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- The Pumpkins return with a “Smashing” good record
- City/town names in USA/Canada that end with matching letters
- The High Desert bursts forth in a symphony of colors
- Scaling peaks of stone despite achy bones: A memoir and and an aspiration
- Ten favorite and least favorite state capital cities
- Los destinos divinos de Latinoamérica: Ciudades con nombres religiosos más allá de San/o, o Santa/o [Latin America’s divine destinations: Cities with religious names beyond San/o, or Santa/o]
- Ten dreamy planning lessons from cruising Michigan’s Woodward Corridor
- Cities and towns on the go –> Go –> GO!
- Twelve planning lessons from the Interstate Highway System
- Tallest & most prominent volcanic plugs/necks in the USA
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Category Archives: satire
Keeping Bisbee, Arizona bizarre!
As can be seen by the following photos, any and all efforts to keep wonderful Bisbee, Arizona bizarre are proving to be highly successful. Thank goodness, we would not want Bisbee to be any other way. Enjoy!
Posted in adaptive reuse, art, branding, cities, Communications, culture, diversity, entertainment, fun, historic preservation, history, humanity, land use, landscape architecture, Mining, pictures, placemaking, recreation, revitalization, satire, signs, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban design, walking
Tagged Arizona, art, Bisbee, bizarre, cities, eclectic, fun, funky, hippies, tourism, travel, weird
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Classic cartoon and comic strip rivals/adversaries
Archie vs. Reggie Batman vs. Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and other villains Buck Rogers vs. Killer Kane Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny vs. Yosemite Sam Dagwood vs. Mr. Dithers Dexter vs. Susan “Mandark” … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, film, fun, historic preservation, history, movies, pictures, satire, Television, writing
Tagged art, cartoons, characters, comic strips, drawing, fun, funny, TV
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Cities/towns with rude and crude names – NSFW
Below is a list of just some of the rudest, crudest, and socially unacceptable town names around the world, particularly when they are pronounced in English or translated. It’s hard to believe that these are just the tip of the … Continue reading
If pigs ruled the world…
A little fun, satire, and sarcasm on a cold, winter Thursday. Enjoy! If pigs ruled the world… …they would go “hog wild” in celebration. …every government and privately funded project would be a “pork project.” …there would be no cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cartoons, cities, fun, infrastructure, nature, politics, satire, Wildlife
Tagged fun, hogs, humor, Looney Tunes, Miss Piggy, Piggly Wiggly, Piglet, pigs, pork, Porky Pig, Porky's, sarcasm, satire, swine
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You know you live in a starter castle when…/Sabes due vives en un castillo inicial cuando …
Note: – first try at a completely bilingual post. Sincerest apologies if Google Translate and/or autocorrect mess up the translations. Nota: – primero prueba en una publicación completamente bilingüe. Sinceras disculpas si Google Translate y/o autocorrección estropean las traducciones. —— … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, Housing, land use, Language, satire
Tagged bilingual, fun, language, Mcmansions, rich, sarcasm, satire, starter castles, wealthy
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Proposed City Theme Songs
The following are my choices for the song(s) that should be used as the theme song or anthem for the selected cities listed below. Some are familiar, some historic, some new, some inspirational, some witty, and some are even … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, Canada, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, government, history, marketing, music, place names, placemaking, satire, songs, Travel, Welcome, writing
Tagged advertising, anthems, branding, marketing, promotion, songs, theme songs, tunes
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Fictional cartoon cities and towns
Here’s my list of cities and towns from well-known, popular, and classic cartoons and animated films. If there are any I am missing, please feel free to send suggestions along. The date of the most recent additions are shown in … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Cities, Communications, culture, demographics, diversity, family, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, movies, pictures, place names, satire, skylines, spatial design, technology, Television, Transportation, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cartoons, comics, fun, Saturday morning TV, toons
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Candidate cities for orange clown’s future lie-brary
Here’s a list of candidate cities for the new president’s future lie-brary or alternate fact-ory. Given that he doesn’t like to read, one assumes it will be filled with decrees, rants, tweet-storms, and love letters between him and Vladimir Putin. … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, Communications, fun, futurism, geography, government, history, humanity, land use, place names, politics, racism, satire, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged cities, fun, geography, libraries, politics, sarcasm, satire
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Fun, clever, vain, and odd boat names
Below are some of the best and worst boat names observed during our week along the Lake Michigan coastline. Of those listed, the most common themes appear to be relaxation/getting away from it all (9), partying (5), and the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, branding, Communications, consumerism, culture, fun, Language, North America, sailing, satire, signs, tourism, Travel
Tagged boats, language, names, sailboats, yachts
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A witty map of hipster urban habitats in the Lower 48
Below is an edgy map of the Lower 48 that I stumbled upon while creating the post last week on hip(ster)hoods of the Rust Belt. While certainly not comprehensive (Chicago and LA are not even included), it does include some … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, cities, culture, diversity, fun, geography, Maps, North America, satire, social equity, urban planning
Tagged branding, cities, culture, geography, hipster, humor, lifestyles, maps, planning, urban, wit
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