Look… I’m an American in body, mind, and spirit. But like most Americans, the flavor of this wine is highly influenced by where it’s aged (the midwest) and from which roots it’s drawn (Irish roots). Without going into a convoluted explanation of my Irish-German-Swedish-English-and-maybe-Jewish background by way of Ellis Island, Pittsburgh, and Flint, I’m from a small but complicated group of people, working-class but financially stable and with cultural aspirations.

for a list price of $14,000

for a list price of $46,000

for a list price of $90,000

for a list price of $485,000

COMMENTS
– Any number of friends and adversaries posted insightful, well-reasons entries on a range of subject. I wanted to respond to a majority of these, but yesterday was so hectic in the end, I didn’t respond to any. I’ll try to hit on at least one today.

COMMENTS
– Well, it’s March, and as you can see and feel, SPRING IS IN THE AIR! Ha. To tell the truth, though, this is just payback for those two weeks of warmth at the top of February.
– Last night I took care of business.

I’ve posted the first chapter of my novella, Adrift on the Mainstream, in the sidebar, immediately following all links.

Please feel free to share any comments/criticism. If you’re interested in reading more, I’ll happily supply.

~ Connor

I have several new links to add… and I need to replace a couple old, that disappeared I know not how or why.

Let’s begin with my friend chloegoth at Nifty Catchphrase – http://ubiquitousmoe.blogspot.com/. We have had many entangled connections over the years… we were residents of the same house (though not at the same time), shared the same comrades, the same scavenger hunts, and in some cases the same fascination with circus freaks and the like.

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– Friday after work I had a couple hours, so I went to Marshall Fields on State for a cup of coffee. I love that place… in fact, it’s one of my favorite icons of capitalism. There’s something a little off-kilter and cool about the emphasis on green, and the marble rails climbing seven stories up the arcade.

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– The last 24-hours have been metaphysically surreal in the best sort of way. I got out of work early yesterday – 12:45 – and took care of banking and business. It started snowing and snowed densely through most of the day, but was surprisingly warm for all that.

Evidently three people posted their celeb crushes while I was writing the last post.

So:

The new question of the day:

Would you be a DC or a Marvel superhero? (If you like, you can take this a step forward, and name off some of your favorite superheroes…)

~ Connor

COMMENTS
– Yesterday I was late because I slept through my alarm. Today, early and determined, I hurried out to the stop at 7:03 and boarded at 7:10. But there must’ve been an accident on Lake Shore Drive, because I were at a standstill, just a few miles from work, for about a half-hour.