Confession of the day:

I akshully went last summer. It was crowded, expensive, and depressing (the belugas especially so). We did meet by that statue, though.

I just call ‘em like I see ‘em.

But you have had one or two (dozen) I’m sure.

Speaking of which, I saw this on Imgur today.

Reminds me of this:

High Five and Hallelujah!!!! You know, I know work is work and a cheque is a cheque when you are a struggling actor but come-the-fuck-on JLaw!! This is insulting and demeaning to ALL women, fuck this noise and bail there are tons of actresses who can play a middle aged woman because .......they are actually middle…

I’ll save it for the next family member who visits so we can revel in the wonder together.

I went for the first time in May and was kicking myself the entire time for not going sooner. I feel like I’ll be this way when I do the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum, too.

only if we are also pretending that silver linings playbook was not a steaming pile of crap

I FUCKING LOVE THAT STATUE.

send me pix

The “film school kid who dismisses anything made in the last 10 years over flawed but ‘ambitious’ bullshit from 30 years ago” is practically a Jungian archetype at this point. All cultures have their own version of the myth where some asshole drinking a $9 IPA complains that the last 5 years of Oscar nominees can't…

I love the Shedd. Born and raised in Chicago the Shedd and Museum of Science and Industry are still my favorite places to visit from time to time. I mean sometimes I’d rather pay to go than fight the crowds on free days I love them so much!

But Shedd is a beautiful place. And while Luna (the otter pup) got the…

ONLY IF YOU PROMISE IT WILL BE FLYING SPIDER FREE

I have never understood the hype about Argo. There was a time when if I expressed even slight disapproval of it, I was shot down nearly viciously.

Are we all done pretending Silver Linings Playbook is anything more than a poorly executed Romantic Comedy?

There hasn't been a good movie since FITZCARRALDO!

Argo was such award bait middling nonsense that it was actually painful to watch. If not for the fact that the original story was interesting, I probably wouldn’t have finished it. Hollywood, please stop with your overrated white guys, please.