Another linkydump
It's a bit out of date now, what with Sarah Palin quitting as a governor and all, but this Vanity Fair profile piece is still pretty damn interesting. I am astonished by the sheer arrogance and hubris displayed by everybody's favorite parody fodder of a failed candidate. It certainly puts some of her more baffling actions in perspective.
And, in a wholly unrelated story, Yellow Line 'L' train struck a deer a couple of days ago. A deer. The mind boggles. I mean, I know Skokie isn't Chicago, and, like many Chicagoland suburbs, it has a lot more wildlife than squirrels and rabbits, but still... a deer? In the middle of Skokie? The nearest forest preserve is miles away. I am also puzzled by how the deer got on the tracks, exactly. Yellow Line runs at ground-level through Skokie, and the villagers are very keen on making sure people don't get run over (not to mention electrectured by the recently installed third rail), which is why the Yellow Line is fenced off on both sides and there are crossing guards at every street. Then again, the deer would probably leep over those fences no problem if he wanted to.
And, in a wholly unrelated story, Yellow Line 'L' train struck a deer a couple of days ago. A deer. The mind boggles. I mean, I know Skokie isn't Chicago, and, like many Chicagoland suburbs, it has a lot more wildlife than squirrels and rabbits, but still... a deer? In the middle of Skokie? The nearest forest preserve is miles away. I am also puzzled by how the deer got on the tracks, exactly. Yellow Line runs at ground-level through Skokie, and the villagers are very keen on making sure people don't get run over (not to mention electrectured by the recently installed third rail), which is why the Yellow Line is fenced off on both sides and there are crossing guards at every street. Then again, the deer would probably leep over those fences no problem if he wanted to.