Year: 2007
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Asparagus w/ Anime
Asparagus w/ Anime, originally uploaded by juggernautco. North, Milwaukee, and Damen in Chicago.
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Chicago Bulls Elevator Mnemonic > “Smith Again No”
The parking lot at O’Hare Airport has used a sports theme as their mnemonic device for a decade or so. Each floor highlights a different Chicago-based sports team. I’ve been used to this for a while, but last week when I went to get Deirdre from the airport, I was pretty much overtaken with emotion…
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More Open Source Emergency Response in Scotland Today
The concept of Open Source Emergency Response is simple– normal people can be of use in an emergency. Today at the Glasgow airport, normal people beat up a terrorist who was trying to kill them. Good job. Scotsman.com News – His whole body seemed to be on fire… I knocked him down Stephen Clarkson, who…
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Civil Servants Foil Terrorism Attacks in London
A major theme emerging from the news from London is that alert, well-trained civil servants stopped a major terrorist attack just by showing up and doing their jobs well. An alert ambulance crew and a plain old police officer. Really fantastic news and a great sign for meat & potatoes work in the face of…
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1970s Catholicism
scan0001, originally uploaded by Okram. Here’s me on my First Communion day at Annunciation Church in Pittsburgh. Post-Vatican II happiness and love. Fr. Rege Ryan Sr. Collette, on whom I had a crush. Felt banners and face-to-face confession. No rulers on knuckles, just nuns with guitars singing "Day By Day". I was very lucky.