I was coming home on the El last night. The train pulled into one of the older, more dilapidated stations on the green line and I saw a problem. The exit stair on the far end of the station had some sort problem with the fence / wall. That is, instead of being a proper fence wall  to protect people walking from the platform down to the street from ( Read more... )

A compass with no needle
or worse a needle stuck
It cannot orient me
Goals, purposes, needs
Like a sundered sapling's trunk
Grow independently
Branching, seeking, overlapping
A haphazard efficency
Thriving, at best, perhaps
But I will not tower

I bought a bottle of wine

And it’s a lot like you

(Who was I telling this to?)

It was alluring before I got it home

And red when I opened

But I drank it anyway and I’m

Simmered in the consequences

A bottle of red upon my shelf

Is a lot like love unopened

But here the metaphor breaks down

Cause when have I ever passed up a bottle of you?

I’m always just along ( Read more... )

A friend of mine was assigned the name "Miscecov Autosuave." It rings in my head. I love it. It's such an awesome pseudonym.

Of course, it's the little things like shining stars and blowing wind that make life worth living, I guess. Fear of becoming.. or staying like this forever. It's just a bit much at times. Sorry.

Oh, you know, stuff. The mean of hopes and expectations is always left far behind by the reality of the situation ( Read more... )

Prior to last night's amazing 4-0 World Series victory over the Astros, the White Sox hadn't won the World Series since 1917.

...

ONE YEAR LATER, A FLU PANDEMIC KILLED BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILLION PEOPLE.

*cough*

I'm writing a story. I kind of even know how it will end, I think. I already told Michael about it, I already sent the first part of it to Kelly. I like it enough so far to keep writing, we'll see how that goes. I'm terrible with names so I just picked two, and I know they'll make Marcie and Michael giggle ( Read more... )

Amazon.com has this deal where you buy $29 worth of ALL laundry detergent and laundry products from them by, I think, soon, and they send you a $10 Amazon.com coupon sometime in January. Yes, it comes via UPS. Yes, it qualifies for Super saver shipping. So this is, in essence, a big savings on Laundry detergent. It is, however, a hell of a lot of ( Read more... )

Tuesday night I was walking home North through Oak Park, up Lombard from the Blue Line. On the left side of the intersection, I saw a black mid-sized SUV rolling and stopping because it wanted to turn right across my walk signal. If there's ever any doubt about who got to the intersection first (and it's not extremely busy) I'll let a car go, ( Read more... )