Found on the Ground

Trick or Treat

Welcome to my favorite holiday!

This is a decoration that's supposed to stick up out of a cupcake.

Found 10/06, 20th & Market

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Ask Me About Nutrition

"When 5 pm arrived, Nick stormed out of the vitamin store, not even staying to help his coworkers re-alphabetize the herbal supplements. 

Three different hooligans had come into the store that day- THREE!-, all pretending to be interested in Customized Nutrition, but then bursting into laughter when Nick explained how vitamins, herbs and protein shakes could improve their lives.

And he had fallen for it, like he always did.  He felt like such a fool!  Didn't anyone care about Personalized Nutrition anymore?  Maybe all those years of school weren't worth it after all...

Nick hadn't expected the life of a Customized Nutrition Consultant to be a cake walk, but still, today had been the absolute limit.  Damn nutrition consultant school, muttered Nick, and damn this stupid pin! 

Nick ripped the hated badge off his white lab coat (it had an ultra-neato magnetic clasp, so it was easy to remove), and flung it to the curb.

Tears of righteous indignation welled up.  There, at 19th & Market, he made a solemn vow:  No more would he toil in obscurity at the Vitamin Shoppe, getting made fun of by Hot Topic sales clerks every day.  Nick was going to follow his dreams.   He'd go back to school: Yes, he'd go into business on his own!  Dr. Nick, Customized Nutrition Specialist!   

He liked the sound of that."

I think this is my Halloween costume.  Just need a white lab coat and some vitamin bottles!

Found 10/06, 19th & Market

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Special Care

I guess everyone needs special care, but few people actually put it on a to-do list.

Found 8/17/06, Market St.

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Purple Hair Bow

Oh boy.  I used to wear hair bows like this when I was a kid!

Found 9/06, Market St.

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Leather Coach Tag

Another Coach tag?  I guess these $795 bags fall apart at the slightest touch.

Found 8/5/06, Market & 21st

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Mischief Night, Already?

Thanks for a "smashing" pre-Halloween find, Strangerinthebackground-

I did not know that NYC'ers made Jack-O-Lanterns!

Found 10/06, New York City

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It's Tough to be A Divine

Hello, and welcome to Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrropoganda Wednesday!

So, each of us is a "divine"?  I wonder if this flyer has anything to do with a local cult that used to follow this guy.  They used to own the Philadelphia landmark "The Divine Lorraine", and still own and operate "The Divine Tracy".

Found 8/06, Market & 19th

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Love Is...

Found 9/06, Philadelphia

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Deadly Bites

 

Found 8/06, Philadelphia

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Rocks Melted Together

Wow, Skaneateles, NY is a neat and clean place!  I didn't find anything on the ground while I was up there.

Then again, I was on vacation, so I wasn't looking too hard.

I found this awesome rock in the shallows of Lake Skaneateles, while looking for flat rocks to skip. 

Is it one big rock that's been carved up by a glacier, or is it 4 smaller rocks melded together in ancient sediment or lava?

You decide!

I think it looks like one of those Easter Island heads.  Or one of those cheap desk-top decorative waterfalls you can buy at the Rite Aid. 

Found 8/06, Skaneateles Lake, NY

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