Gallery 37 at Midway Airport 26 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm

All of the Gallery 37 paintings were made by students, that much I know, high school students. The latter photos have been around since the late 90s. I wish I could tell you more, there is no sign for...

Leaving Midway, North by Northwest 24 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm

Trains & Planes on Monday Night 23 Aug 2013 | 12:12 pm

Scars Covering Scars 16 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm

See the scar in one of the middle photos? Well, its gone now, covered by a bigger scar. Last Saturday, I ran my Schwinn into a chain link fence to avoid hitting a poodle that ran into the street. I do...

Disobey The Tamale Spaceship 14 Aug 2013 | 11:37 am

Clarity & Endorphins, Christians in The Whirpool 12 Aug 2013 | 10:29 am

Saturday I wrecked myself up pretty good avoiding a damn runaway poodle. The endorphins have been going overtime. Most of the afternoon until now, when the knee started hurting or healing, I have felt...

Buddy the Mitch would have been 10 today. 8 Aug 2013 | 01:16 pm

John Unger and Schoep: Right-Handed Comments 6 Aug 2013 | 11:41 am

I'm not a crying man, but I cried last night when I read this off of Huffington Post. I thought of Buddy the Mitch, who died at home and had years of arthritis. Those who follow me on Facebook know th...

Hubbard Street Adult Books 5 Aug 2013 | 12:07 pm

Last Monday I took a different train home, the Brown Line, and departed at the Merchandise Mart stop. Back in the 70s and 80s, when I could hang around downtown half the night because the last bus to ...

Alison Pill & The Multiverse 4 Aug 2013 | 11:24 am

I was taking photos off my computer screen from an episode of  HBO's The Newroom. I had slowed down the opening credits to get Alison Pill, only it looks as if she broke through the Fourth Wall. I've ...