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Yesterday's walk
My goal yesterday was to walk at least as far as I did back in June, when I hoofed it from Uptown to Highland Park (28.95 km, 4:32:52, 32,595 steps). Well, yesterday I didn't, for a couple of reasons:...
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I took a personal day yesterday to get my teeth cleaned (still no cavities, ever!) and to fork over a ton of cash to Parker's vet (five shots, three routine tests, heartworm pills, one biopsy,...
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Ten years ago today
This has been my computer's lock screen image for a very long time. It's hard to believe I took this photo that long ago:Details: Canon EOS 20D, f/6.3 at 1/250, ISO 800, 18mm.
View ArticleTwo tales of bad Republican policies hurting ordinary people
First, from Crain's, an exploration of the ghost town inside Naperville, Ill., where millions of dollars evaporated when the housing bubble burst in 2008:At the height of the building boom, Novack...
View ArticleLots of steps
A couple of milestones today.First, just a couple of days before my 2-year anniversary with Fitbit, I've earned what they call the "Africa Badge:" I've walked 8,046 km since I joined, which is...
View ArticleWhat happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there
Recaps of the debate comprise just a few of the things I haven't had time to read today:Who hated Trump's caginess on whether he'd accept the election results if he lost? Everyone: The Economist, The...
View ArticleMeetings all day
All of these articles look interesting, and I hope I get to read them:538 explains how the Cubs beat Cleveland last night, and how they might do it 3 more times.Richard Florida explains how the class...
View ArticleSo, this happened
Folks, if you have to evacuate a burning 767, leave your fucking bags in the plane. That would have prevented most of the injuries sustained when this happened yesterday at O'Hare:The plane's 161...
View ArticleOh, that's where we left it
A diver off the coast of British Columbia appears to have found a 66-year-old atomic bomb casing:The Canadian navy will be heading to the coast of British Columbia to investigate claims that a diver...
View ArticleOne more thing for this horrible, horrible week
I could post about Krugman's "Thoughts for the Horrified," Deeply Trivial's explanation of how the polling failure wasn't what you think it was, or how much rats like being tickled. Instead, I give you...
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Island time
I'm spending a couple of days on two U.S. islands in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and Vieques. So posting is a little iffy. Right now I'm waiting for the island hopper to take me between the two islands,...
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Time passes
Here's a fun comparison. This is the building adjacent to the north side of the northbound platform at the Northbrook Metra station. First, October 1985:Here's the same wall almost exactly 31 years...
View ArticleArticles to read this weekend
So many meetings today, so many articles in my queue:Trump voters are already feeling like Trump has betrayed them, for the simple reason that he has.In some cases, though, it's hard to empathize, as...
View ArticleLonging for the halcyon days of James Watt
Trump has outdone himself with this doozy of a cabinet nomination:Donald Trump intends to select Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a senior transition...
View ArticleLunchtime links
It's not all about PETUS today:Via AVWeb, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring owners of Boeing 787-8 airplanes to reboot them at least every 21 days. I am not making this up.Trump,...
View ArticleThe republic staggers
Krugman's column from yesterday—the day Donald Trump was actually elected our next President—echoes a concern I've had for years:I couldn’t help noticing the contemporary resonances of some Roman...
View ArticleWe're #1!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago has some epic binge drinking:The data looked at the 500 largest cities in the country, split into more than...
View ArticlePost-posted
High above the North Atlantic, our hero reads the articles he downloaded before take-off:Releasing to Production the day before a holdiay weekend? No. Just, no. OMFG no.American Airlines just won a...
View ArticleYes, it was a quick flight
Yesterday's flight to London took only 6 hours, 37 minutes from wheels-up to landing. That is, in fact, the fastest I've ever gotten from O'Hare to Heathrow, by 8 minutes. I am impressed.
View ArticleThings I queued up to read on my last day in the office this year
From the Intertubes:Paul Krugman, "Greed Springs Eternal."What happened to O'Hare Terminal 4?Imagine how much New York's Hell's Kitchen stank in the 1860s.Deeply Trivial has a lot to say about Carrie...
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