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Friday, October 16, 2026

Residential Repurpose

The 40 bedroom Christian Brothers residence at my high school has not seen full capacity in decades. Right now, there are six Brothers on campus, so that's a lot of space there. My high school is talking about demolishing the building and building something else there. I don't know whether the new... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Unused Space

Sometime after I graduated from my middle school, they built an auxiliary room that was supposed to serve multiple roles: gymnasium, auditorium and cafeteria. It has not come to pass. There already is a gym there that suffices for the 300+ students who are enrolled. The gym also doubles as the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Stamped Checkout

I miss the days when libraries would stamp the due dates of books. What I liked about it was seeing how often the book had been checked out. When I went to Loyola, it was especially neat to find I had checked out a book for the first time in decades. Now with checkouts digital, I feel we lost... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Wild Gary

March 2003. I was not the only one who volunteering at House A of The Agency. So was Dean Gamble. Dean was a peer of mine in high school. Dean had no-showed the first week we were to be there. Then he came late the following week. I don't know if it was Dean's arrival or not, but Gary was way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Where to Find a Coke

During my time at Loyola University Maryland, the campus belonged to Pepsi. If you wanted soda pop, Pepsi products were it. Except for one place - the library, whose vending machines were Coke. My guess is someone in power at the library really wanted Coke products. The campus configuration meant... Sign in to see full entry.

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