Author: DXO
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A Remarkable Story Full of Intelligence
This story in today’s NYT amounts to a vast set of research on how works: ISIS Women and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape. Here’s nuggets:
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Herrick Lake Through Time
Here are all photos of Herrick Lake, Wheaton, from 2008 to 2015 as part of my compilation art project, “Through Time”.
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The Chicago Sun-Times, Today, Right Now, is a Great Newspaper, So Stop Whining About It
There’s a slow-moving, but consistently rolling, train of thought that says that the Chicago Sun-Times is dying/ is poorly run/ etc. There was a post to this effect last week, but we’ve all heard these things for years now. Expressing dismay about the Chicago Sun-Times is something of fun sport for the portion of the journalism…
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Sports and Transcendence
I spent a large part of my Sunday watching this over and over, crying: http://m.mlb.com/video/v36599553/balnyy-jeter-gets-walkoff-hit-in-final-home-game. Not sure what that says about me. The announcer at the beginning is the voice of the Yankees for 50 years who retired in 2007 and died in 2009 and Jeter insisted that they play his recorded introduction every time he came to…
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15 Years of Sobriety— All Hail Alcoholics Anonymous
Today marks 15 years of sobriety for me. I am not the most devout member of Alcoholics Anonymous, but I do try to practice these principles in all my affairs. The “Big Book“, which is actually titled, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Recovered from Alcoholism” is one of the…