I remember as a kid always having a pencil box full of different wooden writing devices of all shapes, colors and lead types. The colors, the shapes, the smell of hacking away pieces of my pencils in an electric sharpening device (also known as a pencil sharpener), collecting pencils was always a great memory for me. Then those fancy-schmancy mechanical pencils came onto the scene, with their thin lead, fancy plastic cases, clicky buttons, it was a travesty. Now, thanks to a dedicated artist and collector, I can relive the pencils of my school years, with the Brand Name Pencil collection. Featuring photos documenting over 130 different models of pencils from years ago, the archive documents the massive range of pencil brands once produced around the world, showing the good old days of skill and craftsmanship you just can’t get at Wal-Mart.

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Whoa! Steve is an eccentric home owner in Seattle who’s turned his Victorian mansion into a personal museum, art gallery and library, collecting everything from horror memorabilia to sideshow oddities. Every inch of his house is covered and decorated to fit his freak show theme including such gems as stuffed siamese twin animals, a giant pin-head paintings collection, human hair wreaths, hundreds of statues, medical specimens, antique coffins, over 25,000 books and much much more. A house I’d dread living and sleeping in, but one which I’d want to visit everyday of my life!

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