Welcome to my humble website, I'm Pokey. I take a lot of photos and sometimes write articles about various topics including history, architecture, old tech, the paranormal, and more.
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My trip to Miami was... frantic. An early morning Brightline trip that I utterly failed to recover any sleep on, combined with my weak suburban legs hoofing it in circles downtown meant that I ended up sleeping througth most of the day I was planning…
Continue reading...My work takes a pretty long break for Christmas- from December 23rd, through January 1st. It's one of the benefits of a soul-crushingly boring but otherwise pretty easy manufacturing job. About halfway through this break, I tend to get a little stir crazy, as absent…
Continue reading...Back in November, I treated myself and purchased a "real digital camera" This is an Olympus E-PL3, a 12.3 megapixel micro-four-thirds camera from 2011, and I'm very happy with it. It's a great, compact little piece, and I've been taking it out and about whenever…
Continue reading...Big Lots- the overstock retailer that decided it didn't want to be an overstock retailer anymore- is a very unremarkable store. As regional competitors like Ollie's Bargain Outlet thrive and independent stores hawking Amazon returns explode across the nation, Big Lots has largely seemed ashamed…
Continue reading...While strolling through a downtown or other urban center, you're naturally looking up, towards the thousands of dollars of flashy signage fighting for your attention. The ground is for welcome mats, trash, and cracks in the pavement, and most people direct their eyes elsewhere. However,…
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