Steph and Liz invited me to attend a costume party this evening at Subterranean. Liz didn’t get home until about 10PM, so I ended up going over there myself ahead of them, and check out the place. I had never been upstairs at Subterranean before. Color me impressed! A pretty slick stage area, with an …
Chris, working the Luchador mask. Matt, literally with bells on.
From: JakeTo: FelixSubj: Boston version of the Operation Game costume Thanks for the great Idea, it was a huge success. Here are the pictures. My wife dressed up as a surgeon. I made it with a 9 volt, some aluminum foil a dc buzzer and some leds that strapped to my nose. Next year I …
Very important meeting. Lasted all day. Sorry – I didn’t take any notes.
I was heading over to Exit to meet up with Liz and Steph, as it was Liz’s 30th birthday. As it turns out, today was also Mingus’ birthday, and I was hoping both groups would get together for some celebrating. Hot Donna, looking her meannest. Erin and Matt, doing his best growl. These were friends …
Mingus, a friend from twelvestone, was going to be in town today. More than that, he was giving a reading at Quimby’s, right up the street from me. The reading itself was part of the Perpetual Motion Roadshow. Well, Jeff (aka FlamingoJeff) ended up driving down from Wisconsin to attend the reading and grab a …
This was on my way in to work. Saw the area being set up. As it turns out, the final stopping point of the White Sox parade was Wacker and LaSalle, literally just one block over from where we work. A little before noon, we all take a walk over to catch the “ticker tape” …
My friend Andy was let go today. He’s a stand-up guy, and though I don’t claim to know the inner workings of the Marketing/Promotion department… Andy was the kind of guy who prided himself on a job well done. My company’s decision to let him go was an out and out mistake. We should be …
Spotted this at the Damen/North/Milwaukee trisection, on the way home. There were barricades all around this corner, and everyone walked around. But looking in, I noticed a pigeon had walked across this thing like he owned the joint. I got a good laugh, and had to pull out the camera.
Leaving work today, this stopped both Chris and me in our tracks. I was reminded of how awed I am by where I work, remembering the first time I looked out on downtown Chicago after work. And the first time I saw it at night.
At first, I thought this was a joke site. But then, I watched the video on how to fold one… and wow! How awesome is this thing? Check out the Pocket Mod. Give it a whirl by clicking on the button on the top right. And on that page, check out the video. I passed …
This morning, as I was waiting for the train… I noticed a couple standing across the tracks, on the opposite side. The man looked over and, apparently, saw my train (the one headed downtown) turn the corner. He quickly kissed his wife/girlfriend, and then walked down the stairs and over to my side of the …
Many months back, I mentioned to Ben that I had been looping Sufjan Stevens’ Casimir Pulaski Day incessantly. He mentioned to me that the lyrics to that song were quite good, and had moved him on more than one occasion to sadness. At the time, I was only really hearing the music, the notes. “Listen …
In high school, Felix owned an air-brushed Queensrÿche jean jacket. About thirteen years later, he got the band to autograph it.
Felix may be done with heavy metal, but the music always seems to find him.
In the seventh grade, Felix made a replica of Steve Vai's guitar in Shop class. It remains in his room at his parents' house. And it remains awesome.
