Christmas Time

Christmas spirit even takes over the buildings here

First real snowfall

Here is the view out of our bedroom window tonight.

Seasons Hauntings?

My pumpkin from today's punkin' carving contest
(30 mins., crappy equipment)...

And a ghostly visage with my night settings.

Spooky accoutrements

A nearby neighbor's house... cute!

Haunted Chicago

Love this... they change the windows of the Hancock to all orange for the season. Bwoohahahah.

Golan done saved me.

Truck from moving day!

Requiem for Dead Electronics

We had to dump a ton of old equipment in our move. Fortunately, NOT to a landfill... we took these items to a reclamation facility where they will break them down into more useful components.

Take this PLEASE!!!

As we are preparing for our move to a smaller apartment, we need to get rid of some things. ONE of them being this IKEA bookcase we bought when we moved in. It's approximately 6' x 6' x 1.25'... if you want to give it a new home, then give us a call or email me!

Ooooh more Batman shots

Christian Bale in the tie, middle of the shot.


On the left, Christian Bale and Chris Nolan (the director) talk while on the right, a Lamborghini in the shot is rigged with a camera mount. (It appeared that the Lamborghini was going to T-Bone a Gotham city police car... ouch).


A close up shot of the Gotham City Sticker.

And a shot of the Gotham City license plates (which look remarkably like the Illinois state plates). ;)

GenCon Photos

As promised, here are a few photos from GenCon 2007.

Oh, those Cruciform Injection kids!

Tiny caves always make me happy. Tiny caves with LAKES? Must... have... for Christmas.

A HERO sighting. Major Victory from Season One of Sci Fi Channel's Who Wants To Be A Superhero.

The Eternal Conflict.

I mean, I like dice too, but I think that...went...to his... you know where this is going...

Pints, Pals, Pritzker & Pan-Asian

John downs a Guinness


We are not allowed to give Tom whiskey again...


Saw some Flamenco with the Mrs. at Millenium Park


Finished the weekend with the Simpsons movie and dinner at Flat Tops in Evanston.

All in all... a great weekend!

The Dark Knight continues...

They are shooting the new Batman movie so close to my work, hard NOT to hang around and take shots. Here are a couple I snagged near Lasalle tonight, as they had FINISHED "flipping" a truck. The shots are of the truck (undamaged), a close-up and a Gotham Police Dept. squad car. There are better shots out there, but these ARE up to the second.

Uh... what?

Couldn't resist... read the second line. Does that say "Horny"?

Crappy Phone shot...

Well, if I had a better zoom... you'd have seen the Batmobile from the next Batman movie, filming across from my work.

Rainy Monday

Honestly... it's Abe.

Abe Lincoln Statue in our (potentially) new neighborhood, Lincoln Square.

A lovely horse

Saw this in Andersonville when we were tooling around.

Forewarned...

Pride Day 2007

We live so close to the parade, hard NOT to go... some pics:

Paul Ripa, up close and personal

Workin on that novel, Paul? Thinkin about it real hard? Got a plot... and some... characters?

Fiestas Puertoriquenas

Fun times in Humboldt Park at the Puerto Rican Festival. (Yes, there were other gringos... not just us).

The door to...

Just thought this was sorta cool.

Did we just get sold?

Yes... a horde of Japanese Businessmen in my office.

Blues Fest 2007

OK. Sorry about the slackage... here are some quick shots from today's Blues Fest.

Memorial Day Weekend

We went to the Garfield Park Conservatory this weekend and saw the "Niki in the Garden" exhibit; several pieces by Niki de Saint Phalle. Nice stuff... some pics for your consideration.

The state of affairs for Chicago Comedy

This faded wall says it all... Chicago comedy just ain't what it used to be.

Pirates of the Caribbean III night!

Just some random pirates, of which, there were many.