Archive for 'Chicago'
The CTA Sucks Whale Balls. (A touching little rant)
10 June 2008Seriously. They would screw up a one car funeral procession.
I got home tonight at 7:45 or so. I left work at 5PM. Some moron got himself killed near 27th street (nowhere NEAR the friggin loop, I might add) and that backed up the whole system. Seraph and I wound up walking from the Fullerton […]
No, you can’t have a cigarette…
8 May 2008Today’s subject has the potential to be a bit controversial: Chicago’s panhandler population.
The panhandlers are getting restless in Chicago. Nearly to the point of being obnoxious.
While my heart does go out to those who are less fortunate, I do not respond to panhandlers. When with people, I ignore them completely, when they attempt […]
Hubie needs to get a clue…
25 April 2008People keep talking about “three track hell” on the EL. But to be honest with you, I have fewer problems commuting in the morning, than I do in the evening.
In the morning, all southbound Brown, Red and Purple line trains share one track between Belmont and Fullerton. This is so they can finish the […]
The past weekend…
6 June 2007So, I had a couple of realizations over the weekend. I went out with Seraph, and it was cool as hell. I met her via a mutual friend, Kari..at a wedding Kari and I attended. I had a damn fun time tooling around the city with nothing but a backpack, and someone who knows how […]
Great new tool to localize.
24 October 2006So, I found this nifty little new website via Boing Boing.
It’s called Outside.In, and its a pretty cool tool to localize your reading. I realize that Chicago Bloggers is a good source for local blogs, along with Chicago Blogmap. However, Outside.in has a bit of Technorati mashed up with Google Maps.
In short, you enter […]
