By The Nerdy Dad
Great art or a piece of crap? Made by child or adult? This nerdy dad can’t decide!
Posted on May 31, 2016
Beachwood Photo Booth: America, Summer 2016, Part 1
By Helene Smith
Memorial Day weekend at the Meijer’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
(ENLARGE FOR PROPER VIEWING)
Posted on May 27, 2016
Grill With Caution: Wire Bristles From Barbecue Brushes Can Cause Serious Injuries
By The University of Missouri School of Medicine
While many people view Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of the summer grilling season, they may not be aware of the dangers of eating food cooked on grills cleaned with wire-bristle brushes. A new study conducted at the University of Missouri School of Medicine identified more than 1,600 injuries from wire-bristle grill brushes reported in emergency rooms since 2002. Loose bristles can fall off the brush during cleaning and end up in the grilled food, which, if consumed, can lead to injuries in the mouth, throat and tonsils. Researchers advise individuals to inspect their food carefully after grilling or consider alternative grill-cleaning methods.
“Wire-bristle brush injuries are a potential consumer safety issue, so it is important that people, manufacturers and health providers be aware of the problem,” said David Chang, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology at the MU School of Medicine. “If doctors are unaware that this problem exists, they may not order the appropriate tests or capture the correct patient history to reach the right diagnosis.”
Posted on May 26, 2016
Letter From Missouri | The Ozarks Are Deranged
By Scott Buckner
One of the pleasant things about the Ozarks is that you can’t help but get closer to all the nature contained within those rolling and precipitously steep hills. Cold, clear natural springs feeding creeks and rivers? Check. Big trout in those rivers? Check. I could checklist like that awhile longer, but you get the idea. Best thing is, that sort of nature isn’t something we’ve manufactured to sucker in the tourists, either. It’s been just lying there for millions of years for the taking 24/7 for anyone who manages to leave the house long enough to notice it.
When you live in a giant concrete metropolis, you don’t see much nature beyond whatever bugs manage to wander into the house, city pigeons, feral cats, Norway rats in the alley, and neighborhood dogs that always bark too much and too late into the night. Here in the Ozarks, we have turkeys growing wild. Black bears too, if radio commercials warning about them aren’t yanking our chain.
All this nature is pretty neat, but having a lot of it around has led me to make a few observations about it:
Posted on May 25, 2016
Chicagoetry: The Conversation
By J.J. Tindall
The Conversation
Two Hispanic teenagers sat behind me
On the train, talking about
Their schools: the honors programs,
The bullies, the sports, the opportunities.
I think they got on
At Western, on the southwest Blue Line.
My mind was all Gene Hackman
In “The Conversation,”
Honing in on the equivalent
Posted on May 24, 2016
Sneaker Con “Chicago”
Shoes In Schaumburg
More like Sneaker Con Schaumburg, because that’s where it was held on Saturday.
The @SneakerCon train rolls into Chicago this Saturday – ticket info here: https://t.co/NMDmQ7kG3N pic.twitter.com/RdTzo7hanC
— Jordans Daily (@jordansdaily) May 20, 2016
Let’s take a look.
1. First, here’s what this dude packed for his trip from California.
Posted on May 23, 2016
Beachwood Photo Booth: Stop Killing People
(At The Art Institute | Invisible Man: Gordon Parks And Ralph Ellison In Harlem
By The Art Institute Of Chicago
“Curator Michal Raz-Russo provides an overview of the exhibition, which reunites for the first time the surviving photographs and texts intended for the two collaborations between Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison.
“Included in the exhibition are never-before-seen photographs by Parks from the collections of the Art Institute and the Gordon Parks Foundation and unpublished manuscripts by Ellison.”
Posted on May 19, 2016
Meet The Morton Grove Best Western
Two Diamonds, Three Stars
“Sinead O’Connor has been found by police after being reported as missing on Sunday,” the Daily Mail notes.
“Authorities had said they believed O’Connor could be suicidal after it was reported she had not been seen since 6 a.m. on Sunday, when she decided to go for a bike ride in Wilmette, Illinois wearing leather pants, a sweatshirt and a black parka.
“The singer was found six miles from Wilmette in a run-down $84-a-night Best Western Hotel in the Chicago suburb of Morton Grove on Monday morning.”
A run-down Best Western in Morton Grove?
Posted on May 18, 2016
Meet The Black Couch
By Chicago Lines | DePaul’s TV Project
“The Black Couch is a working studio and art gallery in Hermosa at the old Hammond Organ manufacturing plant. We are a collective of artists and musicians whose mission is to encourage positive community involvement through art and music.
“Every month, we host a variety of events including art showcases, multi-genre music shows, CPS field trips, group painting parties, fundraisers, and film screenings.”
Posted on May 17, 2016