Spotted this bumper sticker, after parking my car. I love how unassuming and subdued this bumper sticker is. I’m used to bumper stickers being these big, bold, declarative statements – a shouting of text, announcing a particular morality or point of view onto anyone who passes by.
Spotted this on the way to work, at a Hyde Park Metra station. It was… disconcerting, to say the least.
I take some small comfort that the design (and message) seems to have been written in ketchup (I saw a lot of empty packets around). But still – jarring, nonetheless.
I don’t know why we didn’t think to do this, but we never turned over that surprise bug we found, many months ago.
Today, as we were walking out, Liz picked up the stone bug and found something interesting.
In 2013, as we were cleaning up the basement, I found this old set of keys. Someone had left them on top of the existing duct work, and it took until then for us to discover it.
I made a post about it, citing the details on the keyring and the reference to the Reynolds Metal Company in McCook, Illinois.
And then I got a comment about it. And then another. And slowly, over time, people began stumbling across this post… and started to talk to one another.
In addition to some papers (which I assume were part of the user manual), it turns out this was a Series 912 Elecronamic Tube Tester. Was not expecting this, when I opened the box up.
I don’t know whether to be happy or saddened that Prometheus Elmo has found a friend. Elmo is starting to show his age, and Iron Man now seems to be along for the ride.
This feels like the start of some kind of Marvel/Sesame crossover movie, where I’m hoping Big Bird and Wolverine team up for some kind of rescue.
At some point while we were away in Georgia, someone painted and placed this lovely, yellow ladybug stone by our birdbath. We didn’t see it at first, but there it was… resting on a brick, in our front yard.
One thing we spotted: a new line of shampoos, all inspired by the many different Girl Scout Cookie flavors.
What an odd simulacrum. I get that there are a lot of folks who like the cookies, but to want to bathe in the flavor? Seems strange.
Spotted this out in the wild, and it had me laughing. Liz thinks the letters are someone’s initials, but I like imagining that someone is just really into Adobe Acrobat.
As I was warming up, I spotted this strange sight: Elmo, on the top of a car, held down by ropes, on his back and facing the sun.
For a moment, he looked to be a Muppet Prometheus, waiting for his inevitable fate.
We took a trek down 55th, around Nichols Park. And on the way home, spotted Elmo just kind of… hanging out. I’m still not quite sure what to make of this: whether he got here of his own volution, or if he’s been strung up here after some street toughs accosted him.
I’m not sure what I’m more impressed by: the license plate itself, or the fact that it’s within a frame that contains the full Yoda quote.
I think that on seeing this, Plastic Bertrand immediately started playing in my head.
I was in the office today (a rare occassion). Took a meeting in a small conference room, and spotted this note/tag on the radiator.
ytho?
I think that underneath all of this, there’s a fire hydrant that’s spewing a bit of water. Not a lot… just a little. Enough to coat the nearby tree, and cause this small public sculpture.