Year: 2012
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What I Learned From One Year on Fitbit
From April 4, 2011 to April 4, 2012, I recorded pretty much every step I took and every thing I ate via the device and Web site called Fitbit. I am by no means going to go all Feltron on you, but I have some insights about myself, Fitbit, and the world at large, based…
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Poem (Alien Advice)
If an alien came from outer space and got out of its ship and said to me “tell me in two words or less how to get along on this planet” I would say, “be careful”. And then I would run.
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Downtown in Macro: Building Surfaces, Walking Eastbound to 111 E. Wacker from the Blue Line at 203 N. LaSalle
Here’s a series of photos in macro showing the exterior surfaces of every building I pass on the way to work for the train. Some highlights: I used to work here, at 203 N. LaSalle. It is a late 80’s building with the sheen-y dark marble that was popular and opulent at the time. I’ve…
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Writing Down Who I Am
Recently I published this: Statement of Personal Ethics, Potential Biases, and Possible Conflicts of Interest in order to explicitly state— for me and anyone interested in interacting with me— who I am. What moves me, where I’m coming from, how I get my money. Who I am in league with, and why. All of these…
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Easter Morning for an Urban American Catholic in an Age of Misplaced Catholic Energy
I am a lifelong urban American Catholic, and I am not going anywhere. That’s my message to the extremists in my religion who have strayed from our core principles of tolerance, labor, and love to focus on exclusion, doctrine, and shame. My experience of Catholicism in the cities of Pittsburgh and Chicago over the last…