Blogshank - Mike Smith, Illustrator and Diary Blogger » writing https://blogshank.com Mon, 11 May 2026 23:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 150615 https://blogshank.com/2015/10/150615/ https://blogshank.com/2015/10/150615/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:35:32 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=1996 The list of my problems

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Sketch: telegraph poles in Beijing street

What this reminds me of more than anything is the sound of people hacking and gobbing in the street.

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