How I found a magical connection between Hungary and Texas. — I am very active in lots of online social communities. (It’s what happens when you’re at home all day.) I was perusing the feed and came across a wonderful post discussing Austrian and Hungarian food. The poster said the magic word. STRUDEL!! This post motivated me to go on a…

Did you know that the rainbow included black vegetables? — Many kids don’t like eating vegetables. However, for some people, this dislike remains for life long. It’s not just that they don’t like to eat vegetables. They have, in fact, systematically developed a habit of not eating vegetables. If you are close to a person like that and you prepare…

The same day Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter, it was announced that Jack Dorsey was developing a social app called Bluesky. What’s going on? — As expected, wherever tech news is published for the inquiring minds, one will find a mountain of speculation and also some facts about whether or not there is a war going on between the “giants” in the industry. Since October 28, 2022, there has been a lot of buzz circulating…

Thanks to PBS Masterpiece for making these wonderful mystery series available via American public television. — Decades ago, (possibly the late 70s or early 80s), I became interested in watching British mystery television series aired on America’s PBS stations. Due to their popularity, these shows were also later made available for streaming on various streaming services. These programs are so popular there is a subscription service…

Autumn is a wonderful season because of the glorious orange and gold colors of the trees and the fall fruits; like persimmon. — The best part of watching K-drama is learning a lot about Korean history, culture, customs, traditions, and food! LOL. “Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist” (2022) is a very short TV series. It’s only 12 episodes. But in one of those episodes, the character was at a restaurant but he could not…

Halloween or All Hallows Eve went from being a day to celebrate saints canonized in the Catholic church to dressing up in costumes, visiting haunted houses, black cats, and trick or treating. — It’s October and it’s time for Halloween. For this article I wanted to present a quick discussion highlighting some interesting and fun facts about the Halloween holiday; mainly, its history and the superstitious beliefs associated with it.

For those who love to watch Lee Joon Gi in historical period dramas, they will not be disappointed with the K-drama series “Gunman in Joseon” (also titled “The Joseon Shooter”). — The setting is 19th century Joseon and the best swordsmen in the country have begun to realize that when facing off with the enemy, where one has a sword and the other has a gun, the swordsman will probably die. Two main characters in this historical romance are Park Yoon-Kang…

Do you know the difference between crypto coins and crypto tokens? — I started learning about cryptocurrency in 2017. My intro to crypto was unintentional. I joined a forum that used a virtual currency and had a faucet. That started me looking for other faucets. I stumbled upon several free faucets. What got me excited was that I could earn cryptocurrency for…

Some say hard copy or paperback books will ALL eventually be replaced by books in digital format. So, should we throw these books away? Never! That would be insane! — There was actually a statistic reported in 2017, that over 50% of the adults in China read content on their mobile phones. People say that public libraries will eventually disappear. No need for these physical brick and mortar buildings because all kinds of reading materials will be accessed via the…