Mario in the Windy City

Warp Whistle
by MatthewDominick

A Day at the Zoo

So I'm finally dumping videos I had on my new Flip video player. These are from a day in January when Andrea and I went and visited the Lincoln Park Zoo just to get out of the house.

The Night Chicago Dyed

Here's some video of the 2009 dying of the Chicago River. This first is just a shot of all the people there who came to watch. If you can spot the drunk person you win!



This next video explains how they actually dye the river. Two angry anti-EPA people come out in their speed boats and dump orange, yes ORANGE, dye into the Chicago River and because of all the toxins or something (I'm not a dye scientist) it appears Ecto Cooler green.



This is about five minutes later and you'll see that the river now glows in the dark.

Don't Let the Door Bang You on the Ass

Jay Mariotti was the head sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He recently retired from the paper, via an email, and said on television that the newspaper was dead. Well Roger Ebert wasn't so pleased and has a few words for the man. He also includes this amazing photo:

Look at that mullet!

I Hid in my Garage

Great picture from the Chicago Tornado Scare of 2008

I Needed Alderman Approval to Post this

A recent op-ed in the Chicago Tribune from Reason editor Radley Balko states that of all major cities in the US, Chicago is the worst for individual freedoms. From the article:

At Reason Magazine, we recently took a look at how the 35 most-populous cities in the United States balance individual freedom with government paternalism. We ranked the cities on how much freedom they afford their residents to indulge in alcohol, tobacco, drugs, sex, gambling and food. And, for good measure, we also looked at the cities' gun laws, use of traffic and surveillance cameras, and tossed in an "other" category to catch weird laws such as New York's ban on unlicensed dancing, or Chicago's tax on bottled water.

The sad news, Chicagoans, is that your town came in dead last. And it wasn't even close.

So not only am I limited on what I can put on my hot dog, the cost has gone up to?