-edge safety razor shaving. At least, semi-arbitrarily, it's one year. It was sometime early in August 2024 that I picked up the Van Der Hagen and a Clinique sample kit...
Rating My Razors
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Rating My Razors

I have 4 razors. One of them has 6 plates that provide 6 different shaving experiences. And a key difference between all razors is their aggressiveness. Whether it's blade gap or exposure or what, each razor feels different. And it's time that I put together a list--albeit tentative--to rate them side-by-side....
CS2: A New Beginning
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CS2: A New Beginning

Welcome to Newberg Here's a new Cities Skylines II city that I'm starting. And it appears that I can only name cities with a -berg suffix. The next one will be called Iceberg. I'm serious. It never fails. After a few weeks or months working on a city, I'll start getting...
Phones – The HTC Years
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Phones – The HTC Years

I've had a cell (or mobile) phone now for at least 20 years. The first couple were just your traditional voice and text only dumb phones (a Nokia first, then a positively microscopic Motorola flip phone that I could carry in the watch pocket of my jeans). But in 2010, my...