– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.”
– Fred Allen
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What holiday would you like to receive more attention?
– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
New York Times: Times Topics: Health Care Reform.
We should all read this… it’s very important.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What builds character?
– Sorry about ongoing delays guys. This time I have an excuse I’m happy about. I was in Miami, stalking the beaches, surfing the swamps, driving the coast, and having a good ol’ time.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
What is this?
… Read the rest
Elisabeth Blair and I are composing/editing a Gothic Funk novel to be titled Hollywood. However, it is set in Chicago.
I’m taking charge of the writing, and Lisa of the music, but we’re looking for additional collaborators. In addition to a tangible application of the “gothic funk aesthetic,” Hollywood will also be a teen noir (or at least a 20-something noir) for those of you familiar with that term… think of an episode of Veronica Mars codirected by Baz Luhrman and David Lynch.
… Read the restConcept: Collaborative Writing Project This Summer. Read More »
An abundance of squirrels. There are millions of them. I’ve never seen so many as this year. About a month ago, I noticed something; when I visit Michigan, squirrels are prime candidates for roadkill. But I never see roadkilled squirrel in Chicago.
… Read the restDiary: Phenology: July 9 – 15, 2009. Read More »
I will post more this evening…
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
Where is this?
(Hint: I’m going there this weekend.)
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Where do you want to go on vacation?
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
… Read the restIn the thirties balance-of-power thinking was still quite strong, the diplomats were all down with Balkanosis, spies with foreign hybrid names lurked in all the stations of the Ottoman rump, code messages in a dozen Slavic tongues were being tattooed on bare upper lips over which the operatives then grew mustaches, to be shaved off only by authorized crypto officers and skin then grafted over the messages by the Firms’ plastic surgeons .
EXPERIMENT: My weeks have been too busy this month for a daily update (even one this brief) every day… so until things settle down a bit I’m going to experiment with posting on the weekends too. Just FYI.
– PLACE OF THE WEEK –
Sinaia.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
What is this?
More to the point:
What is wrong with it?
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Have you ever seen a riot? Do tell…
