Tonight, as we were people-watching, Justin mentioned how much he liked seeing buses drive by. Late at night, when it’s dark, the lit interiors of buses provide an interesting snapshot, what Justin described as “a moving stage.” When he said that, I immediately thought of a two poems. One was written by someone I knew while I was in grad…
I missed them once before, and I will do what I can to ensure that doesn’t happen again. Mini-Kiss is back in Chicago, and will be playing this Saturday night. Woohoo! I plan to get my picture taken with the band. It’s a moral imperative.
What was initially a post-work drink turned into hanging out for a few hours with Justin. We ducked into a trendy place called “Blue Line,” as a few of the other nearby bars weren’t open until 7 PM. Ordered some drinks, got some calamari, and ended up talking shop and tech for a good while. We ended up shifting over…
Big congrats to my friend Matt, who got a haiku taken by tinywords.com. On top of that, it’s their 1,000th haiku that they’ve published! Rock!
No idea what this is about. Entitlement? What’s that? At any rate, it seems like Billy Jac was a good guy. So this picture is for him. Thanks for protecting us from the bad guys, Billy Jac. Here’s to you, whatever you may be doing now and whoever you might be.
Today was Steph’s birthday, and what better way to mark the occasion than a backyard tiki party? Things kicked off at about 3:00 PM, and lasted through until the late evening. More pics as soon as I get a chance to catch my breath.
Went out tonight with Liz and Steph, to have a few drinks at the Artful Dodger. Tonight’s their last night, and this great little neighborhood bar will be no more. Got a few pics, but I’ll post them tomorrow most likely. The Dodger was the closest, coolest place for me to go grab a drink. The Artful Dodger was just…
So I spent a lot of today digging up the associated pages for all of the images in my new photo gallery. As of right now, there’s an extra nav item that will link you to the corresponding blog entry for each photograph. Yeah! It took me a while, as this thing is all XML-driven. And let me add right…
Ok. This should be the last entry about the photo gallery. I promise. Finally got the buttons inside the main image to work how I want. Fixed a few small bugs, and it’s pretty much finished I think. I may go back and tinker some, but all of the problems I was aware of should be resolved. I hate the…
Ok. I was surfing around a bit, and spotted this dice.com banner ad. First of all, threshold = salary_sucks? That doesn’t even make sense. In my mind, a threshold is some point that has been reached. And so presumably, if you’ve got a sucky salary… it’s not as though it’s something that finally happened. It’s not as if you suddenly…
I recently found out that Howard, Justin’s house-mate, is looking to buy his own place and his apartment will be opening up. The two of us met tonight, to see how things might work out were I to move in to his apartment. Howard hasn’t found a place yet, but has been looking. However, he’s got to sign a lease…
My friend Juliet runs The Daily Apple, and is fast approaching 100 entries! In preparation for hitting triple digits, she’s got an open call for votes for her “Top Ten Daily Apples.” If you’re unfamiliar with her site, here’s a brief glimpse: So, every time I log on to the Internet, I check about 5 of the same pages. After…
Yesterday, a bunch of us went out to Monk’s Pub for lunch (one of our webmasters, Shannon, was visiting and we all went out for a bite to eat). Therewere two bottles of ketchup and mustard on the table, in those generic, single-color, plastic squeeze bottles. Matt wanted something a bit better than the standard mustard, and began to ask…
I made a few slight changes, which have been long, long overdue. First of all – the text link (on the right) for the latest entry now no longer points to the current day. It points to yesterday. Since I update this blog in the evenings, there’s rarely anything on the “current day,” so pointing to yesterday saves everyone a…
Got a call from Will today, after work. I had been debating going to the Wicker Park Chess Club again, but once I heard his message – it gave me the extra push I needed to go. My first time playing chess with these folks was about two weeks ago. And I have to admit – since then, I’ve been…