Justus HayesApr 13 minThe Source of DistressMy Great Big Europe Trip of 2005, referenced many times throughout this blog, had the explicit goal of collecting as many photographs of...
Justus HayesMar 53 minMy Last Visit to Woodlands HospitalWoodlands Hospital, or "Woodlands School" as it was latterly and inaccurately known, was an institution in New Westminster, British...
Justus HayesFeb 161 minReturn to Riverview's West Lawn PavilionPlease don't get the idea from this post's title that I have physically returned to the interior of Riverview's West Lawn Pavilion. I...
Justus HayesJan 41 minWebsite Improvements UnderwayIt's 2022, my Portfolio is getting much closer to the point when I can start trying to get some work out of it, and that means the rest...
Justus HayesOct 11, 20216 minInterpretations of The Overlook's Gold RoomThis is an examination of another of Kubrick's iconic scenic environments, the Gold Room, which is featured so prominently in his horror...
Justus HayesSep 27, 20215 minThe Bathroom in Room 237The bathroom in The Shining's room 237 is one of the most iconic environments in film history. The fame of this room is due as much to...
Justus HayesSep 13, 20211 mina shopping cart saved my lifeI created a group on Facebook, "a shopping cart saved my life." When I realized I could easily create a group, one dedicated to shopping...
Justus HayesAug 20, 20211 minRegarding "Consider the Halibut"I have removed the latest installment of the series on the Captain's Palace, "Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 4: Consider the...
Justus HayesAug 16, 20211 minBooking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 3: Gathering EvidenceI'm using this post at present as a photo dump. All pics are linked back to their sources and given a year when possible. 195? 1955, by...
Justus HayesAug 15, 20215 minBooking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 2: More Buffet DramaI've had an interesting time researching 309 Belleville St, the building that was the Captain's Palace and is now the Pendray Inn and Tea...
Justus HayesAug 12, 20214 minBooking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 1: The Determined Wee ManI got my first job as a busboy at the Captain's Palace Restaurant when I was 14, back in 1981. I started waiting tables when I was 17, a...
Justus HayesJun 30, 202112 minThat time I got locked inside an abandoned military hospital, twiceI was just memory-strolling by reading my old Livejournal page, kept during my Great Big Europe Trip, 2005. I was going to retell the...
Justus HayesMay 6, 202110 minI'm back! I probably should have mentioned this in a previous post, but we moved house on May 01. We are finally fully extracted from the old...
Justus HayesApr 10, 20219 minThe Great Big Europe Trip of 2005I thought it would be a good idea to summarize the time I spent five months traveling around Western Europe, seeing as how these days I'm...
Justus HayesApr 1, 20211 minGoddammit, I'm on FacebookI avoided it for a long time, but I finally gave in and started a Facebook page. The thing that tipped the scales for me was the ability...
Justus HayesMar 25, 20215 minTurning a Corner: The Beneficial Effects of Relentless JollinessThis, as many of you will know, is Rowan, our youngest son. He just turned 12, and I have been his (and his brother, Alex's) primary...
Justus HayesMar 9, 20212 minModalities of Awakened DoingAn old friend of my father's and more recent friend of mine, Larry Walske, posted this on Instagram, and it really resonated with me. It...
Justus HayesMar 6, 20212 minWikimedia Commons Debacle Resolved!Yes, the great Wikimedia Debacle of 2021 is over. See this post for the history up to now. Here's the latest, and final I suppose,...
Justus HayesMar 5, 20211 minPlease Stand ByTalk about not enough hours in the day. I have a lot to write, but not enough time for the last few days and at least a couple more. I've...
Justus HayesFeb 15, 20214 minI was afraid this might happenMy uploads to Wikimedia Commons have been flagged for deletion, and I am in the midst of defending them to the administrator who flagged...