nothing worse than the moment when you notice that the slow sensation is your own heart struggling to keep up with the hearts and minds of the children.

AKA: make mommy a tom collins, sweetie, and stop all that racket. 

Uno:

Dos:

We’re doing the FREE STORE again. Spread the word like hot butter on toast.

Everything is Coming to You
You Better Get Ready

The Free Store in PULLMAN

two afternoons of fun and free stuff!

More info: contact hollo hulo
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WHAT?

The Free Store is just that — a store where everything is absolutely free to take. It happens on an irregular basis (usually every few months or so) and travels to a variety of publicly accessible spots around Chicagoland.

Each store features stuff — everything from books and clothing to mechanical parts and cans of food — given to the organizers by people who didn’t need or want it anymore. Visitors can come and take anything they want. No reciprocation is expected. Visitors are also welcome to bring stuff to the store that they want to give away.

“The Free Store” (that’s our name, and you can use it too) is an ongoing project and traveling spectacle coordinated by artists Salem Collo-Julin, Melinda Fries, Zena Sakowski, and Rob Kelly. It’s our goal to host a free store in each neighborhood in the Chicagoland area, city and suburbs … someday. We’ve been at it for two years and we’re coming to you next.

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WHEN:
Come by and get your mom something nice!

Saturday, May 10, 2008 from Noon – 6 pm
Sunday, May 11, 2008 from Noon – 4 pm

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WHERE:

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WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN?

Feel free to bring stuff to give away.
Be prepared to take stuff home!

We already have furniture, clothes, shoes, books, music, and wooden water skis. Of course, it’s all first come, first served. But don’t fret! More stuff always arrives during the course of the store. You never know what will show up.

We’re going to have a BBQ going both afternoons so feel free to bring food/beverage to eat, drink, and share with others.
The Hotel site, which is under restoration, will be open for viewing during the Free Store.

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DIRECTIONS TO THE PULLMAN STATE HISTORIC SITE
and information about the neighborhood:
http://www.pullman-museum.org

The Pullman State Historic Site and Hotel Florence is located at 11111 South Forrestville.

Drivers:
The Pullman State Historic Site is easily accessible from Interstate 94, using either exit 66A (111th Street) or 66B (115th Street). Take a left before the viaduct – it’s a huge building, you can’t miss it! Parking is available on Forrestville in front of the Hotel and throughout the neighborhood.

By Public Transit:
The Metra Electric train stations at 111th Street and 115th Street are within a short walking distance. The Chicago South Shore and South Bend commuter rail also stops at the 115th Street station.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus route #111 provides direct service to Pullman and connects with the CTA Red Line at 95th/Dan Ryan station.

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TO HELP: Best way to help us is to bring your own stuff down to Pullman on the day(s) of

and/or volunteer to be available to drive others home after their shopping is done.

If you have a car, truck, or van and strong bodies available for bringing pick-ups down to Pullman the week of the Free Store, or transporting others and their stuff back home, please contact us.

More Free Stores to follow this season. Please join us for the fun in Pullman!

Thanks to Erika Mikkalo, Shari Parker, and the Pullman State Historic Site for their help this round.

• generous people who keep finding ways to give to the Free Store and the relief on their faces when we leave their houses with a truck full of - stuff (?)

To the guy with the “Joe Crede, Yes In Dee Dee” sign at today’s game: I give you a big, cheesy, rhyming kiss.

Thanks for joining my side on the battle for more obnoxiousness at ball games. Someday, the merely curious and nostalgic will just stay home and allow the rest of us to enjoy cheaper seats, unlimited grilled onions, and keeping the box score with our little pencils while shouting emphatic curse words and original put-downs involving certain batting coaches’ mothers.

For those of you practicing at home: acceptable shouts are “Disappointed!” during a lackadasical lull and “______, your mother doesn’t love you!” at your chosen target. I always appreciate “Hit ‘em in the face!” but it really makes more sense in football or hockey, or for cheering on card games. Maybe the best possible shout I ever heard was during a positive time — driving around Bridgeport looking for looting when the Sox took the division before they won the ‘05 series, Z kept screaming “We Are Not Invisible!” which struck me as hilariously political.

feeling nervous about something so instead of barfing it out, i invite the DJ, please, to pick up your phone, I’m on the request line

Q: HEY, HOW’S THAT CAT PROJECT GOING?

A:

I’m the one on the left. Bruce the Moose is a harsh collaborator and as a model, he’s like ANTM’s Robin, the Jeebus-loving plus sized pageant winner from a few seasons ago. All up in my grill!

at least we have titles and a deadline

mid-May

after all the other work i’m doing is done

and all the other obligations are fulfilled

“Cats & Ghosts, stage one: Pussy Full of Shit”

part of a group show at a Chicago space

a free store will be involved

I had an idea for these posters with

“PAID THE COST TO BE THE BOSS”

&

“GOT THE SKILLZ TO PAY THE BILLZ”

so maybe that will happen in addition to the walk-in cat (oops I wrote too much)

but first I have to make enough money to actually pay some billz. Oh cats! Oh ghosts!

COCOON

“Women are trouble. You should just have sex with men. Or girls!” (Friday, G, during the haircut)

PAGAN POETRY

“It’s music to eat your placenta by.” (Saturday, E, at a reading)

HARM OF WILL

“How about a Colonial sampler?” (Sunday 12:30 am, B, offering chocolate)

“When we’re done, will it be post-Colonial?” (Sunday, 12:31 am, S, being a dork)