Archive for January, 2008
Scooters and Hairdos: Email from Justin
Below is an email that I got from Justin a while back. I liked it so much, I asked him if I could post it on the blog… and he graciously said yes. I’m sure you’ll agree with the sentiment that I expressed back to him, after receiving his message: “This email is useless without…
Poker Night at Home
When Kent first arrived, there was talk about getting some folks together for a possible poker game. I asked around, and Ben and Chris were both up for some Holdem… and they all came over to my place for a night of cards. We started the night off right with pizza from Santullo’s. And hey,…
Jury Duty Call #3
Ben’s Photo on Gapersblock
A little over a week ago, I mentioned how Ben purchased a Holga, and began taking photos with it. As I’m going over my regular morning surfing routine, guess whose photo happened to be on Gapersblock today (check out the homepage, if you want to see it in context). Not too shabby, for his third…
Jury Duty Call #2
Dave Fischoff: New Jens Lekman – “I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You (Spoolwork Remix)”
As some of you already know, my friend Dave is a musician. But recently, he’s also been stretching his remixing fingers and taken on the moniker Spoolwork. His first collaboration is with Jens Lekman, and the mp3 is available for download on the Spoolwork site. As if that wasn’t cool enough, Dave has also gotten…
Drinks with Kent, Logan Square
Kent is visiting Chicago this week, and is bouncing around a few apartments during his stay. A bunch of us (Dave, Rob, Gretchen, Kent and me) all met up at Dunlay’s on Logan Square for a few drinks. Good seeing everyone again, gathered together at a table over a few glasses. There’s something I like…
Jury Duty Call #1
Finally, My Useless Trivia Knowledge Begins to Pay Off
Liz and I were at Dick Blick’s on North Ave a few days ago (Liz was looking for a portfolio thingy, to store all her loose papers for bookbinding). As we were shopping around, a guy got on the intercom and started throwing out movie trivia questions to all the people in the store. Anyone…
Bobby Fischer, 1943 – 2008
Found out this morning that Bobby Fischer passed away today in Iceland, at the age of 64. While I was never deep into chess, I played a fair amount as a dabbler… and even went so far as to replay a few of his games. I was always a fan of the legend, more than…
On the Way to Work: Six Heavily-Armed Asians
This morning, while walking to work, I stumbled across three asian tourists (the two women and the man on the right), standing at the corner of Jackson and Wabash. As I passed by, I noticed they were ARMED TO THE GILLS with cameras. And not just regular ‘ol cameras. Fancy ones. The ones with humongo…
The Peekaboo Paradox, by Gene Weingarten
This morning, while going through my routine of browsing sites and updating the blog… I came across an incredibly long article about a clown named “The Great Zucchini.” Ok, that sounded a bit weird. For context, I was on MetaFilter and was reading this post. That post led me to the Washington Post article by…
Corey Worthington Takes a Good, Long, Hard Look at Himself
Admittedly, this video is a bit much to bear for the full 3:00+, but my favorite part is the last 30 seconds. I go from thinking the kid is an idiot… to actually rooting for him, due in no small part to the asinine and condescending attitude from the reporter. Well… at least things seem…
Dear Senar Kamal, I Have Your School Supply List
This morning, while walking to work with Liz (we take the Blue line to the Jackson stop, and walk over to the Red Line exit)… I walked by a folded piece of paper. I stopped, turned back, and picked it up. Here’s what I got: Not terribly exciting or funny, but I thought it worth…