The Joys of Free Basic Cable

A visiting friend discovered an “open” cable hook-up on the side of my building, and connected me to some FREE basic cable. Awesome right? Especially considering there’s no point in watching the 5 fuzzy channels on regular TV. But I discovered that Chicago basic cable is made up of 33% Spanish language channels, 33% Urban […]


Me-Time!

I’m enjoying an empty house… my old roommate is gone. New buddy moves in tomorrow! Yeah!


Boing Boing Orange Juice

I was at the Strack & Van Til grocery in Chicago tonight, and noticed the “Boing” brand of juices in the Latino foods aisle. Amazingly enough, they were sitting in pairs, side-by-side, just as my camera phone captured it. I’d never heard of the stuff (it’s not as prolific as Jarritos or Jumex), but […]