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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialOct 4, 2026
Re-Filling My Gingerbread Man Soap Dispenser 3
I documented my then-new Gingerbread Man Soap Dispenser on The New Leaf Journal last December. I then documented my second refill of Mr. Gingerbread Man back in July. Today, it was time for re-fill three. I had some peppermint castile soap for the job, but I wanted to dilute it. In order to know how...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialOct 1, 2026
Toys R Us Leaving Japan After 35 Years
Back in the 90s and very early 2000s, most of my video games came from Toys 'R Us. See, for example, my discussion in Nintendo 64 at 30 and My N64 Memories (which includes a photo of my Toys 'R Us-sourced copy of Mario Party) and EGM’s 2001 Sega Neptune April Fools Joke (referencing the...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialAug 24, 2026
Burger King Surpasses Wendy’s
Fox Business reported on August 9, 2026, that Burger King surpassed Wendy's as the (distant) second largest burger chain in the United States after McDonald's. According to the report, Wendy's had passed Burger King in 2020 and held the runner-up spot for six years, but their fortunes have reversed: Burger King reclaimed the No. 2...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialAug 9, 2026
Used Game Stores in an All Digital World
Much digital ink has been spilled on the slow decline of physical video games (including by yours truly). In a reply post by Jake at An Almost Anonymous Blog titled The importance of owning physical (and digital) media when possible, he noted that the demise of physical games will result in the corresponding demise of...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialJul 1, 2026
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 07-01-26
I have not published "daily" Pook-Emu Bee links since June 23. But today is the start of a new month. Let us turn over a new leaf in July with the Pook-Emu Bee. [caption id="attachment_6173" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I took this photograph in Brooklyn Bridge Park on the morning of July 1, 2026. It is difficult...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialJun 28, 2026
Cabbage Sorter’s Review of Shiki (Anime)
I follow the excellent Cabbage Sorter blog for fun articles about and reviews of anime, manga, and novels (not to mention entertaining posts on other subjects). Here, she reviewed the 2010 anime version of Shiki, which is an adaptation of a serialized horror novel of the same name. She notes that she first tried to...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialMay 8, 2026
Learning About Preserving Strawberry Freshness
I came across a blog post by Chris Glass titled Strawberries were on sale. Having not long ago published an article about once purchasing out-of-season cherries on sale. I had to open. While Mr. Glass’ post came as advertised, I found a tip. After purchasing his for-sale strawberries, he soaked them in one part white...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialMay 1, 2026
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-01-26
We welcome May with a new edition of the daily Pook-Emu Bee links (after a spotty week). It looks nice outside my window... 1. Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too (Sarah Perez for TechCrunch. April 30, 2026.) While this is certainly exciting, I would suggest considering not allowing...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialApr 22, 2026
Remembering My Clamshell Landline Phone
Dan Lewis' April 21, 2026 "Now I Know" newsletter covered the subject of Garfield (the comic cat) phones washing up in France. It is a good (and well-sourced) story, but here I will focus on his opening sentence: "If you grew up in the 1980s, there's a decent chance you had a novelty telephone in...
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The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialApr 17, 2026
New Victor V. Gurbo Podcast Interview
My good friend Victor V. Gurbo (who has written some articles for NLJ) was interviewed by Charles Zona for an episode of Seeing Them Live With Charles Zona. I read the interview transcript, but you can listen to the full 1 hour podcast if you prefer listening to reading. Victor covers many topics, beginning with...
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