On my humor blog there's some bonus comic strip content, some complaining about LLMs stealing my writing, one of my favorite Robert Benchley pieces, and a bit of nonsense about CHiPs because I was thinking about them for some reason. Enjoy!
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And now let's continue with pictures from early July and the photographic beauties of Glen Echo Park.
Here's a view of the park's carousel, looking up a bit so you can see the arch of the carousel building, and also the slightly artistic touch of the outside reflected in the rounding board mirrors.
Better view of the tiger and two rabbits behind. So, how much does it remind you of Cedar Point's Kiddie Kingdom Carousel?
Some more of the horses on the carousel; you see what having National Park money behind the restoration will get you.
Also look at that jester's head; seen one anywhere near that on, like, my Kiddie Kingdom pictures?
Of course they have a band organ off to the side and it looks precious too.
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bunnyhugger looking eagerly for tickets and it turns out you get them nowhere near the carousel because ??? ?? ?????. Anyway look at that great old rock-wall cladding at the base of the carousel building.
So we had to go past the Pop Corn stand, which is now in use for some artistic inspiration thing ...
And which is connected to the Arcade (no longer an arcade) and The Puppet Company (which is where we get tickets). Also, gads, what a beautiful building.
And past The Puppet Company are a bunch of fronts that were probably once midway game stalls but now host things like placards explaining the history of the place.
Here's one explaining the old arcade, from before the one you see here. Yes, I too am interested what was in the Lot O Fun.
bunnyhugger explores what had been the ride building for the Cuddle Up (a small teacups-type ride).
We couldn't be there at night, in case they still ever turn the neon on, but at least we can look at what had been the ticket booth beneath the lights.
Trivia: Between 1750 and 1786, Toulouse's spending on public roads increased from 1,200 livres per year to 198,000. Source: The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, By the end of this era Toulouse had postal services operating for up to 90 miles from the city.
Currently Reading: Prehysterical Pogo (In Pandemonia), Walt Kelly.
