Monthly Archives: April 2009

What the fuck happened in the past eight years?

April 26 09

I am absolutely furious about this torture thing. Really. When did we stop being a nation that gives a shit and turn into this current one, which is apparently A-OK with war crimes, blatant human rights abuses, and violent, despicable activity by our previous administration?

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A stormy harbinger of Spring's arrival in Chicago.

April 25 09

One of my earliest childhood memories that I can recall was a thunderstorm, or maybe several, in Macomb, IL. We lived in a big house with a front porch large enough for multiple rocking chairs, and it was covered by an overhang such that you could sit and watch a storm go by. In retrospect [...]

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An unexpected snowstorm … in April

April 5 09

Yeah. It’s snowing outside, like a motherfucker no less, and it’s April. I am so over this Chicago weather. I miss the bay area tons times like this. If you’re somewhere where it’s nice outside, go out and play a little, for me, space cadets.

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A most fascinating coincidence

April 1 09

Went to Dollop earlier to meet up with Sarah. I got a text from the illustrious Chris Coté saying that a friend of his had recognized me in a photo on his friend’s Flickr photostream. Apparently she’d been taken by the adorableness of my wee laptop and took a picture. This sequence of events, from [...]

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