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Magnetic personality, 2019 edition

words and images Posted on January 20, 2019 by dlschirfApril 7, 2020

I haven’t moved since I posted “Magnetic personality” in 2008, but my refrigerator was replaced with a newer model in a different location after an apartment remodeling. Not too long ago, I finished redecorating it with magnets I’d found recently. Here we go:

Magnetic personality

Events and places

  • Boyer Candies (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
  • Bristol Renaissance Faire 2018
  • Clearwater Historic Lodge, Gunflint Trail (Minnesota, August 2014)
  • The Devil’s Kettle, Brule River (Minnesota, August 2014)
  • Elk Country Visitor Center (Pennsylvania, year unknown)
  • Great Lakes, unsalted and shark-free (Indiana Dunes Visitor Center)
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (two from Indiana Dunes Visitor Center)
  • Letchworth — old railroad trestle, since replaced (May 2015)
  • Letchworth State Park — wood (May 2015)
  • Metropolis, IL., Home of Superman (May 2013)
  • The Naniboujou Lodge (Minnesota, August 2014)
  • Pa. Dutch Country: Paradise, Bird in Hand, Blue Ball, Intercourse, Virginville • Virginia may be for lovers, but Pennsylvania has Intercourse (visit in 20XX? to Lancaster)
  • “Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful” moose, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (July 2013)
  • Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pennsylvania (May 2015)
  • Rose Hotel (Elizabethtown, Illinois, May 2013)
  • Starved Rock (Illinois state park, year unknown)

State souvenirs

  • Illinois, Land of Lincoln
  • New York, the Empire State
  • Pennsylvania, the Keystone State

Decorative/functional/miscellaneous

  • Butterflies and planets (powerful magnets)
  • Leinie’s Sunset Wheat (gift)
  • Lincoln Park Zoo carousel animals
  • Pig in overalls with straw hat and grass blade (bookseller included this with a copy of Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania Dutchland)
  • Shedd Aquarium octopus (possibly from a 2005 visit)
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“Feed me”

words and images Posted on November 22, 2009 by dlschirfJanuary 5, 2023

“I haven’t been fed in six hours. If I had opposable thumbs, the ASPCA would be here right now.”

Ginger tabby cat
Hodge the hungry
Posted in Blog, Life | Tagged Hodge, home, photo | 2 Replies

Magnetic personality

words and images Posted on August 30, 2008 by dlschirfMarch 27, 2020

I attribute the inanity of this post to the blood loss (at least six drops) suffered when a chef’s knife fell out of the drainer and poked a hole in the bottom of my left little toe. Accident prone or death wish? You decide.

After this incident, probably when I was putting the milk back (to ease the last of the naproxen down), I decided to take an inventory of my refrigerator magnet collection in use. I impress myself with how many I can squeeze on.

Magnetic personality

Functional

  • Kitchen timer
  • Dry-erase board
  • Dry-erase squares
  • Dry-erase circles
  • Powerful bar magnet, possibly from my dad

Promotional

  • Amazon.com: “A room without books is like a body without a soul” (Cicero)
  • Chicago Farmers Market 2006
  • Chicago Veterinary Emergency Services (one horizontal, one vertical)
  • Lincoln Park Zoo Icebreaker featuring a polar bear (for an ice-sculpting competition)
  • Northeast Illinois area code map
  • University of Chicago Alumni Weekend 2008
  • VTonly.com

Souvenirs

  • Art Institute Manet exhibit painting
  • Blue octopus with blue glass eye from the John G. Shedd Aquarium
  • Ravinia 2006 and “Find your inner lawn”
  • San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
  • Shoreline Cruise photo of J. and me
  • USPS “Love” and “Neuter/Spay” stamps

Purely decorative

  • Cartoon birds (two) and insects (two) that were my aunt’s
  • Click magnets of four planets and aquatic wildlife (two frogs, two turtles); I also have butterflies that I haven’t put up yet and some from Moonstruck Café that I haven’t been able to find after putting them in a safe place
  • Erotic magnetic poetry
  • Floral magnets that came with the dry-erase board
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation cast photo
  • Ziggy, the once-popular cartoon character, which is probably the oldest magnet on the door, dating back to college

I have other magnets on top of the refrigerator, including fragile ones from Bristol Renaissance Faire and two powerful circular magnets from my dad. A PuppetBike magnet is on my coffee table, safe (I hope) from Hodge.

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After the party

words and images Posted on February 24, 2008 by dlschirfFebruary 9, 2019
Hodge with Puppet Bike coloring

Hodge looks as tired as we felt after two nights of partying with the puppets. A great time! More later.

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“Flowers for me?”

words and images Posted on January 20, 2008 by dlschirfFebruary 9, 2019
Flowers for me with Hodge
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