Estate Sale in Hyde Park
While we usually know that showing up early gets you the good stuff… we were fine to take our time, and contended ourselves to wait in line.
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Rooftop Daydream
Spotted this unusual rooftop area, by the Wabash stop downtown. It’s the top of the New York Jewelers building, and it got me wondering: “How do you get up there?”
Metra Delay
Arrived at Millennium Station to a pretty big crowd of people. Everyone was gathered at the top of the stairs (that lead to the platforms), milling about.
Hugo: Bunny Rabbit Speed Dating @ Red Door Animal Shelter Part 2
Back at Red Door again, with Hugo on his second visit. While he had a good first meeting with Sumo, we wanted to take this cautiously.
Coffee, Double Tapped
I came across a scenario again where I was refilling an empty coffee pot, only to discover that the other pot was also tapped. Realizing a few things now.
Perhaps I should expect all the coffee to be gone by mid-morning. It’s just going to be a thing.
Merchandise Mart, Hardware
While I was waiting for Liz to pick me up today, I looked over and saw this small collection of metallic parts.
Hugo: Bunny Rabbit Speed Dating @ Red Door Animal Shelter
We’re back at Red Door, for another round of speed dating for Hugo.
It’s been a tough road for him, this last year. With us (and him) losing Daisy, it’s been a difficult search to find Hugo another friend.
Felix’s Belated Birthday: Drinks at Kumiko’s Whisky-Shochu Bar, Dinner at the Bazaar
For my birthday night out, we’re back at Kumiko. We came here last year for drinks, but Liz discovered they have a basement bar… that has a lot of specialty Japanese whisky and Shochu (something neither of us have tried).
Cafe Memento Mori
At our neighborhood coffee shop, before sitting down to hang out… I spotted this. You’ll see it when you see it.
Bridge View
On my way in to work, I hop on the CTA to get to the Merchandise Mart. I happened to catch this nice image, crossing the Chicago River.
While I’m still not a fan of needing to commute in to work… on days like this, the commute ain’t all that bad.
Dev Looper
I made a new playlist that I’ve been listening to on a loop (yes on a loop – shocker). The songs though… they’re a little, odd. They’re songs I like, but they mostly come from a 2000 – 2002 era. Most of these songs I remember from the radio.
I have some very specific memories, listening to Q101 while I was driving to/from the Barrington suburbs, for my first job out of grad school. I can’t say these are favorite artists (some are), but the songs from the time are what I’ve kind of been amassing.
Bunny Bonding: A Serious Injury
So a bad thing happened tonight. Liz was having a bonding session between Hugo and Penny, and things got bad. Like, really bad.
I heard Liz yell “No!” a few times, and then I heard her scream. Really loudly. And when I ran over, she was trying to get the bunnies separated (they were having a bit of a tussle).
A Rainy Commute
We had a lot of rain overnight, and this was what I encountered on my way to the Metra stop. The water was so bad on this side of the street, I had to walk to the other side just to cross.
The Allure of Immediate Feedback
Tao Bojlén wrote a very interesting post, comparing AI-assisted coding with the short-term pleasure one gets from slot machines.
Hazel Gets Bold
Of late, we’ve let Hazel have the full run of the first floor (Hugo’s been relocated temporarily upstairs, while we try to find him a friend).
For the most part, she’s comfortable on the carpeted areas but treats the bare floor like laval. However, I happened to catch this today: