Rena was in town this weekend, along with Christine (converging from both coasts). I first met Rena a while back, at Kent and Christine’s wedding. And shortly after that, attended a going-away party for her. Tonight, she had a solo show at Zg Gallery, entitled It Will Be Enough. I don’t profess to fully understand…
Ben and Justin stopped in to CDW, and had a few errands to run. Chris and I ended up walking back to the office together, and we spotted a few things en route. After looking around some, we determined that this was a bracelet that spelled out “Chicago.” While I was busy trying to get…
This is a new army man that’s popped up on my route to work. And you know the weird thing? This isn’t the first time I’ve taken a picture of the corner of this house. And another one! I swear, it feels like somebody’s fucking with me here. New guys show up – and possibly…
Poets! The Poetry Center of Chicago is holding its 11th Annual Juried Reading, judged by Jorie Graham. This competition is open to all residents of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, who are unpublished or who have published no more than one full-length book of poetry, not including self-published books. There’s a…
The Perry Bible Fellowship – great, great stuff here. I got this link courtesy of Infourm. Great comics here, and they run the gamut – touching, depraved, and all totally hilarious. And hey – how about this? I was looking around the site (PBF is only a facet of Nicholas Gurewitch’s work), I happened across…
It’s the end of an era! The king has been usurped! In a quick and bloody post-work game, Kashif emerges as the victor – and the new wielder of the LORD AND MASTER STEIN™. And for the second time in its brief history, a non-Emmis employee wields the stein of power! Next week should be…
This is a pretty addictive game, right here. Be warned, though – there’s this totally obnoxious sound effect of lightning striking at loadup. Perhaps it’s somebody’s idea of branding, but it’s just way too much. The creator of the game is Lightning Games, though their website is currently down. I had to actively dig around…
Today, Andy came in and brought us a few items from Marketing/Promotions. These things either never got given away, or had been lying around for a long, long time. The first item was a Shrek doll, which Mike was going to give to his wife’s 2nd grade class. The second item was a light saber….
by Yehuda Amichai When I have a stomachache, I feel likethe whole round globe.When I have a headache, laughterbursts out in the wrong place in my body.And when I cry, they’re putting my father in the groundin a grave that’s too big for him, and he won’tgrow to fit it.And if I’m a hedgehog, I’m…
What I love about this sticker (Damen Blue Line stop) is that it’s been placed here as a means of protest/criticism. Granted, it’s not spray-paint or graffiti, and not something I’d call outright vandalism per se, but this sticker is still (by definition) defacement. But lo and behold – along comes someone who disagrees with…
This lot (which was home to what I believed was a strong house) has been dormant over the past few months. With the snowfall and cold, everything here has been on hold – the wheelbarrow perpetually hanging from the forklift, high above the ground. If you go back to the last picture I took of…
Click to hear some fucking cussing. This is an oldie, but still something that makes me smile every time I see it. In fact, I liked it so much, I went so far as to actually host a copy of this guy on my server. Be warned: this has a lot (A LOT) of cursing….