I've been able to see the Supermoon the last two evenings from my windows, which face east.

Didn't think to get a picture, so this will have to do:


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I just hopped off the bus at the start of my errands yesterday and walked into the branch library right at the bus stop, went up to the second floor and voted. It took maybe 15 minutes ( Read more... )

I knew this shortly after it happened, even though I did not watch the game. How did I know? From the series of one-car parades going past my window with honking horns and wild cheering, starting at about 11:30 pm ( Read more... )

So, after spending most of the afternoon at the Field (their first free day since February, and all those people who are normally at the Zoo were at the Field), I was waiting for the bus across the street from the Marquette Building, designed by Holabird and Root, a landmark by any standard, which is right across the street (Adams) from the Federal ( Read more... )

There's an ad on the bus shelter on the corner advertising the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities -- in Hindi.  It would have made more sense to have it a couple blocks up the street, at Devon and Clark, where people catch the bus going west to Little India, but I guess you can't have everything ( Read more... )

It's spring -- babies are popping out everwhere.  Well, they have been for a while, but ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I had to restart twice before I could get an Internet connection stable enough for me to send an e-mail. This morning, it won't load Spider Solitaire and has knocked out my Dolby,* so I can't play any music (both of which are absolute necessities when I'm online ( Read more... )

So, I'm standing at the sink this morning doing tooth care and happened to glance over and see dirt around the drain in the tub.  And then one of my neighbors turned on their shower and dirty water started coming up out of the drain.  And sitting there ( Read more... )

It's been a hell of a few weeks -- recovering from surgery, which has been very slow and painful, and then what passes for news these days (have you noticed that our presidential campaigns now occupy two years ( Read more... )

It's in the upper 40s right now and I'm sitting here with windows open and a fan running because I managed to talk myself into actually cooking some breakfast* and then forgot to turn off the burner under the pan until I realized that my apartment was full of smoke ( Read more... )