Saw this on the way in to work, on the corner of Wells and Wacker. The messed up thing about this note? I saw a prior version earlier this year, in February. Today’s note traces back to February 3, 2004. And yesterday’s river freezing traces back to February 2, 2004. When I saw this note (again), it felt like I…
What am I even doing here? I need to find some coffee and fast.
Woke up around 5:49 AM. For some fucking reason. And now… it’s like an hour later, and I haven’t been able to get back to sleep. And I’ve been surfing around forums that are dead as can be. I’m not sure what to do with the rest of my morning here. But the one thing I know I’m definitely *NOT*…
Ah, how cool is this? Go check out Found Magazine’s site, and click on the Audio link near the bottom. The folks at Found asked various musicians to create some Found-inspired songs, and Dave did just that. This is a great little mp3 – go and grab it while you can. If you’re not familiar with Found, do yourself a…
Found out that Andy has been reading over my blog fairly extensively, the past few days. Given that it’s the holidays, the workplace is a bit slow. And he’s been looking over old entries and getting lost in all the posts I made in 2002/2003. In fact, he stumbled across my recipe for Chinese Dumplings and went so far as…
A care package arrived today, from Alex and Linda. It’s a big box of goodies from Kavarna, and nothing short of delicious. Wisconsin folks! If you’re near Green Bay, stop in to Kavarna for some of the best damn biscotti you’ve ever tasted. For a long while, the Artisan Cellar was carrying Linda’s biscotti. And for a long while, I…
Around this time, the Chicago River freezes up and breaks apart. Last year, Ben was really excited to see these pictures. He was all about getting the high-res versions, and utilizing the ice/patterns as possible textures for future images. At several turns, despite my kung-fu grip on the camera… I had this paranoid fear that I’d somehow lose hold of…
Not much happening here, over the holidays.
On walking by the Sound Gallery, I noticed that they had a ton of cardboard taped up. From the looks of things, somebody broke their window over the holidays. But, in what I consider a masterful stroke… they also taped up the album cover to Billy Joel’s Glass Houses. Jeez… on looking back over the blog, I realized that I…
After seeing my friend Dan play this week, I decided that I was going to put three songs in the audioplayer from my musician friends. And so this time I’m including work from Dan Frick, Dave Fischoff and Ben Husmann. Audio controls should be in the right module. Enjoy! Dan, doing his thing at the Jazz Cooker in Indianapolis. The…
Before I left for home, my parents gave me a box of Ramen noodles (as they are want to do). This particular brand though, is what I remember eating as a kid. Only after I got older and left home did I realize how cool the brand name sounded. Kung Fu noodles? I mean… c’mon. How can you top this?…
Informative yet aesthetically pleasing. Be sure to check out Rating System, which was my favorite of the bunch. Shamelessly stolen from Ektopia.
Spent most of today driving back to Chicago. I wanted to get back a little early, and had no desire to fight on the roads on the 26th (when I figure everyone and their brother is trying to get back into the city). Liz was kind enough to look after my cat while I was out. Around 9:30PM, I got…
Helped move some more stuff over to my sister’s place. And then all of us went to the restaurant for a Christmas meal. I got to see my cousin Andrew, along with my uncle Benny. Lots of great food and just a warm, comfortable evening with family. Hung out some at my sister’s place after the meal, and eventually got…
Got a call from my friend Aaron (who I’ve known since 1st grade). We decided to hang out a bit today, and so I met up with him and his sister Alicia and brother Michael, over at Keystone Mall. I had my camera with me but, sadly, left my memory card in its reader at home. So no pics. It…