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It’s Not The CTA Holiday Train But . . .
Here’s the Canadian Pacific Railway’s holiday train pulling into Tomah, Wisconsin, this week on its way from the East Coast to Minneapolis and beyond. (Spotted in Pingree Grove, Illinois, on December 5th.)
Posted on December 14, 2012
By Zay N. Smith
A Taliban leader in Afghanistan explaining what is important in society:
“Firefighters and police officers are vital to society. Teachers are not.”
About what you’d expect from–
No. Wait.
Those are the words of a Tea Party leader in California.
Sorry.
Posted on December 14, 2012
We’re A Paper Towel Kind Of City
Dyson says it is “transforming restrooms across America with Airblade™” and we can only weep for a nation.
Air dryers may save money on paper towels, but they leave restroom users highly unsatisfied. Air dryers take too long (the Airblade™ takes 12 seconds; you can’t do it while walking out) and just can’t do the complete job that paper towels can.
And sometimes you need a paper towel for other reasons – you can’t wipe your face with an Airblade™.
Dyson, though, has already gotten itself into Soldier Field and 1871, the tech incubator at the Merchandise Mart. Let’s take a look.
1. Soldier Field.
Posted on December 12, 2012
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Industrial fishing scrapes sea floor smooth.”
News Headline: “Rainforest disappearing twice as fast as previously thought.”
News Headline: “China will flatten 700 mountains to build a city.”
Or put it this way:
We’re just asking for it, aren’t we?
Posted on December 12, 2012
It’s Not The CTA Holiday Train But . . .
“KLM stewardess Natalie surprised some travelers at Amsterdam Airport with a Christmas present. The lucky passengers were treated to a Business Class upgrade and a Christmas-themed Boom Chicago comedy show on board of their flight to Chicago.”
Posted on December 11, 2012
Note To Rahm: Driving Wouldn’t Be The Same
“The Chicago Transit Authority is getting into the holiday spirit with our popular Holiday Train! Santa and his elves will ride the train passing out candy canes and season’s greetings.
“The spectacular train is an amazing sight – during the daytime and at night. The outside of the six-car train is adorned with holiday seasonal images. Thousands of twinkling lights outline the shape of the train and windows, with even more lights running across the tops of the cars.
Posted on December 10, 2012
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Pope’s Twitter account expected to top one million followers.”
The pope opened his Twitter account a week ago today.
The latest tweet:
“@Pontifex hasn’t tweeted yet.”
We meanwhile saw 76 tweets from Justin Bieber during the same week.
Come to think of it:
Why couldn’t the pope borrow one of those to get started?
Maybe from December 3:
“got alot of ideas right now. feeling creative. kinda just hyped thinking thru all this stuff. planning all kinds of new stuff .”
Or maybe from December 9:
“come relax with me poolside.”
Or maybe not.
Posted on December 10, 2012
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Money beats tradition as Big Ten expands.”
News Headline: “Big Ten: Realignment is the perfect time to rename Legends and Leaders.”
QT has already suggested Cash and Carry.
Or there is Bait and Switch.
Or. . . .
Posted on December 7, 2012
By Dan O’Shea
Being admitted to a craft beer festival and then being stuck in an elevator at said festival for an hour, unable to taste any of the beers that hundreds of other folks are enjoying just a few dozen feet away at that very moment, is about the worst thing a beer drinker can imagine.
It didn’t happen to me, thank God, but it did happen to several other poor souls at last month’s Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (FoBAB), which took place at the Skyline Loft in the charming 19th Century building that houses the Bridgeport Art Center.
Posted on December 6, 2012
By Zay N. Smith
News Headline: “Fiscal cliff looms over U.S. economy.”
OK. Wait.
If the fiscal cliff looms over us, doesn’t that mean we already fell off it?
Forget the economy.
We’re losing control of our metaphors.
Posted on December 5, 2012
