Boston area writer, artist, and explorer.

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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • New England theme parks rule! My mom says when she was a kid, there was another Story Land location in Cape Cod. Don’t know which part exactly, but she visited it probably when she was a toddler, maybe three or four years old. I’ll have to ask my elder aunts and uncles if they remember anything more about it. It was probably the early 1960s when she went and she’s not sure when they closed it. Internet didn’t have a ton of info on it last time I checked.


  • Sounds similar to Santa’s Village in New Hampshire. Somewhat close to Story Land in the White Mountains area, but I can’t remember the town it’s in. Jefferson, maybe? It was alright when I went as a kid, but damn hot. I think they’ve since added a water park so that’s an improvement, but it definitely needed more shady areas at the very least. I want to Indiana last year and do find it to be nice state, so I’ll have to consider Holiday Park if I ever go to Santa Claus.


  • When I was young, I wanted to go to Disney World because most other kids I knew went there. Now, I’m 28 and no longer interested. Maybe I will be one day, but not now. Disney as a company has gotten too big and the “magic” isn’t really magical if 35% of entertainment media is a Disney property. Not to mention the state of Florida is run by a tyrant, and then Disney Land in California is just in one of the most congested states in the nation. Haven’t visited a theme park in years but the best ones are Story Land (lots of toddler stuff there, but still fun) and Canobie Lake Park. Maybe Knotts Berry Farm or Busch Gardens are some better theme parks in the southeast.




  • I feel like people forget about this. Hamas wants their constituents to die. They want to put their weaponry and bases inside hospitals and places of worship because they know IDF will have to seize or attack them and making them look bad for damaging health facilities and mosques. I am pro-Palestine and pro-Israel, but I notice there’s a lack of nuance too often in the pro-Palestine movement. I know most Gazans are not involved in Hamas. But few realize that most Israeli citizens are uninterested in destroying Gaza. Israel’s military and executive leadership has made poor decisions. But this does not necessarily equate to the country at large being genocidal.



  • Mckenzie needs to read that Reddit story about the bartender who kicked out a guy with the Third Reich eagle ensign on his shirt despite him quietly minding his own business. I really don’t want Substack to “suddenly become a Nazi bar.” I’m just a reader, but if I ever start a newsletter I may reconsider my platform. I am on a basic free plan for all Substack channels I read. I’ve thought about upgrading my subscription to some, but now I will hesitate.


  • Yes, good idea. I have ReVanced on my mobile and a few extensions on my PC browser. I haven’t used YT on my PC in a while so I likely will need to add more to bypass this should I get it. I think I currently have Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, YouTube Enhancer, Disable Javascript… Maybe more. I’m considering adding UBlock Origin since it seems to be a more robust ad blocker.