My How Time Flies (Election 2004)

My how time flies! Twenty years in fact! I had just gotten back to Chicago (after 20 yrs) and I joined the Kerry campaign as webmaster and volunteer. Did their website for Illinois as well as volunteer to bang on doors all over Wisconsin. Incredible!

Note: the site from back then is still up: http://illinoisforkerry.com/

Today's High Point

Today's high point : Haymarket Memorial May Day Plaque Dedication

Sleep on the Streets (Finally)

Wow, finally someplace nice to sleep on Broadway and Foster -- 'bout time!

Me and Some Guy Running Chi-town at the Time

GTOP (Going Thru Old Photos): Me and some guy running Chi-town at the time.

All the World In The Air (1908 & 1922)

Nice Sunday NYT article (written in 1908) about 'what things will be in 1922 or thereabouts, when not only 'all Paris' but all the world will be in the air': The Diary of an Aviator in the Year 1922; Some Things That Happen When All the World -- and Paris -- Is in the Air. Aerial Marriage [link]

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Nice documentary and follow-up discussion, 'Punch 9 for Harold Washington'. Given at CPL's Harold Washington Library Center (event listing).

Pretty Pretty Day!

Hoo baby, what do you do on a day like this? Why, head out to the park! Apartment buildings and park on the right; lake on the left -- always a nice walk...