In the last week, I have noticed a sudden multitude of singing birds. At first I thought that they were exclusive to the Magic Hedge on Lake Michigan, but then yesterday I noticed them on my walk to the El.
I have noticed that tree branches are suddenly heavy with buds, so much so that they hang lower than before.
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– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
Where is this?
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Name a bridge that you like.
– My past week was defined by 1) Seeing Slumdog Millionaire in Evanston followed by a late Tuesday dinner at Steak N’ Shake, and 2) The Legend of Zelda III: A Link to the Past and the Nature: Sharks film. Also, I took a nice walk along the lake, and revised several chapters of Beowulf.
… Read the rest– My past week was defined by 1) Seeing Slumdog Millionaire in Evanston followed by a late Tuesday dinner at Steak N’ Shake, and 2) The Legend of Zelda III: A Link to the Past and the Nature: Sharks film. Also, I took a nice walk along the lake, and revised several chapters of Beowulf.
… Read the restBut these things are also Spring’s —
On banks by the roadside the grass
Long-dead that is greyer now
Than all the Winter it was;The shell of a little snail bleached
In the grass; chip of flint, and mite
Of chalk; and that small birds’ dung
In splashes of purest white:All the white things a man mistakes
For earliest violets
Who seeks through Winter’s ruins
Something to pay Winter’s debt.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
Where is this?
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Do you have any phobias? What are they?
In the worst of St. Seger.
So. The blog is live again, no thanks to my old server Simple Host, who 1) lost a large number of files one two occasions, only attempted to restore them on one and even then threatened to charge me a $50 penalty for their trouble (nevermind that I was paying roughly 50% higher than what I’m paying now), and 2) failed to update my account information after two attempts, meaning that my domain registration expired.
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– Well, the blog is live again… thank you for your patience!
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.”
– Who said this?
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Think of your last vivid dream.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
Where is this?
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Know any good homemade headache remedies?
– Reading about adolescent suicide and General Motors during the 1980s.
– Frequent stops at “Luck’s Food” which is my new favorite Vietnamiese eatery on Argyle.
– Tuesday Funk, naturally.
– RPGs with the scavhunt kids.
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