I opened this morning’s Daily Herald to read coverage of the storms that blew through the Chicago suburbs yesterday. On the front page there was a teaser for Burt Constable’s column that read: “And I Feel Fine?” Of course, this was a meta-reference to the R.E.M. song “It’s The End of the World as We …
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To say we had a busy Fourth weekend would be an understatement. We started on Saturday with a day of racing and fireworks at Arlington Park, followed by outdoor work on Sunday. On Monday, we started with breakfast at Village Grill of Arlington and then walked in the Arlington Heights Parade with the Metropolis …
The Silent Film Society of Chicago just announced its 2011 Silent Summer Film Festival, one of our favorite summertime traditions. Running for six Fridays at 8 PM from July 22 to Aug. 26 at the Portage Theater, this year’s festival brings a great cross-section of classic silent films to the big screen. Here’s what’s coming …
…just in case they get out.
We got rid of cable TV in November of 2009. Since then, we’ve been watching over-the-air TV and zipping through our Netflix queue, as well as spending a lot more time participating in non-passive entertainment. This means we’re a lot healthier and less zombie-like. Of course, we still have internet connectivity so the cable company …
Here’s an interesting little video clip: an instructional video that came with the Grundig Satellit 500 shortwave receiver. This radio was produced in the late 1980s and was a very popular piece of equipment with shortwave radio hobbyists. Grundig’s US distributor produced this video to help the user get started quickly, as the radio had …
My dad recently gave me this battery charger, an Allstate 6/12-volt “Battery Booster,” which was a fixture in our garage as I was growing up. The last time I actually used this device was to juice up the dead battery in my ’74 VW Super Beetle. The unit was originally purchased around 1957, according to …
The crabtree in front of our house goes into full bloom for about a week each Spring. This year it just happened, indicating a late Chicago Spring. Now we just need the temperatures to start rising…
Lisa received her M.Ed at UIC recently– a cause for much celebration here! We made an evening of the event, heading to Greektown for dinner after the commencement ceremony.