Junk Email of the Day

This one's a winner:

"Food Stamps Status: We need your confirmation Now"

Nice Shot from the Kerry Campaign (2004)

This goes back a bit but I do like the photo. It's of a number of volunteers in the Kerry Campaign looking for sign-ups in Milwaukee. We're talking '2004' and I had just gotten back to Chi-town the summer before (i.e. 2003).

Really Nice Haul from ALA 2026

Really nice haul from this year's ALA Librarian Conference ...

1st Day ALA Conference

Really nice time at the 1st day of the ALA Annual Conference.

Nightmare in Apt B9

So I woke up to the worst nightmare imaginable. Police banged through my front door (Sat. morning), damaging it completely and wanting to know who and what was in my apartment.

I had been in my bedroom (doors closed) so I didn't hear any of their noise. They busted open my front-door (see photo). It was a huge destructive entry into my apartment. They saw me, said they were trying to investigate the smell coming out of my apartment (i.e. a box of old salad I had put near the front door so that I would remember to throw out the next day). They informed me of that and then simply left. Yuck!

Obama's Home for Help

Really nice presentation by former president, Barak Obama, at the opening ceremony of his Presidential Center on the south side of Chicago [link].

Che Bella Chicago!

Such a display of treats! How fortunate we are to live (and eat) in a place like Chicago!