I came across this sight recently on one of my walks down to the Point and was taken aback by the mystery, and indeed, the simple beauty of it. As I was walking, I thought about a hundred happy scenarios dealing with how a person would have used such a sign, well aware that [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Marry Me?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Movie Review: The Illusionist
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
As a generation, we are used to illusions, so much so that the question of how the act is performed is not so important as how perfectly it is performed. We can watch in awe as an orange tree bloom in seconds from a small seed in Neil Burger’s new film The Illusionist, but we [...]
All Wet
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So it’s 4:22 AM and I want nothing more right now than to get some sleep. And until 3:30 or so, that’s exactly what I was doing.
But there’s a problem.
Right now it’s storming so badly in Chicago that a thunder blast a few minutes ago set off a few car alarms down on 55th [...]
Um, Fark?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
In the past, I’ve always taken the 9-11 jokes that appear in Fark Photoshop contests and the threads in general in stride, mainly because they were merely a reflection of a percentage of the users as opposed to the actual administrators. But this recent caption contest–Caption what you would write on a bomb to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most unusual travel photography sites I’ve ever seen: the guy takes pictures of road signs.
Loss
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The newest issue of the New Yorker is noteworthy on account of its cover alone. As I walked into the bookstore to find the latest issue, I was taken aback by the cover: the image of a man obviously walking a tightrope against a field of white. I paused for a second, and [...]
