Please Start Getting Excited!

Go Cubs! A post-Mets celebration.


Oddly enough, that URL takes you to the Red Bull flutag contest site.


Oh hilarious SNL video. You might notice the official SNL logo on the Dick in a Box. That makes this Dick in the Box an official Dick in the Box.


Someone left a Training Manual on Clark Street. I guess training isn't going so well.


Juggling for Cubs fans!



Trickledown skankonomics.


The game on Monday, April 21st. Cubs vs. Mets. THREE hours before gametime and traffic is backed up from Addison all the way down Clark Street to School.


Some people really like baseball.


Salt n Pepper consolation desserts.



3am fire on Buckingham.

Victims and neighbors watch the fire brigade.


No hydrants near the incident. This one led down the half the block.


It was the coachhouse. The gals in the blankets were roused from sleep and late night doings. One was fully dressed and had a full backpack. Another was wrapped in a blanket and had some books. The last gal had her Apple Powerbook.


PLEASE start getting EXCITED!
Finally. Maybe I can get some games for my GD Colecovision.


The trees outside the Gill Park District Building. Lovely.

Cesar lives on Newport and sent in these great pics of the "Public Enemies" shoot!





Thanks, C.!!

This truck is cool.


I always wondered how this store managed to stay in business. And now I feel bad. 53 years!


A delicious tribute to the Cubs newest member. Oh, and the roll is delicious.


This man does all his shopping with his pet cat. Cat on a leash. And what if someone's allergic?



Low impact Vigilante.


VHS tapes!! For Free! Free! It's the future!!


I hate when people write notes from a pet's POV . Like thank you notes or something. This was on the sidewalk and can be forgiven because it's from a vet place.


You should enter! I would totally win if it was quantity and not speed.



A not so fucking delicious tribute to the Cubs' newest member. Idiots.



Make your heart feel like there's a caged monkey in it!! Now in all the flavors of Haagen Dazs!



Radio Free You're A Peeing.

Ah. The mis-used quotation marks. I love em. I have no desire to "eat" this "sushi".



End of an era. On Belmont, Dennis' Place For Games is no more. Sigh.


Johnny Depp is in town shooting a new movie here in Chicago. It's called "Public Enemies." They're doing a bunch of shooting on Clark Street and Newport. Of course, perfect timing with the start of Cubs season. So, Cubs traffic from 11am to 6pm and then trucks and gawking from 10pm to 7am. And Newport is closed off completely. Above, check out an old-timey ad.


This pic, which I thought was for Cubs Opening, is a blocking off for the movie shoot.


10:30pm, Wednesday. Spectators show up to watch the shooting. Traffic snarls.


During the day, a fake brick street is laid down on the asphalt. Check out that lighting balloon. It floats and illuminates.


Trucks on Clark unload lighting equipment.


In the movie, there's a giant ladder fight like Jackie Chan. These are the stunt ladders.

Getting ready for Opening Day.


Only the best for Clark Street.. our finest Whiskeys!


A beautiful, wet, cold Opening Day. Pre-game ambulance.


Line of four limos. Again, as Seinfeld said, it's either some jerk with money or twelve kids with 50 bucks each.


Giant beer.


The rare removal of parking meters.



The extremely rare homemade right wing sticker. Apparently these colors do run.


This strip of grossness has been bothering me for years. Next to the brunchery, Orange, it's unkempt growth filled with dog crap from the patrons of the nearby Animal Hospital. There's this four-inch jagged piece of fence post sticking out of the dirt. I'm scared to death that someone will trip/slip and land on it and get killed. Here's a closer look...


Look at it! It's awful! Plus there's poo all over!!



Post game riot truck and ambulance. Hooray for booze! Welcome back Cubs!