Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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The Cubs Need to Embrace The Curse
So the Chicago Cubs were swept out of the playoffs. Clearly, this is a set of men who do not deserve devotion. Anyone who is a die-hard Cubs fan has to really look at themselves and ask why they continue to give their hearts to people who have none. Especially in a city that experienced…
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Me and the Governor share a pre-indictment moment
Me and the Governor share a pre-indictment moment, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I was walking past the State of Illinois Building and saw the Governor of my state. He was happy to see me, for some reason. We took a picture together.
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ctatweet.com: Unofficial Twitter tracker for the Chicago Transit Authority
Guest post — Dan O’Neil Today is the launch of a new Web site, CTA Tweet, an unofficial Twitter tracker for the Chicago Transit Authority. We also started a series of Twitter accounts for each train line and the bus system as a whole. There are two things you can do with CTA Tweet: 1.…
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7th Level CCD Lesson Plans
Here’s a document I’ll be working on for the next few months — a complete year’s worth of weekly lesson plans for 7th level Catholic religious education, cryptically referred to as "CCD". I teach the 7th level class in the CCD program at my Parish. Here’s how I’m doing the lesson plans: The lessons are…
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Publish the details of underlying mortgages saved by Congress
It appears that the United States government is going to purchase hundreds of billions of dollars worth of bad mortgages in an effort to prevent the collapse of the world’s financial system. If they do, I’d like them to publish a list of all of the mortgages they purchase — the loan number, the address…