The same thing happened to a friend of mine. We are in a non profit chorus and had signs on our lawns to attract prospective members. She received a letter from the township saying she needed to remove the sign. Another busy body looking to cause trouble by butting in.

I used to play hockey in a subdivision that had one of these.

I stopped to check it out, full of different kinds of books. I met the owner, who loved reading and said she just wanted to share and meet new people. I donated a few books and grabbed one. It felt so social, like I was in highschool but didn’t necessarily…

Generally it is some dipshit in an HOA or other property-price driven group who just wants to stop something they think might damage property prices or invite undesirables (that is HOA-person speak for black or latino) into the area. So they kick up a stink with their local city inspectors office until they get shut…

So did someone complain about these cool book boxes or is there actually some wiley but nefarious city inspector wandering around looking for the most arcane violations? It just seems odd to me that cities would care unless there was a complaint. Which begs the question why anyone would find these objectionable?

So that's really shitty and totally fails PR 101, which is "try not to make your client look like even more of a flaming douchenozzle by virtue of having hired you." But this line of defense has always puzzled me in terms of logic, too.

Someone much younger taught me how to use all the buttons!

Not even Jesus wept.

I love fashion, generally speaking. I love love love looking at beautiful, weird, or interesting clothing and finding new ways of combining different pieces to make a new look. But the fashion industry sounds awful. Full of predators AND full of the most pretentious people who act like they are the second coming of…

Here's a better pic I took yesterday afternoon.