… this photo, along with the quote that a Sicilian friend posted on his profile, made me smile. There's a longing for summer and lightness, hoping that this international mess sparked by Israel and Trump stops and gives us a break.

Just six years ago we were locked inside our homes in a global lockdown, telling ourselves "everything will be fine.

[*] the literal translation of the old italian saying seems to be “The early bird catches the worm”, but this translation betray the correlation with the photo.

Yesterday I was tooting about opening a CrucialTrack profile, or simply share a song I like on my personal spaces. In the meanwhile I evaluate, let me share with you the enjoyment felt listening to this NPR Tiny Desktop performance on youtube, recorded at mid. October 2025

Enjoy !!!

Some weeks ago I found taner's funk kitchen YouTube channel, remixing in his kitchen some music for us out there. The following is ‘the set’ he prepared with Billie Eilish' music.

I loved it.

https://youtu.be/NtxAFerdegc?si=VyuW519O5UWKCrU6

We all know that astrology is a myth, a gimmick, a fairy tale—an excuse we've built for ourselves to claim that certain behaviors and attitudes aren't "our fault," but rather depend on whether an astral conjunction is in our favor or not. On the gravitational interaction of (relatively) distant and unreachable objects in the cosmos.

And yet, reality often seems to back up the magazine gossip and horoscopes. Just yesterday, in fact, I was reflecting on the fact that my longest-lasting friendships—the people I enjoy seeing and hang out with most often—all celebrate their birthdays on these dates: early March, late May, late September / early October, early November.

Invariably. They all belong to specific zodiac signs that are compatible with mine. Coincidence?

I was fifteen, dreams were big, life was easy, motorcycles were fast and beautiful

When I started reading comics (again) in 1993 on Amazing Spider-Man, in Italy, they were printing the arc drawn by Sal Buscema, with the Vulture and Harry Osborne as the Green Goblin. Also Vermin was an enemy of our hero.

Sal was very different from his brother in terms of style and page layout. But still he was able to capture feelings, powers, and energy of each character on the page. Maybe he won't be remembered as one of the greatest. But for me he will always be a good storyteller, and I'll miss him.

R.I.P. Sal…

Found moments ago over Mastodon this photo is simply amazing. If sums up so many feeling and memories that somewhat is overwhelming to me.

How I feel, and lots of friends seems to be in the same situation as me :-/

… of my blogging history in English, mainly thanks to WordPress.com which has hosted most of my posts without issues. I have moved away from the platform a couple of years ago, but still I own an account since my usage of other "Automattic" services like Akismet or Reader feature or, most importantly, the Gravatar service.

Happy anniversary to me, and kudos to them for keeping up a great and reliable platform for all those years.