I was contacted yesterday by the executive director of a nature center I used to frequent (and photograph) when I lived in the south suburbs. They are designing a website for the nature center and are interested in using some of my photos. They don’t have it in their budget to pay me for the use of the photos, but I would get credit on their site, which is ok with me. I’m sending them a bunch of my best shots later today and come September when their site launches, hopefully their designer will have chosen some of my work. I’ll follow up here with a link to their site at that time if it works out. I love it when people want to use my work; it’s very flattering.
Category: News
Elmhurst googles sex? Not necessarily
This story that is proliferating the internet and local radio stations is a bunch of bunk. Want to know why? It just so happens that the largest Comcast headend in the Chicagoland area is located in Elmhurst. It serves pretty much all the Comcast internet users of Cook and Dupage counties. And since Comcast is the biggest IP in the area, it’s no wonder the area has the highest hits on searches for sex. So yea, maybe those counties search for sex more than others, but it isn’t actually the residents living in Elmhurst. Anyone in Cook and Dupage has an IP address that traces back to that headend in Elmhurst, that’s all. I live 10 miles from the town but my IP address goes back to Elmhurst too. You’d think someone would have figured this out by now. So don’t believe everything you read. Google isn’t God. But apparently people in Illinois are horny.
And they call that news?
Girl’s Text Messages Save Grandfather’s Life – Am I the only one thinking, “stop text messaging your mom and call 911!”
4 Hurt In Chopper Crash – I like this quote: “The pilot — kudos to him — did a great job of landing and not hitting any cars.” How about kudos to a better pilot who doesn’t hit a sound barrier to begin with?
Grandmother Sues After Buying ‘Grand Theft Auto’ – Yea it’s the fault of the makers of a game rated mature that you didn’t investigate what you bought your grandson. Sexually explicit scenes or not, no 14-year-old should be playing that game.
I swear, people are so stupid these days. I need to move. I hate Chicago.
Cell phone freaks
Man Drops Cell Phone, Hit By CTA Train
You’d think if you were waiting for a train, you’d be a bit more aware of your surroundings and notice it coming so you don’t stick your head in the way. Somehow I think the condition of your skull is a bit more important than a stupid phone. People are so dumb, I don’t know why stuff like this even amazes me anymore. Let’s hope the impact kick-started some brain cells for that guy at least.
Don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous how attached people are to their cell phones? I can’t go to the store without having to navigate around people talking a mile a minute as if they aren’t going to see the person in the next ten minutes anyway. They talk while paying for their groceries, in theaters during a movie, in their cars instead of paying attention to the road, at sporting events so you can’t enjoy the game in peace, in elevators where you can’t escape, and just about anywhere else except the library (and even then they are in the lobby yapping away). They even chat while pumping their gas! Not too long ago, I drove by three teenage girls walking down the street, each on their cell phone. Shouldn’t they have been talking to each other?
Is all this chatting really necessary? We did just fine without cell phones not too long ago. Do we really need to be THAT connected? I hope they ban public cell phone use along with smoking. Don’t get me wrong, I own and use my cell phone, but not nearly to the degree most people seem to, and I actually pay attention to the road if I happen to be driving at the time. I can’t say that much for the people who cut me off and blow red lights because they are too busy talking to even care what’s going on around them.
Traffic
Chicago Area Struggles With Increasing Traffic Problems
No shit, Sherlock.
I don’t have to deal with too much of it, but Joe does, and it sucks. Especially because I get to deal with his sour puss when he finally makes it home. ;)
I can’t blame him, though. When you know you can get from point A to point B in a half hour if it wasn’t for all the other cars in your way, most of them getting into stupid accidents that further slow everyone else, but your actual commute often tops an hour and a half, it can be extremely frustrating. All that wasted, unproductive time!
I don’t know why they can’t come up with a cool tunnel system to handle express traffic. This is my vision: they build tunnels extending from the city in all four directions, with only one entrance and exit. Now, when you get into the tunnel, you’re locked into a conveyer-type contraption like they use at the car wash. Except for this thing tops 100 MPH and zips you off to your exit. Since all the cars are evenly spaced and not controlled by the driver, there’s no concern for accidents.
Could you imagine how much nicer commuting to the city would be? I suspect one day something to that nature will be constructed. Until then, I have three words for Joe to help battle the boredom and frustration: books on cd.