Lion ponderings

 In mid 2024, the origin of the back rooms was found to be  https://web.archive.org/web/20030503094137/http://www.hobbytownoshkosh.com/revolution%20raceway,%20020903.htm All the photos have perished except for the 2 back room photos.  It was an upstairs room in a long defunct hobby shop. The store managed to survive 2020.  It would have been a good place for someone with some imagination & money to take a peek.  There have been some 3D models, but the original interior seems to have been gutted. Someone made a video in 2024 & the store still existed.  It's probably sustained by air venture.

    The return to Calif* accelerates.       Maybe flyover states will once again cost under $1 mil. Good news for the retirement by downsizing club. Bad news for the workforce. It's going to be a lot harder to save money with all the jobs requiring moving back to Calif*. The economy only works when the job centers & retirement centers are well separated.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If only all of the internet took you places like this.  It's like being 20 again & discovering something entirely new.  The back rooms formula we saw before, but the introduction of the antagonist was new.   What worked for lions was how the mall was once intended to appeal to rich suburban home owers & all of it was now turned upside down into the deepest nightmare.  Then the statue was originally supposed  to be something you would want to ...