Tag: Heimatkunde
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Not a citizen
A couple weeks ago I detailed a Zillow listing in Manhattan that closely resembled the house my family occupied from 1957 to 1962. In bed tonight as a sheep-counting exercise I tried enumerating the neighbors I remember in those two blocks. Somewhat geographically: Adams, fireman. Matthews, city engineer. Danskin, prof of counseling. (Unknown name), Ft…
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Raking record
Time to start the roof-raking record for this winter. As always, this should be in my private daily worklog, but I started doing it here, so I’ll continue the tradition. = = = = Last winter started late and needed only one raking. 2/6/2025 First raking of the season. EXTREMELY late; normally most of the…
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I’m everywhere!
Social media relies on your iPhone to keep you located at all times. For “underprivileged” nonphoners the location can be way off, which is just fine by me. In the real world I live in the northwest corner of Spokane. When I was using Comcast, most websites claimed I was in Millwood at the east…
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Indulging a time capsule
On impulse I looked at Zillow for Manhattan, wondering about the houses my parents owned. Didn’t find any of them, but this one is close. It’s part of the huge Phelps Addition. Phelps built exactly two floor plans during the ’50s, then switched to a slightly larger plan in the ’60s. My parents owned one…
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Cherokee Terrace (WPA)
EnidBuzz showed a fairly new ‘midcentury modern’ store that wasn’t present in the ’70s when I lived there. The building is now on the national historic register, which seems surprising. I got curious and looked up the other Enid sites. Unsurprisingly the WPA project Cherokee Terrace is on the list. I used to see the…
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Gotta be branded
Pew takes a highly detailed look at the religions in Congress, comparing them with the general population. The big conclusion: Congress has more Christians than the country. The details reveal a more subtle distinction. Congress belongs to named religions far more than Americans. In percents, Congress vs America: Overall Protestant 55 to 40. Baptist 14…
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Nobody gives a fuck about this.
Spokane News facebook page just published: = = = = = We reached out to the Medical Examiner and asked how many Fatal Drug Overdoses happened in 2024. Here is the response: Confirmed Fatal Drug Overdoses of 2024: 336 This number will likely rise once pending toxicology results are received back to our office. =…
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Brilliant!
Stoller is on a roll. People who make a lot of money from killing people with spreadsheets like to pretend to be very offended when anyone points out health care is a matter of life and death. Brilliant line. Direct echo of a perfect song for our times. Some will rob you with a six-gun,…
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The gardener
Local magazine The Inlander has an article highlighting each of the official Neighborhoods. This Neighborhood includes Boulevard Park along with larger areas to the south and north. The article gives a special salute to the work of Norbert Leute, who decided to improve the Boulevard in 2020. Googlestreets shows part of his work: The real…
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No mystery
Nieman has an article on a nonprofit local news startup in Wichita. It’s failing quickly, and the reasons are not mysterious. 1. The Wichita paper was a branch of a more successful paper in KC, and the management in KC thought they should be handled the same way. I’ve lived in both cities. Wichita is…
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Hundreds of wells per month!
Shepstone continues to report the REALITY of the oil industry. Both political “sides” make the same idiotic noise about eliminating oil, and both political “parties” actually allow oil to continue booming. It’s a good reminder to pay NO ATTENTION to the noise and consider only the reality. = = = = = START QUOTE: U.S.…
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Ditch Witch is still there
Noticed on this morning’s walk that the TDS fiber workers are using a Ditch Witch excavator. Ditch Witch used to be in Perry, a town of 10k near Enid. Are they still there? YES. The company became a branch of Toro in 2019 but still manufactures in Perry, with 1600 employees. Good sign. In former…
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New way of squatting
Most squatters break into a vacant house and live there. Spokane squatters just gotta be different. This one stole the house!. Admittedly it was a ‘tiny house’ stored on a trailer, so it’s more like stealing a camper. Update: Two days later the cops found it, 20 miles south of town, thanks to tips from…
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Outside the worklog
Before 2017, I wasn’t keeping a private worklog for sleeps and dumps, but this public blog included most of the external events like hot spells or windstorms. Nice example right now. I opened the window at midnight to get some non-airconditioned air, and heard an odd noise. Something wrong with the fridge? No, a cricket…
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Rain at last!
After a month of nearly unbroken heat, we finally have a RAINY DAY! I went out to walk in the rain and everyone had the same idea. Passed 4 walkers, compared to the usual 1. The last long hot spell was in 2015, arguably worse because it was in June with longer days. But I…
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