Monday, February 28, 2011
Ice Ice Baby
Yes, that's ICE. My car looked like a glazed taxi donut. Ooh...I'm hungry all of a suddenI
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Out in the suburbs surrounding Chicago there are four different highways owned by the Illinois Tollway Authority. As you might have guessed, these roadways all sport a series of toll plazas where drivers get to pay for the privilege of driving on the tollway system.
Fortunately, to break the monotony of regularly timed payments, the scenery along the tollways is dotted with Oases where a parched passenger can get a belly full of food and non-alcoholic drink; buy some worthless, travel-related trinkets; play some games; buy some expensive, not-necessarily-travel-related doodads; and spend some quality time alone on a modified chair in a small cubicle to work out some uncomfortable issues that may have built up on the long journey...
They all possess an understated air of grandeur, oxymoronic as that may sound.
Each offers a spectacular view...if you're wowed by cars and trucks whizzing by beneath your feet!
Panda Express...the least (I hope) of several evils available
at the Oasis.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Bloopers, Episode 1
Occasionally I slip up and forget to post on a given day. I hereby make up the rule that as long as I eventually make a post to cover the skipped day or days, then I'm within the legal bounds of the covenant I made with...myself. Hah. Write to the president, CEO and King of Phlog. See if he responds to your complaint.
Hah.
And, so, anyways, in keeping with the theme of mistakes, here's a photo for which I had a very brief window of opportunity while sitting at a red light. The camera was on a setting I didn't wish to use, and the extra second fiddling with it cost me dearly, and of course the vehicle that pulled up beside me before I could squeeze off a good shot was a big ol' badass pickup truck. Grrrr!
But you still can read the message on the board. Despite the fact that it's out in front of a church, and that it touts some sort of spiritual revelation if you obey its innocuous suggestion... aside from all that, it's a pretty clever gimmick.
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Hah.
And, so, anyways, in keeping with the theme of mistakes, here's a photo for which I had a very brief window of opportunity while sitting at a red light. The camera was on a setting I didn't wish to use, and the extra second fiddling with it cost me dearly, and of course the vehicle that pulled up beside me before I could squeeze off a good shot was a big ol' badass pickup truck. Grrrr!
But you still can read the message on the board. Despite the fact that it's out in front of a church, and that it touts some sort of spiritual revelation if you obey its innocuous suggestion... aside from all that, it's a pretty clever gimmick.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
When you have to work it, you realize it's the only day with a turd in the middle of it
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wise Gas So Expensive?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Ideal Idle Idol Idyll
While this post's title may imply that nothing was done, that's only what one might assume from the imaginativeness of the photos posted here lately. I've just been busy, sleep-deprived and photographically uninspired.
And, yes, today's post is one of those shoot-something-just-to-keep-to-your-word photos, a shot of the screen displaying the Excel spreadsheet I created to keep my taxi revenue in order.
Exciting stuff.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wings
I happened to catch a fare into the city that took me west of downtown and past Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's hospital. I had gone there quite often when the ex-Mrs. Farrago's father lived with us, and his Parkinson's disease demanded much scrutiny and frequent correction. That was only four years ago at the latest. This hulk wasn't there back then!!
It's very wingy.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Passage
Monday, February 21, 2011
Bobba Q
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Eye
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Moon Lighting
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Anticipation
Monday, February 14, 2011
Winter Takes a Break
Sunday, February 13, 2011
"Birthday"
Over at my other blog I have occasionally waxed enthusiastic about the Chicago Karaoke Underground Party, though I haven't ever shared any images.
One of the many cool things that goes on at this party is that we celebrate the birthday of anyone whose occurs that month with a group serenade with Birthday by the Beatles. We do it as close to midnight as possible, which usually lends to quite a rich "harmony." And then there's cake. The party truly is a regular blast!
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Looming
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Scale
The photos above and below show the scale of the snow that is on the ground in the Chicago area. The depth of the snow in these shots does not reflect the depth of the snowfall, but rather the amount of snow that has been pushed aside and piled up for traffic. In some places it feels like I'm driving through a white-walled corridor.
...And the rehearsals continue...
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Suburban Sunset
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