Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

My sister sent me an interesting commentary about Prince George and the upcoming election, With Trembling Fingers, by Hal Crowther. “You say you vote for the president because you’re a conservative. Are you sure? I thought conservatives believed in civil liberties, a weak federal executive, an inviolable Constitution, a balanced budget and an isolationist foreign [...]

Several years ago I was lucky enough to see Kurt Vonnegut speak at a college in Pennsylvania. He is a very entertaining and funny speaker and the whole experience was great. He arrived late, spoke for an hour on writing which involved a badly drawn, but complex diagram on a chalkboard, the quickly wrapped it [...]

Back when I used to drive, I remember reading about what car models get stolen the most, which colors to avoid if you live in a high risk area; in general, what your could do to lower your risk. Growing up in a semi-suburban area bordered by losts not-so-semi rural areas, the easiest thing I [...]

I never take anything from people on the street – nine times out of ten it’s going to be titty bar flyers or religious comic books. However, the guy handing out the new free daily newspaper Metro this morning was very smart, following the theory of give the people what they want to hear: “Free [...]

I suppose it was only a matter of time that the Gothamist folks came up with a spin off for the Chicago when Rachelle moved there a while back: Chicagoist. Next it will be all major U.S. cities I suppose. And what’s after that? International?

I’ve always had a fascination with urban decay. When I was younger, The Stand was one of my favorite books and I read it over and over imagining what what it would be like to explore the worlds if all of the people just disappeared over night. How cool would it be to walk through [...]

I should preface this by saying that I love when people comment on my site – it’s part of the whole reason I’m doing this. So for everyone who has been commenting recently: I’m not talking about any of you, ok? I wuvs all your comments, keep ‘em coming. A few months ago, I posted [...]

Hey remember when I was wondering about the defibrillators in my building? Well what do you know. They installed them today in these neat little cases in the coffee room. Excellent, now I can have heart failure without a care in the world. And I bet you’re wondering if an alarm really does go off [...]