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here is grok’s desc of the one building. This is almost certainly the main building of a historic public school (likely a junior high or high school) from the early-to-mid 20th century in the United States.
Architectural Style and Identification
The building shows classic Beaux-Arts or Renaissance Revival features, which were extremely popular for American schools and other institutional buildings between roughly 1900 and 1935. Key matching elements include:
* Strong symmetry with a prominent central section flanked by matching wings.
* A grand central entrance with three arched doorways (a very common school design for student flow).
* Dozens of large, regularly spaced windows — typical for maximizing natural light in classrooms before widespread electric lighting.
* A decorative semi-circular fan or sunburst (radiating rays) motif in the pediment/gable at the very top center — a distinctive ornamental touch seen on some historic schools and institutional buildings of this era.
* Overall grand, imposing scale and classical detailing.
The snowy setting points to a northern U.S. state (Midwest, Northeast, or Pacific Northwest) or possibly Canada. The number 8380 visible near the entrance is almost certainly the street address.
Why It’s Hard to Pinpoint the Exact Building
Many schools from this period were built with very similar designs (architects often used standard plans or popular styles). Without more context — such as the city/state, the approximate year the photo was taken, or any visible school name/signage — an exact match is difficult. It strongly resembles buildings documented in historic registers and local archives across the U.S.
Similar examples exist in places like Seattle (e.g., John Marshall Junior High, built 1927 in Renaissance Revival style with a central arched entrance), various Michigan and Midwest schools, and other northern cities.
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Cover of Grok Magazine #6, 2002. Published by the Curtin Student Guild. The cover is a vector Illustration.
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Surprisingly still in operation, but vastly different from the arcade where my father brought me to play Excitebike and Castlevania.
Freud would probably have something to say about this.
This is the stack I've been using lately, it gets about 4:1. If I swap the lens out for a 28mm, it goes up to about 7.5:1.
Jesus’ Prayer
“I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they (Christians) do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.” John 17:14-18
“Jesus explicitly prays not for removal from the world, but for protection while we are sent into it on mission, consecrated by God’s truth.”
Grok search for Scripture verses for Christians are to live in the world not of the world. Link to conversation - grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMi1jb3B5_91f25211-bbad-4b82-b838-0...
Also see;
John 15:19
Romans 12:2
1 John 2:15-17
1 Corinthians 5:9-10
James 4:4
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I guess I forgot to post this but this was taken while I was working on it. I took my kenko extension tubes which are designed to pass the signal through to the lens and I drilled 1/16th holes at 90 degrees to each of the 8 pins on two of the rings (little bit tricky). I drilled a hole in the side of the tube to feed some wires through and soldered the wires to connect the two tubes so that they can be physically seperated but still electrically connected. I added a DB9 connector in the middle for good measure after this pic was taken and cleaned things up a bit.
The idea is that one tube goes right on the camera body and the other one goes on my reversed lens so as far as the camera is concerned, the reversed lens is still connected, TTL, EXIF, Aperture...it's all there baby!
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My grandmother's neighborhood drug store. Spinner racks. Star Wars. X-Men. Also had a top-notch selection of candy.
Fandom in Stitches Summer of Stitching.
For lovers of Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, I present GROK. (I <3 Books theme, albeit a little late). Martian word meaning to drink or understand something fully, taking it in and becoming one with it.
Hand embroidery in 8" and 6" sizes. Relatively easy, 1-2 stars for difficulty. Find the pattern here:
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Well, it had a name, but I don't remember it. I bought Cable #1 here. I hid it from my parents. A victim of the 90s speculator boom, this place didn't last so long.
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