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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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Preview
Today we went to see a preview of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dee got us all free tickets because she works at a school and the Nielsen people were recruiting there. Uphots: Definitely not better than the original, but not a bad new take on it. Some lost opportunity (Wonka) and some good new…
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Encyclopedia of Chicago
A complete online version of the Encyclopedia of Chicago has just been launched and it is immense. It’s simple and well-organized, with a nifty little A-Z index feature to navigate through the articles. They have tons of ancient, detailed maps in high resolution with good zoom/ crop tools (see "Bird’s Eye View of Elevated Railroads,…
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Business Tourism > Los Angeles
Laguna Beach Originally uploaded by juggernautco. I often have to travel for business, flying to places like New York, Boston, and LA to conduct training or do consulting. There’s nothing I dislike more than flying in like a broken business schmuck: 10:15PM, dark night shuttle to Ford Focus rental car, check into hotel,…
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Virgin Mary Salt Stain
Here’s a look at the post-defacement, post-restoration salt stain of the Virgin Mary underneath an expressway near my house in Chicago. As for me, I buy it. Is it the Virgin Mary? Sure, yeah, it’s the Virgin Mary. I’ve believed weirder things in my life. Maybe you have, too. Here’s a link to my whole…
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Google Nastygram
So last month I got a nastygram from a Google auto-spamming attorney that let me know they weren’t pleased wth my website, www.googobits.com. It scared me. I complied with their spammed demands. I sent the auto-attorney a pleasant and compliant response and have yet to hear back. I have also been crazy-busy with my day…