So the pink house is gone (yaaaay fuck you trump store) and is becoming a "Take 5" oil change place.
But I was shocked today to see the car wash next to Waffle House there getting demolished today. What's going in there?
Okay. Been reading the series in order now for a couple of years to my son. I've read them twice (now thrice) and am catching tons of stuff I didn't 15 or 30 years ago.
For example, the typesetter dwarfs - Caslong and Boddony - are clearly jokes about typefaces (Caslon, Bodoni). Wouldn't have gotten that one last time.
And I was explaining this to my son and went, "So...I bet Goodmountain is also a joke." Started going through the languages I knew in my head.
God dammit. Gutenberg. The press. Gut + berg. Goodmoutain.
Dammit Pterry!