tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post9112437754312303690..comments2023-07-30T11:59:47.999-04:00Comments on Cheesehead Displacement Syndrome: Random Acts of Thursday - A Major AwardElliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13623810021177960310noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-84968770235758536952009-10-30T17:31:50.873-04:002009-10-30T17:31:50.873-04:00Gwen, sometimes I feel like I don't get to go ...Gwen, sometimes I feel like I don't get to go out in daylight. Now as to my penchant for blood...<br /><br />Bev, even growing up there, I still call it "Milla-wauk-ay". All the kids are doing it. And yes, Cleveland is a neato-keen place to go...just wait until I post about the food!<br /><br />HAH - (hah!) Thanks for making my photographic skills feel even worse - your favorite picture is a still from the movie that someone probably copied from a grainy old VCR tape. I didn't take that one, as evidenced by the lack of shaking, tilt and off-centeredness.<br /><br />But thanks.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623810021177960310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-58394818288057131252009-10-30T15:28:21.100-04:002009-10-30T15:28:21.100-04:00I love the pictures, especially the snowy one!
ht...I love the pictures, especially the snowy one!<br /><br />http://harlemshaterade.blogspot.comHarlem's A Hatinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927234771768698718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-14707609967742796172009-10-30T09:24:35.256-04:002009-10-30T09:24:35.256-04:00I never thought anyone could make me want to visit...I never thought anyone could make me want to visit Cleveland... until now. Great pics, Elliott! Sounds like a good place to visit.<br /><br />Btw, I went to Milwaukee once on a business trip (did a job for Miller Beer) and loved it! Nice place. Of course, you know I called it "Milla-wauk-ay" the whole time I was there, 'cuz I am excellent.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275839554554036296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-44004921331960857412009-10-29T13:35:20.238-04:002009-10-29T13:35:20.238-04:00Awesome pictures.Awesome pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-58035831220543536232009-10-29T13:03:10.430-04:002009-10-29T13:03:10.430-04:00Until I got to the picture of Whiskey Island (AKA ...Until I got to the picture of Whiskey Island (AKA the latest place I've decided to retire to), I thought you were a vampire and couldn't go out in the daylight.<br /><br />Glad you had a good trip!Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100388190136741782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-1409100927016577252009-10-29T10:06:47.812-04:002009-10-29T10:06:47.812-04:00It slays me that they filmed the home exteriors in...It slays me that they filmed the home exteriors in one city, and the school in a completely different city. Ah, the days when no expense was spared, not like today's films where everything has to be done with computers since that's SO much cheaper...wait...<br /><br />The refinery makes sense, I just love that there's a 20-foot wall of fire in the middle of the city.<br /><br />The lamp is great, too, did your pregnant torso light up, or was it solid? I think a red glowing belly, a la E.T., would have rocked.<br /><br />"I said 'it', I said THE word." <br /><br />May the Schwartz be with you.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623810021177960310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-69358052114970432102009-10-29T09:57:06.492-04:002009-10-29T09:57:06.492-04:00Well, fudge...I love Christmas Story!!
'except...Well, fudge...I love Christmas Story!!<br />'except I didn't say fudge...'Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915937002599448896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-33532871656610255182009-10-29T09:36:49.854-04:002009-10-29T09:36:49.854-04:00I love that freaking lamp! My uncle made one and i...I love that freaking lamp! My uncle made one and it's awesome. Then he made one for me, but I got the torso. A pregnant torso.Samsmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169303081015977579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781586185594177386.post-11483816392448008312009-10-29T09:27:47.675-04:002009-10-29T09:27:47.675-04:00That flume is probably one of the many BP refineri...That flume is probably one of the many BP refineries that dot upper Ohio.<br /><br />And, most of <i>A Christmas Story</i> was filmed in Canada (at least the outside scenes), but the house in Cleveland is open for tourists and such. It's been restored to match the house as it appears in the movie.<br /><br />You learn these things when your favorite movie(s) are set in your home state.<br /><br />In case you're wondering, I know way too much about the backstory behind Hoosiers, too.MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.com