Archive for July, 2007

Union Station, Chicago

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Union Station in Chicago, from the sidewalk, July 9, 2007. We were on our way to see the Polyphonic Spree in Milwaukee.

More Misread Stuff

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Straight from my fried brain, to yours. Construction on antsy shelter starts (Construction on artsy shelters starts) Syracuse basketball announces Big East Toes (Syracuse basketball announces Big East foes) Clinton bird is called strong (Clinton bid is called strong) Schumer seeks funds to repair raging sewers (Schumer seeks funds to repair aging sewers) City merchant admits $381,000 in foot ...

Misread

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

When I'm lying in bed with my Powerbook, I'm probably either about to go to sleep, or trying to wake up.  In either case, my eyes are usually bleary, my brain tired, and I'm likely skipping through RSS feeds trying to catch up on my internet gossip. So headlines get parsed ...

Fake Steve Jobs Nails It Again

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From the ever-brilliant Fake Steve Jobs blog, on the topic of the major record labels.  He nails it again, of course.  Record labels, listen hard. The music industry noobs have finally figured out what we're doing So you've no doubt seen this story or one like it explaining that Universal Music Group ...

Happy Independence Day

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

I thought about just linking to Keith Olbermann's Special Comment. It's copyright-incorrect to reproduce it here. But I think it needs to be displayed. Everywhere. A lot. It needs to be printed on the sides of buildings, on banners, hung on walls. I want ...

The Secret Garden

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Russell discovered a secret garden in our neighborhood. OK, it's not really secret, but it is two blocks from our place, and I have walked past that location at least a dozen times and never noticed this place. It's magical at night. A big thank you to Russell, for ...