Eight months into various levels of lockdowns, I was surrounded by recyclables. Boxes, bottles, cans, newspapers, even things that probably aren’t accepted in Chicago’s single-stream: I was swimming in it. … More An Adventure in Municipal Government
Still here, bringing the world into my apartment through literature and candy. Bunny Gummy Tummies from TJs and The Death of the Little Match Girl. … More Two Reviews: Easter Gummies and a Croatian Classic
Will the No More Corona Extra crowd start demanding the abolition of Batman from our screens? … More Covid-19 Lockdown Day 37: Batman’s Future
Confined to my one-bedroom apartment for now twenty-one days, I’ve been doing what I imagine a lot other folks are doing: reading and working out more. And after I work out, I almost always eat some gummies. … More Two Reviews: Gummy Tummies and Tangier
Several groups half-assedly attempted to disguise their intransigence from the two police officers in the van idling outside Cafe Brauer: a family hid its picnic on the backside of a (very small) hill, a guitarist strummed “La Bamba” on repeat inside one of the tunnels that cuts under the park’s paths. … More Covid-19 Lockdown Day 19 (!): An Allegory for our Captivity
My first full week of work in the new world is drawing to a close, and I couldn’t be saner. … More Covid-19 Lockdown Day 18: National Burrito Day
Yesterday would have been our first day outside of Dublin on our grand Irish sojourn. Instead, in Chicago, we had breakfast in bed, ordered in pizza, and played Scrabble. … More Covid-19: Vacation Day Five
Something that I do on every vacation: Ransack a bookstore till I can barely fit my backpack under the seat in front of me. … More Covid-19: Vacation Day Four
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. It was to be the centerpiece of our vacation in Ireland: Marching in the Dublin parade with the bagpipe band, taking in the spectacle. Instead, of course, Tess and I stayed home. … More Covid-19: Vacation Day Three
We’re hunkered down in our apartment, debating on whether we still take a vacation here at home. … More Covid-19: Vacation Day Two
Gummies and Orange Soda 