Sunday, July 25, 2004

Roll Over, Woodie Guthrie

Be sure to check out this funny as hell political parody of "This Land Is Your Land" by the fine folks over at JibJab

Laugh. Cry. Vote!

posted by La Cabeza Grande @ 8:37 PM 1 comments

All In A Day's Work

Sundays. When I don't have to toil for "The Man", they are very good days indeed.

For instance, today I fed my 'Pod. It was mewling about the limited selection of audio I'd previously bestowed upon it and cried out, "Wha-a-a! Feed me, you stingy beastie!"

And so it came to pass that I threw some of everything at it, doubling the number of choice audio bits it already had in its 4-gig belly. On the menu: John Cale, Moby, Fat Boy Slim, Filter, Everlast, 311, Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco, Sergio Mendes, and Ya Lo Tengo.

Sundays are also good for going completely snap-happy. Which I did during a random walk south of Chicago's downtown. See what I see.

Oh, cute baby puppy!

Over the railroad tracks

Poppies, poppies?

What's up, tiger lily?

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Thursday, July 15, 2004

Strange Or Unusual

This morning's observation has to do with the depersonalization of society. OK. Not really. But it's something that I didn't really pay any attention to (except as an annoyance) until today.

As anyone who takes public transportation in Chicago knows, there are these eerily smooth (yet frightening in a 1984-ish way) pre-recorded announcements that randomly fill the air - at least on the bus:

"Customers with backpacks should remove them so they do not bump other customers."
"Please be considerate and give up your seat to the elderly, those with disabilities or expectant mothers."

Alright, these are not bad things per se. The one that made me sit up and take notice was this one:

"The CTA is concerned about your safety. If you see any strange or unusual behavior among the passengers, please alert the bus operator."

The mechanized voice has obviously not done much time on public transit.

posted by La Cabeza Grande @ 8:00 AM 2 comments

Sunday, July 11, 2004

Dog Day Afternoon

The puppy next door

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Friday, July 09, 2004

AWAD: It's an odd one

A co-worker had emergency surgery yesterday to remove his appendix. The question arose as to what may have caused the vestigial organ to become infected. After Googling a few med web sites, the main culprit was determined to be a fecalith, literally a rock of feces. You learn something new everyday.

Main Entry: fe·ca·lith
Variant: or chiefly British fae·ca·lith /'fE-k&-"lith/
Function: noun
: a concretion of dry compact feces formed in the intestine or vermiform appendix



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