You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
So I got a package of socks at Roses earlier.
There is a sticker on the front that says "SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT STYLE".
...Am I the only one whose mind parses that as the Homestar Runner-esque "Slightly Imperfect-Style" rather than the intended meaning?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You know, I have always disliked the term "BGS". (Roadgeek-speak for "Big Green Sign")
Partly because it sounds childish and partly because it emphasizes the color of the sign rather than its purpose.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I don't know. It's just..."big green sign"?
Also I'm back from a short errand and have a mini-photodump incoming.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My sister was at a movie theater in Pickerington and I accompanied my mother to go pick her up.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
...Wow, I got an insane number of pictures out of a half-hour outing.
An older style of school zone sign. During the opening and closing hours of school, the "20" lights up and the lights above and below flash alternately.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
She went out to see Footloose with her friend. They were out on their own, yeah.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Heh. I love how you notice things that I don't even pay attention to when I take the pictures.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
...you know I think my imaginary corporation derives itself from a desire to make lists, not run things. Or pretend to.
(That said, it is selling its stake in Politico and Corus Entertainment back to their original owners, and the Marvel portion of its animated library back to Disney.)
Well, if we're including my entire lifetime, then: favorite books, songs, albums, authors, video games, movies, characters, game levels, places to visit, animals, chemical elements, ways to die, names, and quotations. And other stuff I've forgotten.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
...weirdly I was contemplating the organization of ABC Inc again, if that counts as listing.
There are three "sectors": Broadcast Television, Cable Television, and Digital Media. Four units participate in at least one of these:
ABC Television (comprised of ABC's various departments, ABC Studios, and the company's 27% stake in Hulu), ABC Stations Group (comprised of the network's ten owned-and-operated stations, their websites, the Live Well Network, and whatever "hyperlocal" ventures are/come into the fold), ABC Cable Networks (which owns ABC Family outright, distributes and sells advertising on The Hub, of which it is half-owner, distributes the ESPN channels, and oversees its 51% stake in A+E Networks), and ESPN, Inc. (the largest unit, of which it owns 80% with The Hearst Corporation; it oversees the operations of the ESPN TV networks, the various ESPN websites, the ESPN Radio network and its four owned-and-operated stations, and ESPN The Magazine).
They seem fake, somehow. For example, if I see someone's list of "30 greatest albums" or something, my first reaction is, "those aren't really the 30 greatest, it's just some arbitrary ranking you made up."
Yeah, my current self definitely prefers collage, contrast, complexity and chaos.
FWIW I wouldn't consider an organizational scheme like the one above to be listing. More like diagramming, which to me is a little different.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
I think that's my favorite part of media conglomerates.
Not pretending to oversee a whole bunch of operations, not thinking about how much money they make. Mapping them into places is fun to me, somehow. It's always been.
...I wish I had better organizational skills for other things.
The fakeness of lists (at least, the "favorite stuff" kind of lists) didn't bother me when I was younger. Then I thought making such lists was a wonderful way to waste time. I guess my mentality changed a little.
Actually, yeah...making maps of things is much more appealing. Maps of ideas, or maps of events, or something. Maps of plots.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
I remember maintaining a list of who owned what television stations in some alternate universe where the New World-Fox deal didn't happen.
I got tired of it, because I never really thought it through (a lot of information about this stuff is in news articles that need to be paid for; it doesn't help that Mother used to think HighBeam Research was some shady scam thing.).
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You should make an organizational chart showing the corporate hierarchy of ABC Inc. It probably wouldn't take very long, given that you seem to have it all thought out already, and really, it wouldn't be any more pointless than my nonsense road signs.
(a lot of information about this stuff is in news articles that need to be paid for; it doesn't help that Mother used to think HighBeam Research was some shady scam thing.)
One thing I think you'll like about college is that your school provides access to lots and lots of articles and things you would otherwise have to shell out for. Given that it's intended for research and such, the focus tends to be on academic journals and the like, but you can usually search old newspaper articles as well.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
And if the company does buy Summit, I plan to make it its own unit of the company, filed under the "Film" and "Broadcast Television" sectors (ABC Studios will be moved over there and renamed "Summit Television").
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Only briefly, and--according to that article, at least--only in Columbus.
I don't think I ever went to a Cub Too, but I have a vague memory of being near the one at Graceland as a child, after it was closed, and looking in through the glass and seeing the empty checkouts still in there.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Probably.
Cub Foods in general didn't seem to have much success in Columbus. All of their former stores have since closed--the last one, at Columbus Square, had been operating as a Kroger until this past July, when it was shut down after Kroger determined it was not profitable.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
The thought of Wal-Mart not "always" being around?
I remember when the "green" Wal-Mart five minutes from the house first opened in 2005. I think our first visit there (or one of our first) was in the dark, on a school night in the fall/winter. I think we bought a TV there.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The thought of Wal-Mart not "always" being around?
Yeah.
Also I see what you did there.
...I have a vague memory of my father taking me to the Wal-Mart on Morse Road (the one discussed in that article) when I was 4 or 5 and buying me Micro Machines. I loved that store as a kid; it seemed endlessly huge and it has a freaking McDonald's in it.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The last McDonald's I saw with a PlayPlace was the one out on Route 16 in Pataskala. That was a couple years ago, I don't know if they still have it.
Mindleap: Addresses on Route 16 are confusing. Both Franklin County and the City of Pataskala (which is in Licking County) name their portions of the highway as "Broad Street"...so as you head east from Columbus, you're on East Broad Street, then you cross the county line and you're on West Broad Street, with the address numbers decreasing instead of increasing.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The one on Hamilton Road near Eastland Mall used to have a PlayPlace, but the whole restaurant was knocked down and re-built a few years ago as a much smaller building.
Also it now stands alone in its parking lot, as the strip mall that had been behind it was demolished after losing all its tenants. It's quite sad.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
They probably weren't very profitable.
Think about it: There's no extra charge to use the PlayPlaces, but McDonald's still has to pay to maintain them. The only way it is to McDonald's' advantage to keep operating the PlayPlaces is if they bring in enough paying customers--specifically, those who otherwise would not have eaten there--to cover the costs of maintaining them, which I'm guessing was generally not the case.
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I have added Outlaw News's Primary Open to my iTunes library. Guess the album name!
Central Avenue is closed
There is a sticker on the front that says "SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT STYLE".
...Am I the only one whose mind parses that as the Homestar Runner-esque "Slightly Imperfect-Style" rather than the intended meaning?
Partly because it sounds childish and partly because it emphasizes the color of the sign rather than its purpose.
Also I'm back from a short errand and have a mini-photodump incoming.
"Signal Operation Changed". In this case, the change seems to have been the addition of pedestrian signals.
Reynoldsburg:
A typical Franklin County-style street sign.
Another Franklin County street sign. Note that, for some reason, the "Waggoner Rd" sign is in FHWA.
An older style of school zone sign. During the opening and closing hours of school, the "20" lights up and the lights above and below flash alternately.
For some reason SR 256 in Reynoldsburg has signals on green mast arms. I don't think anywhere else in the city has those.
Sign for Target at Taylor Road SW. The actual store is much further away from the street, tucked away behind I-70.
SR 256 at SR 204. Note the unacceptably small street name blades.
SR 256 marker at the same intersection.
SR 256 at I-70. The lanes are very poorly laid out; if you're coming from Pickerington you can't stay on 256 without changing lanes at least once.
Sign for the ramp to I-70 Eastbound.
Some signs on I-70 itself, as seen from SR 256 below.
Yes, the entrance to the Wal-Mart is DIRECTLY across from the entrance to Target. That's suburbia!
And finally, one of many different styles of street sign used by the City of Reynoldsburg in recent years. Taylor Road SW is actually an extension of the much older Taylor Road, which had previously been cut short when I-70 was built decades ago.
...was she out on her own?
^buh-what I got Ninja'd by that?
...Mother doesn't understand my fascination with Aurora. It's not as interesting as Denver, but still.
Greyson City's where my book takes place, therefore making its true location in my imagin8ion.
Hence, I live there and don't at the same time and aw god what am I saying.
(That said, it is selling its stake in Politico and Corus Entertainment back to their original owners, and the Marvel portion of its animated library back to Disney.)
There are three "sectors": Broadcast Television, Cable Television, and Digital Media. Four units participate in at least one of these:
ABC Television (comprised of ABC's various departments, ABC Studios, and the company's 27% stake in Hulu), ABC Stations Group (comprised of the network's ten owned-and-operated stations, their websites, the Live Well Network, and whatever "hyperlocal" ventures are/come into the fold), ABC Cable Networks (which owns ABC Family outright, distributes and sells advertising on The Hub, of which it is half-owner, distributes the ESPN channels, and oversees its 51% stake in A+E Networks), and ESPN, Inc. (the largest unit, of which it owns 80% with The Hearst Corporation; it oversees the operations of the ESPN TV networks, the various ESPN websites, the ESPN Radio network and its four owned-and-operated stations, and ESPN The Magazine).
They seem fake, somehow. For example, if I see someone's list of "30 greatest albums" or something, my first reaction is, "those aren't really the 30 greatest, it's just some arbitrary ranking you made up."
Yeah, my current self definitely prefers collage, contrast, complexity and chaos.
FWIW I wouldn't consider an organizational scheme like the one above to be listing. More like diagramming, which to me is a little different.
Not pretending to oversee a whole bunch of operations, not thinking about how much money they make. Mapping them into places is fun to me, somehow. It's always been.
...I wish I had better organizational skills for other things.
Actually, yeah...making maps of things is much more appealing. Maps of ideas, or maps of events, or something. Maps of plots.
Maps.
I got tired of it, because I never really thought it through (a lot of information about this stuff is in news articles that need to be paid for; it doesn't help that Mother used to think HighBeam Research was some shady scam thing.).
I don't think I ever went to a Cub Too, but I have a vague memory of being near the one at Graceland as a child, after it was closed, and looking in through the glass and seeing the empty checkouts still in there.
Perhaps they've all settled into the big-box concept and it's paid off?
Cub Foods in general didn't seem to have much success in Columbus. All of their former stores have since closed--the last one, at Columbus Square, had been operating as a Kroger until this past July, when it was shut down after Kroger determined it was not profitable.
This is very strange to think about.
I remember when the "green" Wal-Mart five minutes from the house first opened in 2005. I think our first visit there (or one of our first) was in the dark, on a school night in the fall/winter. I think we bought a TV there.
Also I see what you did there.
...I have a vague memory of my father taking me to the Wal-Mart on Morse Road (the one discussed in that article) when I was 4 or 5 and buying me Micro Machines. I loved that store as a kid; it seemed endlessly huge and it has a freaking McDonald's in it.
You know McDonald's doesn't do PlayPlaces anymore. This makes me a bit sad.
Mindleap: Addresses on Route 16 are confusing. Both Franklin County and the City of Pataskala (which is in Licking County) name their portions of the highway as "Broad Street"...so as you head east from Columbus, you're on East Broad Street, then you cross the county line and you're on West Broad Street, with the address numbers decreasing instead of increasing.
Also it now stands alone in its parking lot, as the strip mall that had been behind it was demolished after losing all its tenants. It's quite sad.
Think about it: There's no extra charge to use the PlayPlaces, but McDonald's still has to pay to maintain them. The only way it is to McDonald's' advantage to keep operating the PlayPlaces is if they bring in enough paying customers--specifically, those who otherwise would not have eaten there--to cover the costs of maintaining them, which I'm guessing was generally not the case.