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He blew up pretty well

Photo by M. Scott Brauer

Over in MeFi Projects, msbrauer has posted an absolutely amazing story he did about Treb Heining, who created the entire balloon decorating industry. What does that mean? Oh, just that Heining has engineered the balloon drops at every Republican National Convention and most Democratic National Conventions for the past 40 years! Tune in to get the lowdown on how these amazing visuals happen!

We Ruled the Skies

The 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeThe 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Anthony Quintano (cc by)

allkindsoftime on what it's like to captain a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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