Category Archives: Art’s Big Adventure

The rain in Des Plaines falls mainly in Spain

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Fred Stiening

This is a tributary of the Des Plaines river that runs through our office complex What the stream normally looks like

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Des Plaines flood warning

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I live maybe three blocks from the Des Plaines river on the ground floor. I wondered if this building has potential flood issues. I guess I get to find out now.

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Food Desertification

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Here is the reason for food deserts, but it isn’t possible in America to state what everyone knows is true. Locusts. It’s in the Bible. The location is Logan’s Square, a very significant location in Chicago. It’s a stop on … Continue reading →

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Caribou fleeing Chicago

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Fred Stiening

It was warm enough today to walk outside anexplore my neighborhood. It’s right next to O’Hare airport, a few blocks to the subway and expressway – an ideal location for commercial office space. There was a noticable lack of activity. … Continue reading →

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A Taste of South Chicago

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I remember as a young child in the 1960s reading a magazine (popular science?) touting the urban planning idea that as cities started building freeways, it would be a clever idea to put mass transit trains in between the two … Continue reading →

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The Wit of Reason

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Reason.com is the web site of the Libertarian Reason magazine. The comments section – unlike any other web site I can think of – are so much fun to read http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/28/wal-marts-proposed-customer-assisted-del Is typical – it’s a story about Walmart toying … Continue reading →

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Show me the money

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Obamabucks are headed to Chicago… The city is borrowing $100 million to build a 6 block long park along the sewer known as the Chicago River. The River originally collected sewage and storm runoff and dumped it into Lake Michigan. … Continue reading →

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American Girl

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Speaking of being out of touch… I looked at the restaurant list in Water Tower Place in Chicago – if you’re not familiar with it, Water Tower place is a vertical shopping mall in the center of the Miracle Mile … Continue reading →

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Chicago shootings YTD

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Note this is shootings, not deaths

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Children are not spreadsheets

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Fred Stiening

54 public schools are closing in Chicago, with changes to 11 others. NY Times coverage The South Side of Chicago is emptying out, much in the same way as Detroit did. As neighborhoods deteriorate, the thugs move in. As the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Art's Big Adventure, Collapse of America | 11 Comments