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Ice Water

The past two week’s cold weather dotted with sub-zero temperatures left the shoreline of lake Michigan a mysterious landscape. Seawalls morphed into walls of stelagtites and two foot bouies into icebergs.

Baseball on deck

Only 80 days until the official opening day of baseball. Baseball is that classic American sport where a mediocre play does NOT result in the taunting of an opposing player, some kind of dance and a beating of one’s chest. I can’t wait. sox

Sleepy man on bus

other man sleeping on bus A 45-minute commute is commonplace, a two hour commute is insane, but not shocking to anyone. The fact is people who ride public transportation live a significant part of their lives publicly. A one hour commute to and from work each day represents 12.5 percent of a person’s waking hours. I’m looking for the times when people forget they are next to other people or don’t care. Instead of posing, avoiding all glances, lost in earbuds or reading furiously from an electronic slate, I like fingernail painting, radios, manners or no manners, blowing one’s nose and looking, pulling out a mirror and primping, eating and whatever else seems real. All the world’s a stage and never have I seen more acting than on public transportation. I want non-acting and so I’m going to see if I can get it.

Another sleepy man on bus

People often spend 10 percent of their day on public transportation. That means there's a lot of life going on as soon as you enter the EL and step foot on a bus or plop into a taxi. Might be a good topic for a while.
People often spend 10 percent of their day on public transportation. That means there’s a lot of life going on as soon as you enter the EL and step foot on a bus or plop into a taxi. Might be a good topic for a while.

Lake Michigan on way to major frozen ice fields

I have not seen the ice establish itself like this in five years. That means, hmmmm, yeah, it's been chilly outside.
I have not seen the ice establish itself like this in five years. That means, hmmmm, yeah, it’s been chilly outside.

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Loyola University Chicago, School of Communication

Where I work
Where I work
Home to almost 9OO students studying journalism, advertising/public relations, digital storytelling/film and general communications/advocacy. We are the newest school at Loyola. I’ve never seen such resources in my life, but then again, students pay dearly to attend. However, our students are not spoiled. This is a place many of their parents dreamed about for their children and probably have a second mortgage on the house. I know very few students who do not work. Very different from Ole Miss, but why wouldn’t it be: Chicago, Jesuit, private and in the middle of the third largest media market in the country. I know one thing for sure, y’all would like one another.

Snow, horses, more snow, only 30 seconds

White Christmas in Chicago, unusual

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A fight between a 45 caliber and some 2% milk that was minding its own business

A video with no meaning whatsoever other than I had two compelling visuals and I mixed ’em up.

Ralph Spielberg, Steven’s ne’er-do-well younger brother