Attention All Artists
The Cleaners next door to Gallery Cafe are re-doing their interior. Walking by for my afternoon coffee, I noticed this sign. Although… the way I liked reading it, I took it as less of a warning and more as a bit of advice.
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A Case of Mistaken Identity
Sneaking in to Midway Games: DENIED!
During lunch, Chris noted that there was a Midway Games office, right across the street. Well, we decided not to let an opportunity like this just go by, so we swung on over afterwards, to see if we could get a tour of the place. Round the corner, we spy a few cabinets against the…
Hot Dougs: Revisited
For lunch today, I headed out with Chris. In part, we discussed a project we’re working together on for work. And really, any excuse is a good excuse to go to Hot Dougs. My first exposure to Hot Dougs was back in February, when Alex and Linda and Jenn were visiting. Ever since, I’ve been…
Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean
work work work work
I’ve done nothing today but work work. I’ve been sitting in front of this computer for I don’t know how long now, taking breaks mostly for food or a few brief intermissions of TV. Finally, after getting all my coding and wiring done – I switch the paths around in my files and upload to…
Bad People
by Robert Bly A man told me once that all the bad peopleWere needed. Maybe not all, but your fingernailsYou need; they are really claws, and we knowClaws. The sharks—what about them?They make other fish swim faster. The hard-faced menIn black coats who chase you for hoursIn dreams—that’s the only way to get youTo the…
Good and Bad
Not sure why I chose this poem tonight (below). Maybe it’s from watching Sin City earlier, and a comment Justin made about how clear-cut things are in noir films, how people are very clearly right or wrong. In the case of the characters in Sin City though, there are some incredibly Machiavellian paths to that…
Semi Work Day
Partly due to our meeting yesterday and partly due to it just being the start of busy season in the radio industry… today was sort of a work day. I tried focusing some this afternoon, but failed miserably. Puttered around, but couldn’t really focus on work work. Got a call from Justin, and he and…
Emmis Interactive Meeting
Drove out to Barrington to Rey’s house, where all of us got together for a big day-long meeting. First and foremost, it was great to see everyone again, in person, in one place. Ever since we all started working from home, our meetings have primarily been either via IM or the phone. We ordered some…
Venturing Outside
After a pretty severe hermetic stint, I ventured out today to Justin’s place and hung out a while in the backyard (despite it being a bit cold). Chatted a long while out here, in a lazy sort of way (hence this picture). Howard joined us for a few drinks (we switched from beer to Johnny…
Smelling the Snow
by David Citino I’ve heard it saidthere are those on suchclose terms with nightthey can smell the very light. Not only does the moon,they say, give off a scentnothing like the sun’s,but old moon smells sweeter than slivered new.Monks of old claimed sintook the breath away, whileGod was wild onion, lilac, pine. I know a…
PostSecret
Heartbreaking.
Morning Routine
Post-Virgin
After hanging around the site a while, Steph and I headed up Fullerton, taking a stroll down Damen towards home. Along the way, I took a few photos, but my heart really wasn’t into them. I mean – how do you follow up images of the Virgin Mary for god’s sake? I guess this is…