Giant Draidel In the Tree
Giant Draidel In the Tree, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. This is the giant draidel in the tree from 37th Street. I’m happy because, this year anyway, I was able to make it look like it…
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Ambushed
BarbiePlaysWithAliens, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. “…and then Barbie was taken away by little green men…” Ken’s looking horribly green today, isn’t he? Until next time…
View PostWhat to Get
Santas Stove, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. What to get for the person who has everything? Ah, I know! “You sunk my battleship!” This is from 37th Street in Austin. Where else would they take an…
View PostDepartment of Bureaucracy Please Move Right On Through
Ladder to the Lights, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. (or how the federal government is confusing me by doing something nice.) My passport expired. So, I decided (finally!) it would be time to get a new…
View PostHoly Mackerel It’s A Christmas Fish
Holy Mackerel It’s A Christmas Fish, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Title pretty much says it all for this one. This is what happens when you mix 37th Street Austin with, well, anything else in the…
View PostNope, No Mystery Here
BarbiePlaysWithAliens, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. “…Move along…nothing to see here…just keep walking…” I’m happy to report that the “Keep Austin Weird”-ness, typically on parade on 37th and a half Street is, well, almost in full…
View PostThat’s Not Write but It’s Ok
ShawledWomanInBlueDances, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. So, I thought that, since I yapped about it so much, I should give you a wrap up of my experience with NaNoWriMo. I ended up the month with a…
View PostThe Great 37th Street Mystery
BusStoponDumaine, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. (or what even Google doesn’t know) In Austin, Texas, every year since 1980, the folks around 37th Street (actually 37th and a half Street, don’t get confused. We wouldn’t want…
View PostSpacy Macy’s-Where Are You Now?
LampAndChurchInTheMist, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Sometime last year, they changed all the Foley’s stores in Austin over to Macy’s. Normally, this would not be a big deal, since the stores are owned by the same…
View PostTop 10 Best Cities for Photographing Architecture in the …
PalaceDetail, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Here is my list of the top 10 best cities for photographing architecture in the United States. Note that, this does not include Mexico or Canada (sorry, but those are…
View PostBlunt Force Trauma
BuckingHorseNo1, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. No, this isn’t about TiVo (although it could be, what with all the murder going on in my home these days.) Have you heard that new singer James Blunt? He…
View PostAh to be Young Again
SpongeBobOnCanal, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Isn’t it just a little bit immature to be wandering around the canals of Venice with a Sponge Bob Square Pants balloon? Don’t you think that Bob the Builder would…
View PostCharge!
ChaseChasing, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Sometime last week (in the middle of November I think) they opened up a new Ikea store in Austin. It’s a giant blue and yellow building that sits on the…
View PostEvil
VoodooCrossesAndSkullP, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Crosses like this are used by Voodoo masters to ward off evil spirits. What I want to know is, what do you use to ward off the scary looking crosses?…
View PostGiving Thanks and Eating Too Much
PluotsNo4-1, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. In the US, today is the day we give thanks by sharing food with our family, sitting down at home, eating a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, resting, and…
View PostGothic Revival
TrentReznorsHouse2, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. As if their “wrap me in a serape and call me Maria while posing me next to giant white crosses on a hilltop as mission bells toll” video were not…
View PostWe’re Off to a Boopingly Good Start
TheScreamNo1, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. So, I get my new TiVo, and I plug in it and I start watching TV. I “boop” up Law and Order, I “boop” up a couple of other shows…
View PostBe Strong Little Buddy
TwoWarriorsDance, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Last night, I hooked up the new TiVo in the bedroom. Chase was afraid of the “booping” noise. At first I thought, what a crazy little dog, he’s afraid of…
View PostGet the Picture?
You might be wondering, right about now, “but…where’s the picture? I want to see today’s picture.” And you’d be right. There is no picture today. Well, there’s no picture from me, but there’s a picture.…
View PostThe Cooke, a Murderer, His Plea, and Two …
FeatheredPaintBrushNo7, originally uploaded by carolWorldLeader. Rachel Cooke left her home on FM 3405 in Georgetown, Texas (about 5 miles from where I live) on the morning of Thursday, January 10, 2002 to run her usual…
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