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Interior Decorating at the Super 8

This is a post I’ve thought about making many times before, but could never drag my ass along to get it done. I have finally been driven to this point, however.

Let me preface this by saying that I like my bossman a lot and that he is a pretty cool dude, so far as bossmen go. That said, however, the man has no taste whatsoever. When he bought the hotel a few years ago, he started renovating and decorating. The majority of this effort goes into the lobby.

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Full Color: Budd Dwyer and His Impact on Journalistic Photography

You have R. Budd Dwyer to thank for color photos in the press being standard.

Budd Dwyer, warning onlookers against approaching him.

I will not hesitate to admit that I have an almost unhealthy interest in death in the media. But my heart rate won’t race for just anything. Anna Nicole Smith did nothing for me. September 11th didn’t even really do it. For me, it needs to be a personal matter, either to me or to the people directly involved.
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Apples and Precision

“As you can see here,”
Our teacher said,
Flashing a pleasant smile and the transparency
From Kuper’s adaptation of Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”,
“This artist also works in scratchboard.
In fact, he does ‘Spy vs. Spy’
In scratchboard too.”
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for the WIP ask game... The Future Is Still Silver and Black? (original train fiction from you two sounds really interesting!)

So last year, I went up north to visit Ray. Ray lives in Chicago, which just so happens to have the largest railway museum in the United States, the Illinois Railway Museum.

At the IRM, we saw the Nebraska Zephyr, which is a streamlined stainless steel articulated trainset. Each of the… [more]

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  • Untitled December 29, 2024
    "The Future is Still Silver and Black" 1975 update is here! thefutureisstillsilverandblack.neocities.org/1975. New letters, illustrations, engine info, and the postcard we sent the Flying Yankee this year. Our boys are sporting @amtrak.com and @chicagocta.bsky.social's holiday sweaters for 2024!
  • Untitled December 13, 2024
    Look what they had at @msichicago.bsky.social's holiday shop at the Naughty or Nice party last night!
  • Untitled December 8, 2024
    Got my IRL Christmas decorations up too! @nomercyforswine.neocities.org and I are finishing up the last two letters for 1975 and aim to have the next update done for the holidays. #tfissab