The Next Green Monkey Mix — Eargasm!
I recommend you high-tail it to Barbara’s place to see what her Green Monkey Masterness has cooked up for the latest GMMP Mix.
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What Ya Want For Nothing?
Rubber Biscuit?
BOOBS
I Got Your Wingdings Right Here
I Write Novel Now
I don’t know how far I’ll take it, but I figured I’d create a blog for some fiction writing.
It’s like my negative space signage blog, except it is fiction and has nothing to do with signage (at least not yet).
I’m starting with the little chunk I did here.
I really have no idea where it’s headed, if anywhere.
Unconnected Tuesdays
Hardwood Floor
Grand Canyon
The Shiny Red Bricks Of The Chicago Fire Academy
Here! A post to celebrate a building near where I work. It has shiny red bricks.
It’s the Chicago Fire Academy!
Chicago Fire Academy
558 W De Koven St
Chicago, IL
I like shiny things.
I was just going to post some pictures, but felt like I should at least lazily look up one or two facts.
It turns out that the Chicago Fire Academy is built on the site of Catherine O’Leary’s barn, the alleged source of the Great Chicago Fire.
Whooaaaaa! That’s a pretty cool fact. The Chicago Fire Academy is where new recruits learn their trade (what part of Chicago Fire Academy do you not understand?).
Wow, I hit a homerun with that O’Leary fact. I don’t need to give you folks any more.
Here’s some pictures of shiny bricks!
Look at this beautiful building! Picture taken at the intersection of Jefferson and Taylor
This was taken from further south on Jefferson (near De Koven), looking north. I love the statue of flames. I can’t think of any other profession where a statue like this would make sense (a reverence for something you are dedicated to control or eradicate). Thankfully, I have yet to see a huge tumor statue outside a hospital.
Delicious, delicious, shiny red bricks!
You don’t believe that they’re shiny? Take a closer look!
The fire department uses this part of the building for exercises. I often witness recruits running up and down the stairs. Occasionally, I see portions of the building set on fire. They recently added a series of stackable shipping containers in back of the building, which are probably being used as additional training grounds.
Look forward to a future shiny post, dedicated to the delicious, shiny white bricks of the west side bar, the Skylark Lounge!
Thanks for answering my question.
To the twenty people who voted (or the one person who voted twenty times), I thank you for the answer to the burning question put forth by my sidebar’s poll:
Q: Hurple hurf nuhr wunk?
A: Ie Ie Ie Ie Ieeee
Honestly, typing it out I now realize how obvious the answer was.
(yes, I am gradually getting weirder and weirder)
It’s NaNoWriMo, Chapter 1
Time for a NaNoWriMo novel? I am running late with this.
Mysteries of the Iridescent Garbageman
Ch. 1
I walked out my bedroom door and halted in front of a puddle of mysterious liquid on the floor. It had the properties of pudding — it was tasty and bad for me.
32 words down, 49968 to go