Personal posts

Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.

  • Cedar Point is for Closers

    We had a great time at Cedar Point. Here’s a boatload of pics from our time together. Lots of these shots are taken with a Sony DSC-WX80. This hand-held mid-quality camera that is neither a phone nor a DSLR has been pretty much forgotten in the current  Instagram-driven environment, but I think that’s a mistake.…

  • Registration Form for Religious Education Program at St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish, Winfield for 2013 – 2014

    If you we looking for the registrations form for the Religious Education Program at St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Winfield, IL, for the upcoming 2013 – 2014 year, I’ve got you covered. You can view and download these forms here. The forms are not available anywhere else online, and I just received them by…

  • Annotations + Me

    Yesterday at Smart Chicago we launched our Annotations project,  where we publish rich text-based annotations of dense government documents like municipal code, RFPs, contracts, and other documents of this nature using the News Genius section of Rap Genius (“your guide to the meaning of rap lyrics… and LIFE“) I’ve really loved Rap Genius since the day I…

  • Fort Royal Fourth of July, 2013-style

    We had a great 4th of July with the Copplers at Fort Royal Farm this year. We bought a large amount of fireworks: There were the requisite patriotic table coverings: SL was pleased with the progress of Carol Ann’s memorial garden, set on the perfect spot near the ridge of the farm: I got some…

  • Father, Son, Golf Cart Mirror, 4th of July