Author: Mark Draughn
A Few Slightly Bad Apples
In response to my post about proving the time of a ticket, T. F. Stern comments: Having served 20 years as a uniformed cop I find it slightly amusing that some folks think this way. I wrote tickets, quite a few. If I made a mistake I would call the person at home and tell… Read more
Photo Clearance Sale: Street Stuff
Just a few photographs around the neighborhood. Six Corners in Chicago This is just a building at the Six Corners shopping district a few miles from my house. Gladstone Plaza I just grabbed this shot for the heck of it as I was waiting to make a turn. I didn’t care for the result at… Read more
Time for a Ticket
Sometimes technology lets you down in the most frustrating way. When I’m driving home, there’s a turn I have to make pretty regularly that is prohibited by a “No Left Turn” sign after 4 pm. As I approached the turn yesterday, it was 3:44, which is right at my limit. Any closer than that, and… Read more
The Rules, For Religion
It seems that a lot of people in the Middle East need to grow up. In Beirut, a day after violent protests in neighboring Syria, the thousands-strong crowd broke through a cordon of troops and police that had encircled the embassy. Security forces fired tear gas and loosed their weapons into the air to stop… Read more
“Bond Helmer Busted for Prostitution”
When I saw the above title on a Yahoo story, I assumed that some producer or director of the James Bond series was busted for soliciting a prostitute, and the headline writer was in a hurry and got the grammar wrong. But it turns out the headline is accurate: Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand filmmaker… Read more