Come to Zocalo Coffeehouse with your little ones and watch the movie Matilda.
Nov. 20th, 7 PM, free coffee & popcorn
Bring a new book or give a donation to support Washington Elementary’s Library.
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I’ve been thinking for quite a long time about starting a “Gallery of Shame” to highlight individuals who, to a lower or greater degree, disgrace the world through their actions. It would include high level criminals (like our current president Obama, who continues ordering the commission of gross human rights violations) and also petty jerks who seem to derive pleasure on making life a bit more unpleasant for those around them. People, in other words, who misuse whatever power they have.
Anita Alvarez, the State’s Attorney for Cook County, falls in the petty jerk category. She is currently feuding with the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University. The project investigates the cases of people who may be wrongly incarcerated, and forward their findings to lawyers for legal action in the cases of those that are very likely innocent.
Apparently, State’s Attorney Alvarez would like to be able to send innocent people to jail without any bleeding heart liberals asking too many questions. So Ms. Alvarez seems to have decided that she’ll try to get rid of the middling students who work in the project by harassing them. So far she has accused them of trying to bribe a confession (by giving a witness cab fare) and has subpoenad their grades and private communications with their instructor.
You can read more about her chicaneries at the Dissenting Justice blog and at the Medill Innocence Project’s website.
So, Ms. Alvarez, welcome to Vox Publica’s “Gallery of Shame”.
I’ve been feeding my beading obsession by buying most of my beads from e-bay. One of the things I’ve gotten into is getting lots of mixed beads, which sell by the pound (or fraction thereof). I’ve gotten a couple on e-bay from beaddevotion which had perfect beads, some quite beautiful. But they are not cheap.
Amazon, meanwhile, offers Mr. Kitty’s Big Bead Bonanza
As the case is often with Amazon, the prices for the bead mix change wildly. I paid $3.50 (+shipping) for the first set I bought, and $2.50 for the following 3 sets. At that last price, the sets were a bargain. Right now, however, the same set is selling for $4.50 + shipping. I definitely wouldn’t buy it at that price.
I have LOTS of beads to play with for the time being, but in case my obsession continues, I hope they’ll lower the price again before I run out.
12/28/09 Update
Mr. Kitty’s Big Bead Bonanza
Later the same day: Well, that was short lived – it’s a few hours later and they’re now at $4.72.
An 88-year-old woman, who walks laps everyday in memory of her husband, with whom she used to hike, has just reached the 10,000 miles mark. She’s been doing this for 11 years. If my math is correct that would be about 2.5 miles a day – quite an achievement for someone her age! Indeed, quite an achievement for anyone.
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