Obligatory. From the backyard, western Sonoma County, CA. Going out with my proper camera in a few.

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I was lucky that my mom hated these costumes so much that she sewed costumes from patterns for my brother and I.

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In which Christopher Borrelli, the most underrated newspaper feature writer in America, explores a deep Gen X memory/trauma: the cheap 70s era Halloween costumes. www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/03/t...

The sweaty masks, the weird graphics: For generations of kids, Ben Cooper costumes meant Halloween

I was a Stormtrooper from “Star Wars” when I was eight. I had a Ben Cooper mask of a Stormtrooper. But the front of the jumpsuit was not Stormtrooper armor, it was a picture of a Stormtrooper.

Horsey cars.

bikerumor.com/marins-new-l... One of my favorite current Marin models.

Marin's New Larkspur E Gets Lights, Fenders, and a Bosch Motor

Petaluma, California's Marin Bicycles, Introduces the new Larkspur E, a new city/adventure bike all dressed up in fenders and a Bosch motor.

Having grown up around Schwinn bikes, and then working for the brand for a dozen years, my blood will forever be PMS 485 red. chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-hist...

Schwinn led the bicycle industry from Chicago for a century before losing its way

The pioneering bike company was sold long ago and no longer is based in Chicago. But it left behind a huge legacy that even missteps of the '70s and '80s can't erase.

Friend is lending me his Nikon Zf. I think I’m in love.

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This should make for a fun ride home...

Pretty cool that Jack White is playing a rather small and shabby venue here in Petaluma on Thursday. Wish more big bands would do this sort of thing, but I get why they don't. www.pressdemocrat.com/article/ente...

Jack White to play ‘stealth show’ in Sonoma County this week. Here’s how to get tickets

The surprise show, part of Jack White’s current tour of small drop-in concerts, is a “huge honor for the Phoenix,” said theater manager Tom Gaffey.