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Let him chauffeur us, while we have our fun

I fixed that title on my mathematics blog. And posted some new comic strip-related material. Here's the recent writing over on that blog:



And in my quest to say more about the King Features Popeye cartoons than any other person ever has, here's a review of 60s Popeye: Disguise the Limit, somehow *not* Private Eye Popeye. I liked this one.



Let's see some lovely stuff at Cedar Point, from our trip just before Anthrohio.


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The Snoopy Boutique, which has been at the park since Peanuts took over what had been a Berenstain Bears license, was getting renovated into the all-new store ... Peanuts At The Point. The new store wasn't open yet, so I grabbed some pictures of it in its transitional state. I'm not clear how Peanuts At The Point could be that different from the Snoopy Boutique. Anyway, note (flanking the doors) a 1990s Peanuts strip where Lucy behaves really bafflingly but, yeah, does look good in that dress and necklace and all.


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That Midas-touched gryphon is still at Iron Dragon, the traditional home. We really expected him to be moved to GateKeeper and have never heard a reason why he wasn't.


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You can see the exit stairs for Iron Dragon in the background here.


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I didn't remember noticing the manufacturer's mark on the front of the statue, so took a couple pictures. I probably rediscover this and take this picture every time I visit the park.


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Here's the statue seen from the Iron Dragon station, in full and lovely sunlight.


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And here's Cedar Downs, the racing carousel!


Trivia: Ptolemy's cosmology laid out the seven ages of a person's life as guided by the separate planets; infancy was ruled by the Moon. Source: The Calendar: The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock with the Heavens --- And What Happened to the Missing Ten Days, David Ewing Duncan.


Currently Reading: Chulo: A Year Among The Coatimundis, Bil Gilbert.

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