It's been a while since I did any photoblogging---just posting a photo for no reason other than to look at a photo. I was up in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago, so here's a photo I took of the Midwest Airlines Center.Midwest Airlines Center … [Read more...] about Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee
Plumbers and Police
We had a plumber come in today to replace the toilet in our master bathroom. He was from the same company that does a lot of the plumbing work for our condo association, so I figured they'd be reasonably professional about it. I left him alone to get the job done while I worked on the computer. When he finished, I went in to check the work, and he had installed the wrong … [Read more...] about Plumbers and Police
Oregon Woman Plans to Parade Topless on July 4
And somehow that's national news. … [Read more...] about Oregon Woman Plans to Parade Topless on July 4
The Rolling Meadows Police State
Last week I wrote about the plans of D.C. police to impose checkpoints on residents. That fell through. However, the innovative folks who run things in Rolling Meadows here in Illinois have been getting away with it for a whole week: The owners of a Rolling Meadows apartment complex filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday charging that their civil rights were violated when … [Read more...] about The Rolling Meadows Police State
Gayvolution
A recent study (hat tip Moby Kip) suggests that the brains of gay men have certain similarities to straight women, and the brains of gay women have similarities to straight men. The brain features in question have their roots in early brain development, suggesting that environmental and social conditions played little roll in their formation. This is one more piece of evidence … [Read more...] about Gayvolution