Liz and I travelled to Indiana today, to help her niece Paige celebrate her first birthday. I met a lot of new folks, but ended up not taking a ton of pictures. Mostly, the ones I have all centered around her eating smearing her first cake. Paige, cautiously exploring. Grandpa Ford (Darryl’s father) gets a…
Meet Ida: The saddest, unluckiest little girl who ever lived. Great illustration and animation, which totally sucked me in. There’s also a Part 2. Fantastic work from Kay Towell, who thinks that Childrin R Skary. [via]
Met up with Liz downtown today, and had lunch together. After a few weeks off, she’s now officially back in the hustle and bustle of things. Today was her first day at her new part-time job, which just happens to be right down the street from my office. And later tonight, it’ll be her first…
I recently watched a documentary entitled The Bridge, and it absolutely took my breath away. The film is about San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, and the people who go there to jump, to end their lives. In 2004, the director and crew spent an entire year on site, filming the bridge… and many of the…
Liz and I spent part of the day today wandering around the Lincoln Park Zoo. I’ve been here before (and taken my share of photos), so this time around I didn’t get too detailed with the documentation. We got to see the polar bears out and about, which seemed a rare treat given the heat….
One of my favorite parts of the entire festival happens at the conclusion of the parade: the Waterballoon War. Apparently, this is an old rivalry between two houses on opposite sides of the street. The parade ends right at these houses, and each year kids from all over team up to huck balloons at one…
Walking around with Liz through the booths, we spent a good hour plus checking out the local arts and crafts. For the most part, nothing really caught my eye… although Liz did purchase some soap, and we tried a few different veggie dips along the way. Here’s the thing that got me all riled up,…
This weekend, Liz and I went down to Frankfort to check out the annual Fall Festival. This year, I wasn’t part of the volunteers (like I was last year), so there was no waking up at 7:00 AM this time around. Katie was singing the National Athem again this year, but by the time we…
This is one of the stranger things I’ve seen, but for some reason I’m drawn to this video. It makes little sense at all, and that’s part of the attraction, I think. Here are some reasons why this video tickes me so: 1) Justin dislikes loathes Phil Collins. Back at the office, on occasion Ben…