Pre-Hallween rainstorm.
Midnight Water Taxi
Midnight Water Taxi - Chicago
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Washington & Canal & Chicago River
Chicago Lyric Opera (Originally Civic Opera) and "Butterflies & Buffalo" exhibit at North Riverside Plaza. Olgilvie Train Station overpass at Washington & Canal, Syd Jerome clothing store, LaSalle & Madison.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
For The Greater Glory Of Iron And Smoke...
For The Greater Glory Of Iron And Smoke...
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A bright moon floats over the lamps of the city,
Waning at two-thirds.
In silence I listen to the sounds of Summer in Chicago,
A cigar-puffing spectre on the wall in shadow.
Hip-hop plays to vacant tables on a deck washed in the soft glow of orange party lights,
A black hole of festive potential.
Angry voices fighting at One AM down the street,
A midnight-chasing chopper rumbles by mounted by a white tee shirt and shades with a mass of back-flowing hair,
Taxis hiss their hunting tires down empty streets searching for lonely vampire stragglers.
I sip coffee and puff prayers to heaven,
Dreaming of freedom,
To me embodied in whirling pedals glinting in sunshine,
Half a day away.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 06/27/2013
![[image]](http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/8e426d415e386c236b86330ca722954106c5c645.jpg "[image]")
A bright moon floats over the lamps of the city,
Waning at two-thirds.
In silence I listen to the sounds of Summer in Chicago,
A cigar-puffing spectre on the wall in shadow.
Hip-hop plays to vacant tables on a deck washed in the soft glow of orange party lights,
A black hole of festive potential.
Angry voices fighting at One AM down the street,
A midnight-chasing chopper rumbles by mounted by a white tee shirt and shades with a mass of back-flowing hair,
Taxis hiss their hunting tires down empty streets searching for lonely vampire stragglers.
I sip coffee and puff prayers to heaven,
Dreaming of freedom,
To me embodied in whirling pedals glinting in sunshine,
Half a day away.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 06/27/2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Some Notes On C2E2...
First, the swag
C2E2 Goodies:
*Headsmasher canvas shopping bag
*(2) C2E2 Saturday passes
*(2) C2E2 window decals
*(2) copies of "Upping The Body Count" by Gregory Lamberson
*(1) pair MIB-3 official sunglasses with case
*(1) battery-powered light-up original Star Trek Enterprise tee shirt
*(1) C2E2 Iron Man limited edition tee shirt
*(1) limited-run C2E2 comic book / graphic novel
*Last,but not least, a real leather steam-punk Green Lantern hat with matching goggles.
We had tons of fun! I have parking a block away in a place almost no one knows, so no competition for spots, and no long hike to get in. That's HUGE.
The space in McCormick Place West is gigantic, probably five football fields or more. Half of it was covered with merchandise vendors, the other half with artists and authors.
People were everywhere in full-on costume. We saw a Nick Fury, and Indiana Jones. There was a little kid in a Nova costume. We saw a full-size Mach 5.
My favorite part was being in a place where there were a few thousand people as geeky as I am, or even more so. Everyone was really nice and having fun. I didn't catch a mean vibe anywhere.
Besides, where else could you see a Sith Lord taking an ice cream break with a bunch of Jedi, or R2D2 discussing ghosts with a Ghost Buster?
Dan
Saturday, April 27, 2013
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