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these are really fun.

the dining room in the vault!? i bet when the door is closed, they aren't bothered by any noise from outside.

i like bodicegodess's response. it does depend on the ghost. i've lived in a lot of places and run into ghosts [full on apparitions, voices, noises and cold spots] in seattle, london, san francisco. mostly they've been benign. but that bastard in london was scary.

this is the best entry yet!

actual blue prints, diazo prints, are pure nostalgia these days. the chemicals used to make them [amonia mostly] are now classified as hazardous and most print shops don't even have diazo machines anymore. large format copiers have replaced these, and though they don't look as cool, they are a lot healthier for the people making them. if you do this with real diazo prints, they do fade, yellow and get "dusty" over time, so you might want to seal them some how.

man, you people just don't get the humor, too bad it's wasted on you. it's no different from people using lenon posters or che guavara stuff. it's a lovely home!

sweet!

our family has, for the past 5 years, decided to give gifts only to the kids. all the other money we would have spent on gifts for family is donated the the charity of the givers choice. we'll be doing this again this year. we share, at our holiday gathering, what charity we've given to, and what the charity does.

i understand making do during hard times, but that just makes me feel sad for whoever had to do it.

witold's book is okay, but he annoys me.

gaston's book was required reading in college and was so ponderous i never made my way through it.

i don't know winifred's or akiko's books. i'll have to look them up.

clare's book is AMAZING, and i highly recommend it.

i would also recommend moore, lynndon, turnbull's "the place of houses" as a great book on the subject.