Available For Parties?
“You can just stare at science all day.”
Posted on February 20, 2013
QT: Meanwhile, In Other News . . .
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Physicists think alternative universe ‘vacuum bubble’ may destroy existence.”
News Headline: “Kim Kardashian: If I was a man I’d want to have sex with myself.”
Admit it. Aren’t there moments when you root for the bubble?
Posted on February 20, 2013
Random Food Report: Griddle Melts Galore And The Pancakes Of The Future
By Luke Chen
Mmmm.
1. IHOP Introduces New “Griddle Melts,” Three Custom Made Delicious Breakfast Sandwiches to Savor Any Time of Day.
Posted on February 18, 2013
QT: Asteroids Afoot
By Zay N. Smith
News Item: “. . . passage of Asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Friday. . . ”
News Item: “. . . discovered last year by a Spanish dentist turned amateur astronomer. . . .”
So we had warning.
As opposed to the asteroid discovered as it hit Russia over the weekend.
This much is apparent:
We need more Spanish dentists.
Posted on February 18, 2013
QT: Water, Water, Everywhere
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Marco Rubio’s water break during GOP response goes viral.”
News Headline: “Is Marco Rubio’s water swig a career-ender?”
It should be.
The last thing we need in these dangerous times is a presidential candidate who drinks water.
Posted on February 15, 2013
Chicagoetry: I Can See Fear In Your Eyes, Bon Jovi
By J.J. Tindall
I CAN SEE FEAR IN YOUR EYES, BON JOVI
In the 1990s
I lived in Wicker Park.
I wanted to be
an artist.
It wasn’t exactly
working out.
Posted on February 14, 2013
QT: Pandering Has Its Limits
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Arkansas lawmakers approve guns in churches.”
A call was placed.
“Arkansas Secretary of State.”
Visitor information, please.
“Yes.”
Is the public allowed to bring guns into the state capitol building?
“No.”
Thank you.
“You’re welcome.”
But the legislation is surely in the pipeline.
Posted on February 13, 2013
O’Hare TSA Breaks German Cellist’s Rare Bow
‘Brutal And Careless’
“A rare Heinrich Knopf bow belonging to Alban Gerhardt was damaged by security officers as he entered the U.S.,” the Strad reports.
“In what the cellist called ‘an act of brutal and careless behavior’, the bow stick was snapped in two, over the bridge of the cello, by air security staff at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, as they examined the case’s contents.”
Gerhardt was on his way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Here’s a report from RT America:
Posted on February 12, 2013
Watch A University Of Illinois Robotic Kidney Transplant
Wild, Wacky Stuff
Uploaded to YouTube on January 29, 2013, by Jose Oberholzer, whom we assume also did the surgery. Oberholzer is, among other things, the coordinator of the The Chicago Diabetes Project.
Posted on February 12, 2013
The Chicago School Of Shoemaking
By City of Chicago TV
“We recently had the pleasure of visting the Chicago School of Shoemaking, where Master Cobbler Sara McIntosh works and plays. From her quaint workshop in the city’s Ravenswood neighborhood, she passes years of experience, craftsmanship and insight into this lost art.”
Posted on February 11, 2013