Protect the Lion

August 24, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 2 Comments

We are going to have a protest for preserving the Bulgarian national currency, the Bulgarian Lev (Lion). The organizers decided to use an AI generated lion for their posters.

I’ve never seen a lion with such crooked teeth. He has one mid-tooth at the top, zero at the bottom, his gums are made of plastic, and has no tongue. Something in his face reminds me of a pug. He’s also in a desperate need of a dentist.

Here’s my proposal for a more realistic lion

A lot more teeth, has tongue, and the correct number of fingers on some limbs. Also, officially dressed, ready for a political career.

This was once the marked path

August 23, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 3 Comments

From the daily hike.

First photo shows a white-blue-white marking for a path long gone. I took it anyway and after some crawling got to the new path, which was clearly marked as seen on photo two.

Greek Flowers

August 22, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 1 Comment

From left to right and top to bottom.

Oleander, Aloe, Paperflower, and some sort of Hibiscus, maybe Swamp rose mallow.

Daily Harvest

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ Leave a comment

This will be a tough one to read. I’m still half-way through the last one but the buy 2 get 4 books promotion by the local publisher Artline was too good to miss.

The last Ronin – I plan reading one chapter per day with the little one (already completed two). It features one surviving ninja turtle and the elderly badass April O’Neil but it’s mostly for the sub-10 audience
Lore Olympus – another graphic novel, which I’ve not unboxed yet
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – in case I’m meeting the guy next month, I’d like to have that completed
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christofer Paolini – I have to admit that I got that for the cover because they add up nicely with the one above. I’m not sure if I’ll ever read it. The author is well-known for his series Eragon.

Goodreads Brings Back Friends’ Reading Challenges

August 20, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 1 Comment

One of my favorite parts of Goodreads used to be seeing how my friends are progressing toward their annual reading goals. It was fun and a little competitive in a good way.

Last year, Amazon decided to clutter Goodreads with about a hundred new challenges while somehow hiding the only one that mattered to me. For a while, seeing friends’ challenge simply disappeared.

Well, good news: it’s back. If you’re using the mobile app, you can find it under:
Settings → Reading Challenges → More frien…

I’m thankful it’s back so I can keep an eye on what my frien… read again.