Richard Callow

Two spaces after a period. It’s muscle memory.

Gas stations should replace their soon-to-be-gone unlicensed gambling machines with giant pickle jars for customers to fill with money. #kindofabigdill

Photo credit to a bemused neighbor.

Pictured: a downtown signal pole with the green, red, and walk lights on simultaneously.

Throwing caution to the winds, apparently.

My giant bank sucks. The people who work there are helpful. The bank is wasting their potential.

Social media used to be nicer. Me, too.

Closed caption “erm” carries a lot of weight.

Punch and his stuffed animal are Christmas for the Etsy makers.

Pictured: a very green restaurant

Finally made it to Ozzy’s Market in Downtown West. It is very green. And delicious.

I believe the #PresBd members page is up to date, at least. Both commissioners on expired terms have applied for new terms.

The new boards and commissions staffer is very competent.

All 9 members seem to be serving on expired terms, per the city website.

I’d support a higher property tax to support the St Louis Public Library.

The Potomac Interceptor sounds like an NHL team name.

Edwardsville Officials Assured Residents on Facebook The City Had ‘No Formal Proposal’ For a Data Center — But City Emails Tell a Fuller Story The massive facilities are a hot topic in the Metro East, as a developer, Cloverleaf, eyes three towns as possible sites. Dozens of emails obtained by Illinois Answers Project show detailed discussion...

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” -Orwell, timely

Good reporting.

illinoisanswers.org/2026/02/21/e...

According to several happy vendors I spotted going in to the Last Hotel today, the building has been sold and will reopen as a nationally flagged hotel in the Spring.

Sometimes the answer to the question "How should this sentence be punctuated?" is "It should be entirely rewritten."

#copyediting

11/10

Too soon. This could be fine.

Thousands of businesses, mostly in the funeral and hospital industries, have Memorial in their name.

I have just realized that Rev Lee Roy’s videos are the new Political Eye.

On the one hand, yes, I’m glad we can unsend a text now. On the other hand, texting seems less like an contemporary Edith Wharton novel where I could be RUINED, SCORNED, & EXILED with one misdirected photo &, frankly, that added a certain something.

Is there a better metaphor for us than building the Gateway Geyser, operating it for 30 years, and then deciding it was a mistake in the first place and shutting it down?

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

The plot of pretty much every murder mystery movie made before 1980 would be less interesting if there were cell phones.

Sweetest story I heard today was from a mom whose daughter did the shoveling in her mom’s boots so her mom would stay inside and warm.

Turns out there is no magic recipe for snow removal in the city. It’s still timing, staffing, equipment, triage.

First they lost the monkeys. Then the goat. Now the police officer.

This is NOT going to look good on the clearance rate.

Noted choice of photos.

#PresBd will meet virtually on Monday, I am informed. Here’s the preliminary agenda: www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d...

Pictured: A headline in the St Louis Post Dispatch that misspells Harvard.

Um, where?

It is difficult to overstate the importance of St Nicholas parish in the city’s political history.