When your workplace looks like am abandoned brutalist building in the rust belt

winn dixie super market, jacksonville, florida, 1979

Nothing is quite as much fun as ridiculing Morrissey and managing to make it a work-related thing.

This makes me happy. youtu.be/4pd0nhL8hX4

I may dress it up a bit tomorrow, but here's a semi-big update/expansion of one of the first areas I researched back in 1999-2000: Stockton and San Joaquin County CA, now also featuring Tracy, Manteca, and Lodi (about which there is a site origin story for later). www.groceteria.com/place/califo...

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image

It is better to use a macro than to curse Power Automate. Lighting candles optional.

meijer super market sign, standale, michigan, 1982

Kroger Family Center, Chapel Hill NC.

Canadian Universities Brutalism r/brutalism

Five options. Opinions? www.groceteria.com/2026/04/25/f...

Why does this photo make them look like some vaguely unpleasant medical implement?

You know what they say: Cold compress, cold heart...

This is why I refuse to follow people who just post about politics all the time and my mute list is a mile long. I use social media for fun not for dread.

The secret to surviving periodontal surgery is to keep your eyes closed through the whole procedure. That way you can't see what instruments the doctor is putting in your mouth...which helps keep you from visualizing exactly what he's doing with them.

Here's what you would see if you took a trip to the grocery store #OnThisDay 100 years ago. These photos were taken in Arnold's Parkdale Market at 1471 Queen Street West.

Pretty much literally across the street from where I lived for 13 years. I promise I didn't leave it there when I moved out. sfist.com/2026/04/20/b...

As a planning nerd and an ex-California resident, I've spent a lot of time down this rabbit hole.

Rotten day at work somewhat mitigated by a Mister Rogers documentary tonight. I now like everyone just the way they are. Except for the person who's making my life miserable at work.

Next stop: Muskegon. Watch this space.

Wow. Who knew there was a "making of" video? youtu.be/SHYYl723fmI?...

NEW: Updates, testing, and other things that basically have nothing whatsoever to do with the attached image. www.groceteria.com/2026/04/19/u...

I actually quite like the Giant Tiger stores and there's not really a comparable format in the US. canadiangrocer.com/giant-tiger-...

Why is the ice cream truck playing Christmas carols in April when it's 84F outside?

NEW: Bellingham WA chain grocery/supermarlet locations, 1925-2026. www.groceteria.com/place/us-was...

All around crappy day. Sorry, that's all I've got...

Coming tomorrow: Bellingham, Washington.

On the hallowed 30th anniversary of the steamed ham, this bears a second look. youtu.be/pk-Oq8iYtVA?...

Evidently I was doing some Sunday afternoon drinking in the Castro on 21 February 1993, more than likely at the Detour.

I really don't mind all the plants being heterosexual. I know they can't help it. But I don't want to be hit in the face with their sex lives. Can't they just keep it to themselves? Stupid pollen.

Hattem's Market Vermont https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/109437

Good riddance to bad rubbish, Hungarian-style.

Downtown, Friday night.

Just another Friday night at Woolworths.

First $666 for state tax and now this. Why does Satan keep taking my money?

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Today was a fun day at work. I needed that this week.

Le drool... apnews.com/article/aada...

NEW: Charlottesville chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1924-2025. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...

Why are libraries often brutalist? r/brutalism

Always nice to see a familiar name in an article, especially if it's your own (and you didn't do something embarrassing to wind up there). macon-newsroom.com/27215/food/f...

Good news for researchers: the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario's collection of newspapers is beginning its migration onto the Internet Archive. This collection has been immensely helpful for my work. #cdnhistory #ontariohistory internetarchivecanada.org/2026/03/31/p...

NEW: Culpeper VA chain grocery.supermarket locations 1925-2026. This one was challenging despite the small number of locations. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...

Small Towns in Virginia Week kicks off with Emporia and South Hill, 1959-2025. There will be more interesting places later. www.groceteria.com/place/virgin...

Power Super Market. Owned by Loblaws but they kept it sort of on the QT, which apparently became a habit…

Sunset at the Harris Teeter.

To be brutally honest, I'm kind of phoning it in on the Easter egg hunt this year…

Lloyd Center, 1966. vintageportland.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/l...

The retrocast thing the Weather Channel added to their website is pretty neat. It looks like it updates about every 10 minutes.