Thursday, June 23, 2005

Is it a small enough world for ya? (A retro-post)

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IT IS IF YOU travel in artsy or "fringe" crowds in Chicago. Just for my own amusement, and to shout out to some of the many intere...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Test your Euro-knowledge! (a retro-post)

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As a dumb American, I always get these terms confused, so I thought I'd make a quiz out of them and see how many other people are co...
Saturday, June 11, 2005

Drug Awareness (a retro-post)

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Recently the Supreme Court protected all that is right, decent and Christian by ruling that the federal government may overrule State govern...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Red line to 95th (retro-post)

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A t the Roosevelt Red Line platform, I see an attendant exiting his booth and I ask him why this has been happening recently. Why are they t...
Friday, May 20, 2005

Names of shame, or acclaim (retro-post)

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IF YOU'RE MENTALLY hyperactive, like me, and you're stuck in a repetitive or slow-moving temp job, you come up with stuff to amuse ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Wacky Business Idea #1,392

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Wacky Business Idea #1,392:  It's unfortunate I really cannot take advantage of this idea. When will some health-conscious, enterpr...
Sunday, March 06, 2005

contents of all my pockets (four pants pockets, three jacket pockets) after several days of not emptying them.

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One (1)  Kyocera cell phone. One (1)  compact mirror. Yep, they're not just for girlies needing to check makeup ... they also work f...
Thursday, February 10, 2005

How to flirt, for gals and guys.

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Setting: elevator in downtown building. I board, followed by cute and plump woman in late 20s. SHE: (smiles) Got any more of that cinnamo...
Thursday, February 03, 2005

Children Are Now Okay In the Art World

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I DON'T KNOW HOW TO feel about this. On the one hand, I'm glad that kiddos get the nod , from the hallowed halls of the School of t...
Monday, December 20, 2004

This is Division

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SATURDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 8:30, Jackson Blue Line platform: I enter and take a seat on a bench. On the opposite side of the bench behind me ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

"How big of a bang is this gonna be?" (A retro-post)

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WHO WAS AT GALLERY  Chicago? Your standard, predominantly senior-hipster crowd. A performance artist who, am told, used to get naked a...
Sunday, August 31, 2003

Aggressive Angela

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Ah, for the days when I was young, chaste, and chased. I still laugh at this. I met Angela in my night music theory class. The next year, w...
Saturday, August 30, 2003

Angelic Angela (a retro-post)

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 PURSUANT TO MOVING, I've been cleaning out. This means finding all kinds of surprises from the past. This is a journal entry from 1...
Wednesday, June 04, 2003

Animal magnetism (a retro-post)

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TUESDAY: You know how they sell pheromone perfumes and colognes for sexual attraction? Pheromones definitely work. What they don't tell...
Tuesday, March 03, 1998

Early Edition (a retro-post)

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I'VE BEEN WORKING AS AN EXTRA on the Chicago-produced TV series “Early Edition.” The shoot today was cold, and fun. Met some cool fe...