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Graceland Cemetery: Daniel Burnham’s Final Green Space

From Graceland Obviously, I’ve been writing a lot about Chicago recently. Taken a lot of pictures too. The other day I took a ride up to Graceland Cemetery. Graceland Cemetery has been the final resting place of Chicagoans since 1860. Carl Sandburg wrote a poem...

Costume Suggestions for Halloween 2008

Having a hard time coming up with a Halloween costume this year? Here’s a few ideas and/or links that are loaded with great ideas and pictures… Missing? You could go as a Republican… Gotta support the team…. Zoidberg? You could simply do what...

Have You Ever Flown Low Over Iowa?

I don’t suspect that many of you have ever flown at relatively low altitudes over the state of Iowa. I used to do it fairly regularly, flying by turbo-prop jet from Minneapolis to Sioux City. One of the incredible things that you see (okay, maybe the only...

Derek Jeter: Slow Mo, Fast Mo, Corn Mo?

I’ve been seeing the Gatorade G2 commercials a lot lately. The ones with Jeter and Manning walking around transforming the world at their feet. They remind me of some sort of stupid global warming super hero battles. Jeter and Manning walk around transforming...