Life
Shorny
Goatee down, goldilocks curls to go. Yours Truly takes a long-needed trip to the barber shop and comes back a bit too happy for his own good. It's all tongue-in-cheek fun. Or tongue-in-something. Watch the video and judge for yourself.
Mike Doyle
Mike Doyle is a longtime autistic, gay, Jewish, Disnerd Chicago blogger.
Life
Dense Hudson on Thicke Double Bill
Had Jennifer Hudson's show (and showmanship, for that matter) been as electric as Robin Thicke's, the sour notes in the second-half of the double-billed evening would have been easier to swallow. Surprisingly, neither were.
Life
Lost and Found
Lost: Something I had for four years. Can't fathom where it got to. Watch the video and see if you can help me figure it out.
Life
Living in Public
The loss of a new friend from public spotlight-itis makes me wonder whether it's worth it to continue living my life as an open blog. Right now, I don't have an answer to that question. I'm just taking the fall...
Media
How Print News Will Survive on the Internet
If news is inherently a shared effort on the Internet, why are traditional news outlets trying to monopolize it with ham-fisted behaviors that violate the accepted norms of online community?
Life
Metta Message
Recently, I was reminded that I'm alive when an unexpected event stopped my mind long enough to realize the fact.
Marina City
Marina City Roofdeck Walk
Take a circular stroll with me around Marina City's 61st-floor, 360-degree deck with panoramic views of downtown Chicago and find out what truly keeps me in the corncobs.
Getting Around
Why I Like the Chicago 'L'
A visit from an NYC friend yesterday reminded me how much I prefer the Chicago 'L'--and Chicago, in general--over New York and its (apparently) increasingly dangerous subway. Click above to view my premiere video blog and I'll tell you my reasons why.
Marina City
Marina City Hamstrung
Readers frequently ask me, 'Should I move to Marina City?' Given my experience here, no, in my opinion I really don't think they should. Not unless a.) you think nothing I've ever written about the place is true, or b.) you're a masochist.
Media
Print Media's Five Suicidal Assumptions
Too often these days, in an effort to cling to anything familiar, some journalists believe beyond reason that by hiding atop an appropriately lofty tower or inside an appropriately narrow niche, they can still manage to monetize the old, ink-and-paper industry. And that's how they're killing their o
Life
Xanadu and the Meaning of Life
Buddhist dharma (and the teachings of every other religion I can think of) would suggest we all have an intrinsic nature of being beyond the mundane world we take for granted as reality. But as the price for coming to hang out on Earth for awhile, we forget our ineffable--or if you will, Divine--nat
Chicago
Pedestrian Danger at Museum Campus
Imagine my surprise this past Friday when I took one of my urban hikes through my downtown Chicago neighborhood and walked right into what may be the most unnecessarily dangerous pedestrian crossing in town.