What’s the opposite of paranoia?

Well, I asked Google, and I found this metafilter page, which helpfully has an answer from one of my heroes, Robert Anton Wilson: Robert Anton Wilson called it “metanoia”: Paranoia = “everything wants to destroy me”; Metanoia = “everything wants to help me”. I’m not sure if he was getting that somehow from John Lilly’s … Read more

Art cinema in Chicago

Over the weekend, it occurred to me that I haven’t been to the movies in a great long time.  Of course, I’ve been watching stuff — Netflix, FearNet On-Demand, and so forth. But, being in Chicago, I remembered that there was probably some pretty neat places to see interesting movies around here.  So I went … Read more

Stop bird porn now!

So I found this at the Chicago News Bench blog.  The author is a little bit crazy in the “socially-conservative” sense, but it’s a nice little pic snapped near my house. Stopbirdporn.org is a real website.  I suggest checking it out. From their front page: “Adults, disguised as bird watchers mask their debauchery by taking … Read more

Layoffs can mean more than lost wages, says author

On Wednesday, Louis Uchitelle, economic reporter for the New York Times, told an audience of nearly 90 faculty and students from the University of Illinois at Chicago that layoffs had gotten out of hand in the United States, and that the consequences of mass layoffs extended far beyond the corporate bottom line. Beyond the immediate … Read more

U.S. Cellular Field and Wrigley Field hold nearly the same number of fans, but their economic impact couldn’t be more different

U.S. Cellular Field and Wrigley Field hold nearly the same number of fans, but their economic impact couldn’t be more different.

Walking around Loyola Park

Today’s another pretty nice day.  It’s not as beautiful as yesterday, but still pretty nice. I went and walked around a little bit in Loyola Park, which is actually my backyard. It’s starting to thaw out, finally, and the park is really great now that it’s a civilized temperature outside. I wish I had taken … Read more