Year: 2008
In Which I Show Total Confidence in Local Democracy
If I get time tomorrow, I’m going to visit a few polling places to talk to people and take pictures for the Chi-Town Daily News. I know where I have to vote, but I haven’t got a clue where to find other polling places in the neighborhood. The first place I thought to look is… Read more
Obama For President, but first…
Barack Obama seems like a heck of guy, but I’m not convinced he’s ready to be president. I like a candidate who talks about hope—so many seem to be trying to scare us all to death—but I want him to get a little more experience. I think Hillary Clinton has a better chance of getting… Read more
“…just trying to live a happy life…”
Every week, Kip Esquire posts a Sunday CuteTuber, which is video of some cute guy he found on YouTube. I usually don’t watch them because, well, my taste in men runs more toward women. But something about the way he wrote up the latest one made me curious, so I checked it out. Wow. A moving… Read more
Robots, Arpaio, and Britney
Random shots around the web: No matter what they say, they’re building SKYNET. Joe Arpaio, America’s Toughest Most Assinine Sheriff promises to arrest celebrities who misbehave at the Super Bowl. Speaking of troublesome celebrities, I haven’t been following the whole Britney Spears mess, but it’s beginning to look like she’s suffering from some sort of genuine… Read more
Me and Alderman Allen
As a blogger, I get to write about whatever interests me. One of the things that did not interest me, however, was the upcoming Democratic primary race for Cook County State’s Attorney. Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t even know that office was up for a vote (although I probably could have figured it… Read more