I spent 10 minutes looking for my keys today. Want to guess where they were? That's right - still in the lock in my door. I am so lucky they were still there.

In other news, I am done with ice and snow for the year. No more please.

Last week, Eric and I were parking in a metered spot at around 7:00 PM. I went to see if we needed to feed the meter (which we didn't) and Eric said something to the effect of "There are no meters in the city that are in effect after 6:00 ( Read more... )

There are a number of really good articles in the Sun today. (I know! I'm surprised too!)

Habitat for Humanity building houses in Gentrifying Areas I find this really interesting from a public policy standpoint. Usually Habitat goes into "dead" neighborhoods and their presence raises property values. But if they build in areas that are ( Read more... )

During my six block walk to school today, I was almost hit three times. These all happened when I had the walk sign. Two of those times were at one intersection that has a specific sign saying that phrase in the title. I started to cross when one car almost hit me and I stopped and let him by. So assuming the next car had seen me and noticed ( Read more... )

I went down to Pickles between my classes this evening to watch the game and hang out. When I got down there I found that I was one of only a few there who were actually watching the game. But I grabbed a beer and a hot dog and watched anyway ( Read more... )

I really didn't need this today. I was running late for class and was walking by the dog park behind my house only to be confronted by an old drunk man singing or something at the top of his lungs. Oh and his pants were down around his knees ( Read more... )

It takes commitment to support my local inner city grocery store. It is really important to support businesses in the city, especially grocery stores. It helps the poorer population by giving them places to buy good food which can help public health type things and provided decent jobs for people. It helps reinvigorate neighborhoods and raises ( Read more... )