Year: 2006

  • Last Of the Old, First Of the New

    It’s been a while since I’ve done any catblogging and I’m way behind. Resting Rested Upon To give you an idea how far behind I am, I have only just now reached the last cat picture taken with my old camera. Like most of my cat pictures, it’s Dozer sleeping: Dozer Sleeping Now I can… Read more

  • International Plaza – Email Interview

    Photo Archive Google Earth Google Maps I emailed Leo Plotkin about this coming Saturday’s rally to save International Plaza. He answered a few of my questions: Who else is involved in organizing the rally? All of the owners of the small businesses located at International Plaza will be attending the rally. What businesses do they… Read more

  • Save International Plaza

    Photo Archive Google Earth Google Maps From Christina Walsh at the IJ: This Saturday, December 2, a new organization called Save International Plaza is holding a rally at 10am in Arlington Heights. The Village is considering seizing all of the businesses in International Plaza through eminent domain to replace them with a SuperTarget. These folks… Read more

  • Fashizzle My Lizzle

    Oh dear God…the crowd of lawyers and law professors at The Volokh Conspiracy is discussing the etymology of “bootylicious.” Read more

  • Camera Buying Guide / Begging

    People who know I’m into photography sometimes ask me for advice about buying a camera, so I’ve been planning to put together a holiday buying guide. Amazon, however, showed me a better way. They have a feature called aStore that allowed me to build my own online store—called WindyShopping of course—through which I can sell… Read more