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Author Archives: Mr. Dan Kelly

Chicago writer interested in many things.

Protected: Old Joke/Gritty Reboot

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Zombification Insurance

Monday, March 28, 2011
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Ghost Signs!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Ghost signs found on Dempster and Bronx Ave. in Skokie. I’m sure many, many photographers have snapped shots of these already, but I finally got around to doing it yesterday. Love the old alphabet phone numbers! And most of you young ankle-biters probably have no idea what Green Stamps were.

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No Rumble in the Bronx

Friday, March 18, 2011

I’ve passed by the “historic Bronx building” many times on my way through Skokie, and I’ve always meant to stop and take a few shots. Looks like a 20s era building. Not sure what makes it historic. I haven’t found much more info about it online, save from the company that was apparently hired to […]

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Remember: All Other Humans Are Your Foils and Footstools

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ranking on cast-iron hipsters is the primary hobby of part-time hipsters in denial—particularly if they’re mediocre journalists. I think it stems from a deep-rooted, despicable human instinct to piss on an anonymous mass of humans to feel better about oneself. Sadly, for the complainers, it’s no longer acceptable to focus this rage on certain races […]

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The Goddamned Batmorality and Batemperance Society

Thursday, March 3, 2011

This morning I was helping Nate get dressed, and I suited him up in one of his two or three Batman shirts. It looks like a Dick Giordano Batman, courageously going forth to fight the bad guys with Gotham City as a backdrop. I noted that the shirt had a caption: Me: (Pointing at each […]

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Photo Every Few Days 2011, #52

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Photo Every Few Days 2011, #51

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Photo Every Few Days 2011, #50

Monday, February 28, 2011

The party’s over…

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A Sullivan, a Wright, and a Maher

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Got another Louis Sullivan building under my belt today, along with a couple of other Prairie School beauties

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