For all of the Unfacebookers, links to my new blog and my best of the decade lists ( Read more... )

So I’ve been working, at an actual job, for about six weeks. Johanna and I both, within about a week of each other, indirectly got someone fired and pretty much took over for them at our respective workplaces. A modern-day corporate coup. So there was some guilt involved, but eh, it’s a paycheck ( Read more... )

I was flying under the radar there for a while, but everyone was, it seems like. We split into pairs or threesomes, and stopped talking to everyone else. Anyway, I wouldn't take this entry as any sort of real resurfacing, because I'm sure I'll drop back out as quickly as I popped back in ( Read more... )

Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska. But as an impressionable 12-year-old youth, he moved to Libertyville, IL.

He lived a somewhat rural, Illinois life, and his house and the surrounding area contained "geese, hens, rabbits, a horse, a Great Dane, twenty-eight cats, and a cow."At the time, his nickname was "Bud". Do I have a relative ( Read more... )

All right, I know I'm kind of behind the curve on this, but how amazing is Google Earth? Imagine when this is completely high-def and real-time (in, at most, a year) and we can check the traffic in Cairo at a click. Is no one else blown away ( Read more... )

"CLEAR THE AREA. NO HANGING OUT. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HANG OUT, GO TO THE DUNCAN DONUTS PARKING LOT. IF YOU CONTINUE DOWN HALSTED, I'M GOING TO START ARRESTING ALL OF YOU. SPREAD THE WORD."

I just overheard a cop saying this on his bullhorn outside of Johanna's apartment.

Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926. In 1927, his family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, a town notorious for its crime. "East St. Louis is one of the more impoverished communities in Illinois ( Read more... )

Illinois is the 25th largest state in the United States geographically, and the 5th largest state by population. The state dance is the square dance and the state snack is popcorn.

There have been three state capitals of Illinois:

Kaskaskia -- 1818 to 1820
Vandalia -- 1820 to 1839
Springfield -- 1839 to Present


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I'm sitting here in Johanna's apartment, six feet and one wall away from where she's sleeping soundly. I, of course, am unable to sleep, which will come as no surprise to anyone that knows me. It doesn't come as a surprise to me, either; I don't seem to be able to do much of anything ( Read more... )

A lot has happened since my last real update, but I'm sure I don't remember it all ( Read more... )