Category Archives: Art’s Big Adventure

Oops, we lost your voter registration!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

August 29th, I became an Illinoiser, transferring my driver’s license and vehicle registration at the North Chicago office of the Secretary of State. Near the end of the process, I foolishly accepted the offer to automatically be registered to vote … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election, American Politics, Art's Big Adventure | 7 Comments

The October Surprise is… Rusty Humphries!

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Buried down in another thread is the information that Rusty Humphries is moving to the old Jerry Doyle time slot, competing with Sean Hannity’s Perpetual Election Coverage show. I just finished an unexpected 13 hour shift at my new job, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 5 Comments

The Chicago Way

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Let’s say you have a house in Chicago and you want to have a driveway (or why anyone with sense has moved to Texas) http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/driveway_permits.html Fill out application Pay $10 Get $250,000 liability insurance policy naming the city as coinsured … Continue reading →

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Overheard in Chicago

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Fred Stiening

A few days ago, I made my first venture deep into Chicago, traveling down Grand Avenue in the general area of the original Walmart that opened in 2006 that set off the Chicago war against Walmart. Driving in the daylight … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure | 5 Comments

Need Fedora 16 help

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Problem: Fedora 16 was installed on a bootable USB drive on a system that is no longer working. USB drive plugged into different PC with different graphics card. Fedora boots fine and gives me logon screen (KDE I think – … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Art's Big Adventure | 2 Comments

Who is doing the shootings in Chicago?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Fred Stiening

First a map http://www.suntimes.com/news/violence/index.html The quick overview of who lives where in Chicago – from Roosevelt South and including Harvey, from Lake Michigan west to the Dan Ryan freeway and just beyond is the Democratic Party plantation – originally blacks … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure, Collapse of America, Dead Things | 8 Comments

Overheard in Park Ridge

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Fred Stiening

If the name sounds familiar, Park Ridge is the Chicago suburb where a young Hillary Clinton grew up and began to admire Barry Goldwater – before she went off to college and was consumed by the charms of Bill Clinton. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election, Art's Big Adventure, Presidential Elections | 1 Comment

Chicago Update

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Just a recap of events – the original plan was to be in Chicago for 3 weeks of training, then return to Connecticut and work  remotely for 6 months. (longer if they renew the contract) We had talked in general … Continue reading →

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Leaving your identity behind

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I’m 1000 miles from “home” and it happens.  I’m at Target to  buy some Lemon Pledge for my new home and I reach for my wallet and it’s not there.   Oh crap.  Maybe it is in the car – … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure | 4 Comments

Customer Service (or not)

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I need to make the dreaded “cable guy” appointment with Comcast to install Internet access.   Hey, it’s 5 AM sleepy heads! The email  Comcast sent me says “Comcast is available to assist you 24 hours a day / 7 … Continue reading →

Posted in Art's Big Adventure | 8 Comments