July 3-15
You have been warned.
I figgered since we're all so patriotic i would want to be deres for da fort and all the shits blowin' up as we recreate the many wars we've been in. YAY!
At da Hotel Blake July 10-14. Da udder days at the Hotel Fung and elsewheres? Make an offer. I'm sure Fung would be happy to be rid of me for a few (or all) nights.
Going to da Sox on July 9th. Open to udder games. Anyone got cheap Cubs tix? Also, monkeys fly outta my butt.
Will The Decker be in town?
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Showing posts with label Smiff in da news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smiff in da news. Show all posts
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Apparently all the rage at twitpic... Thursday, February 21, 2008
the original whitey keeping darky down
While i was putting together my file for my recent performance review, i was alerted to this article about the website i worked on at Northwestern before i told them to stick dat job and shove it. (If my review goes through and they keep me around dis joint collecting dust, my pay in July will have gone up $26K since i was at NU just a year and half ago, living on what i could forage from Evanston alleys and dumpsters...but i digress...oh, yeah, have i told you how much NU SUCKS? If there was a way Henry Bienen could get away with not paying anyone anything, with no benefits, if that's what the market dictates, he would...oooh, what a further digressment...) Oh yeah, a couple of stories like this came out about the same time, also in the international press. The American press? Not so much.
The Independent: Lost worlds
Independent, The (London, England) - January 12, 2007
Author: Ed Caesar
Joseph Conrad notes, in Heart of Darkness, that "the conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much." Conrad's celebrated novella was set against the backdrop of Europe's "scramble for Africa", when its conquest seemed - as it had done for centuries - a very pretty thing indeed. And in a series of 113 maps of Africa - dating from 1530 to 1915 and now available for download from Northwestern University's archives - all the romance and ignorance of Europe's developing relationship with Stan-ley's "dark continent" becomes clear. Because the early cartographers had never been to the places they were attempting to map, some of Northwestern's exhibits are a significant departure from reality. The Nile changes position any number of times, while mountains, lakes and other topographical features mutate like putty. But it is the names that leap out from the maps. One vainglorious example, from 1747, refers to the entirety of West Africa as "Negroland". Other maps, meanwhile, chart defunct civilisations - Dahomey (in what is now Benin); Abyssinia (in modern-day Ethiopia); and the southern empire of Monomotapa (now in Zimbabwe and Mozambique). The skill of the cartographers is undeniable. Indeed, in the luscious example here - drawn by Willem Janszoon Blaeu and published in Amsterdam in 1635 - the continent is rendered in minute, if inaccurate, detail. But the telling evidence of what is not yet known leaps from the page. Whereas Africa's coastline is peppered with place names and the mouths of rivers, much of the interior - particularly the area that is now Congo - is blank. Blaeu clearly considered white space a crime, and filled these gaps in European knowledge with friendly-looking beasts - a chubby elephant; an unthreatening lion; a cheeky monkey. What all these maps display is that the great powers to the north had conquered Africa long before white men stepped ashore and claimed the territory in person. In the simple act of charting and naming, the European imagination had already sliced up the continent. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/mapsofafrica/
The Independent: Lost worlds
Independent, The (London, England) - January 12, 2007
Author: Ed Caesar
Joseph Conrad notes, in Heart of Darkness, that "the conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much." Conrad's celebrated novella was set against the backdrop of Europe's "scramble for Africa", when its conquest seemed - as it had done for centuries - a very pretty thing indeed. And in a series of 113 maps of Africa - dating from 1530 to 1915 and now available for download from Northwestern University's archives - all the romance and ignorance of Europe's developing relationship with Stan-ley's "dark continent" becomes clear. Because the early cartographers had never been to the places they were attempting to map, some of Northwestern's exhibits are a significant departure from reality. The Nile changes position any number of times, while mountains, lakes and other topographical features mutate like putty. But it is the names that leap out from the maps. One vainglorious example, from 1747, refers to the entirety of West Africa as "Negroland". Other maps, meanwhile, chart defunct civilisations - Dahomey (in what is now Benin); Abyssinia (in modern-day Ethiopia); and the southern empire of Monomotapa (now in Zimbabwe and Mozambique). The skill of the cartographers is undeniable. Indeed, in the luscious example here - drawn by Willem Janszoon Blaeu and published in Amsterdam in 1635 - the continent is rendered in minute, if inaccurate, detail. But the telling evidence of what is not yet known leaps from the page. Whereas Africa's coastline is peppered with place names and the mouths of rivers, much of the interior - particularly the area that is now Congo - is blank. Blaeu clearly considered white space a crime, and filled these gaps in European knowledge with friendly-looking beasts - a chubby elephant; an unthreatening lion; a cheeky monkey. What all these maps display is that the great powers to the north had conquered Africa long before white men stepped ashore and claimed the territory in person. In the simple act of charting and naming, the European imagination had already sliced up the continent. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/mapsofafrica/
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
anudder Smiff who's solid, smart, of high character, integrity...don't laugh
Falcons hire Jaguars' defensive coordinator Mike Smith
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons hired Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mike Smith as their new head coach Wednesday night. "Mike possesses all of the key qualities we were looking for in a head coach," said general manager Thomas Dimitroff, in his first month on the job. Dimitroff said the 48-year-old Smith, a 26-year NFL coaching veteran, "has strong experience with winning teams, a track record of success, a solid, smart approach to the game, and high character and integrity."
Smith, the Jaguars' defensive coordinator since 2003, had his second interview with the Falcons on Friday. He has never been an NFL head coach, but Falcons quarterback Byron Leftwich, who was with Smith in Jacksonville for four years, says Atlanta made the right choice. "I've played against his defense more than anybody in the world," Leftwich said. "I did it every day in practice for four years. I think he's a great guy for the job. "A lot of people might not know his name, but I've seen the work he puts in every game, how guys were so prepared on Sundays that they knew exactly what teams were going to do."
Smith, a former defensive assistant with Baltimore, had the league's No. 12 defense with Jacksonville this season after ranking second in 2006 and sixth in 2005. Leftwich said Smith would never receive enough credit in Jacksonville because many assumed Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, a former defensive coordinator, was the real mastermind of the defense.
Jaguars defensive end Marcellus "The Asshole" Wiley confirmed that opinion when he said on ESPN Wednesday, "Jack Del Rio was the defensive coordinator, and if it wasn't him, it was (linebacker) Mike Peterson. "Wiley said Smith "was just a guy who stood at the front of the room when Jack Del Rio was leading the defense." Wiley said the Falcons "really went down low on the totem pole." WHO THE PHOKK IS MARCELLUS WILEY?
Leftwich said he was aware of the Wiley's comments but said of Smith: "I was with him for four years. Somebody had to be calling those plays in Jacksonville. It was him. "We always said Smitty would be a great head coach because the time he put in and the way he interacted with players and how seriously he took his job."
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons hired Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mike Smith as their new head coach Wednesday night. "Mike possesses all of the key qualities we were looking for in a head coach," said general manager Thomas Dimitroff, in his first month on the job. Dimitroff said the 48-year-old Smith, a 26-year NFL coaching veteran, "has strong experience with winning teams, a track record of success, a solid, smart approach to the game, and high character and integrity."
Smith, the Jaguars' defensive coordinator since 2003, had his second interview with the Falcons on Friday. He has never been an NFL head coach, but Falcons quarterback Byron Leftwich, who was with Smith in Jacksonville for four years, says Atlanta made the right choice. "I've played against his defense more than anybody in the world," Leftwich said. "I did it every day in practice for four years. I think he's a great guy for the job. "A lot of people might not know his name, but I've seen the work he puts in every game, how guys were so prepared on Sundays that they knew exactly what teams were going to do."
Smith, a former defensive assistant with Baltimore, had the league's No. 12 defense with Jacksonville this season after ranking second in 2006 and sixth in 2005. Leftwich said Smith would never receive enough credit in Jacksonville because many assumed Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, a former defensive coordinator, was the real mastermind of the defense.
Jaguars defensive end Marcellus "The Asshole" Wiley confirmed that opinion when he said on ESPN Wednesday, "Jack Del Rio was the defensive coordinator, and if it wasn't him, it was (linebacker) Mike Peterson. "Wiley said Smith "was just a guy who stood at the front of the room when Jack Del Rio was leading the defense." Wiley said the Falcons "really went down low on the totem pole." WHO THE PHOKK IS MARCELLUS WILEY?
Leftwich said he was aware of the Wiley's comments but said of Smith: "I was with him for four years. Somebody had to be calling those plays in Jacksonville. It was him. "We always said Smitty would be a great head coach because the time he put in and the way he interacted with players and how seriously he took his job."
How does last night's Dem debate relate to Smiff?
Barack Obama mentioned in Tom Brokaw's new book, Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today, that Hillary Clinton praises Ronald Reagan (Hillary, how could you!?). On the cover of the book, there is a picture of Hillary next to a picture of Andrew Young. On his show tonight, Stephen Colbert told the story of a strike by black nurses in Charleston, South Carolina in 1969. The strike was ended when Andrew Young, representing the nurses, negotiated with a hospital official, Colbert's father James.
Several years later (1974, i think), Young, then a Congressman from Georgia, appeared on The Today Show (w/ Brokaw? don't remember) on Martin Luther King Day with my father (i got to stay home from school to watch it). Young later became the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Jimmy Carter, where "His greatest contribution was helping end segregation in Zimbabwe Rhodesia." (so says Wikipedia)
Several years later (1974, i think), Young, then a Congressman from Georgia, appeared on The Today Show (w/ Brokaw? don't remember) on Martin Luther King Day with my father (i got to stay home from school to watch it). Young later became the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Jimmy Carter, where "His greatest contribution was helping end segregation in Zimbabwe Rhodesia." (so says Wikipedia)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Smiff headed back to Chicago?
Cubs invited C J.D. Closser, LHP Ed Campusano, LHP Geoff Jones, LHP Les Walrond, RHP Esmailin Caridad, RHP Jose Ceda, RHP Chad Fox, RHP Mike Smith, C Welington Castillo, C Josh Donaldson, C Koyie Hill, INF Andres Blanco, INF Luis Figueroa, INF Micah Hoffpauir, INF Casey McGehee, INF Bobby Scales, OF Tyler Colvin, OF Josh Kroeger and OF Andres Torres to spring training.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Smiff, King of All Chicago Media (cont'd)
Today's QT Today
Don't forget the torture chamber
W.S., an Evanston reader, regarding the architect of the George W. Bush Presidential Library saying the building must incorporate the "spirit" of the Bush presidency, writes:
"Besides your suggestion of the need for a huge facade, the building would have no public entrance. The private entrance might offer a copy of the Constitution as its doormat . . ."
Or Michael Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, suggests a grand fireplace filled with burning memos.
Or . . .
Don't forget the torture chamber
W.S., an Evanston reader, regarding the architect of the George W. Bush Presidential Library saying the building must incorporate the "spirit" of the Bush presidency, writes:
"Besides your suggestion of the need for a huge facade, the building would have no public entrance. The private entrance might offer a copy of the Constitution as its doormat . . ."
Or Michael Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, suggests a grand fireplace filled with burning memos.
Or . . .
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
yeah, whaddabout Smiff's latest squeeze?
Celebs out on the town Matthew McConaughey is spotted with his new girlfriend, and other stars make the rounds. » Watch 'THE 9'
Who is Matthew's new girlfriend?
Clooney's gal
Paris' new beau? Paris Hilton has been spotted hanging out with a 22-year-old Swedish backpacker. » Where they met (MENSA???)
Paris and her new man hang out
Who is he?
Paris goes punk
Meanwhile, plenty of $#i+ blowing up in Iraq today...dozens killed or maimed...
Who is Matthew's new girlfriend?
Clooney's gal
Paris' new beau? Paris Hilton has been spotted hanging out with a 22-year-old Swedish backpacker. » Where they met (MENSA???)
Paris and her new man hang out
Who is he?
Paris goes punk
Meanwhile, plenty of $#i+ blowing up in Iraq today...dozens killed or maimed...
Friday, August 17, 2007
annudder smartass Smiff
Metra board blasts Springfield inaction
Showing near-palpable disgust, Metra board members Friday blasted Springfield’s inability to pass a funding plan for the region’s cash-strapped public transit agencies.
Barbed comments represent a sharp departure from local public transit officials' oft-repeated mantra that they remained optimistic that the governor and the General Assembly would reach agreement on a long-term funding plan for suburban commuter rail service Metra, urban transit agency Chicago Transit Authority and suburban bus system Pace. Together, the agencies face a combined 2007 operating budget shortfall of more than $200 million.
"It’s time to start looking at reality," said board member Jack Schaffer. "The reality may be that Springfield accomplishes nothing."
As the Legislature and Gov. Rod Blagojevich have been locked in a months-long budget battle, a plan to fund public transit in the Chicago area by raising local sales taxes and Chicago real estate transfer taxes has stalled in a House committee.
"I wouldn’t show any confidence in this piece of legislation going through," said board member Michael Smiff.
Noting that the funding plan hasn't even gotten out of the House's Transportation Committee, Mr. Smiff remarked, "Really, it's gotten nowhere," another break from transit leaders' past assertions that progress was being made. "And that's state government? My phokking @ss," he added.
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from Crain's ... edited for humor
Showing near-palpable disgust, Metra board members Friday blasted Springfield’s inability to pass a funding plan for the region’s cash-strapped public transit agencies.
Barbed comments represent a sharp departure from local public transit officials' oft-repeated mantra that they remained optimistic that the governor and the General Assembly would reach agreement on a long-term funding plan for suburban commuter rail service Metra, urban transit agency Chicago Transit Authority and suburban bus system Pace. Together, the agencies face a combined 2007 operating budget shortfall of more than $200 million.
"It’s time to start looking at reality," said board member Jack Schaffer. "The reality may be that Springfield accomplishes nothing."
As the Legislature and Gov. Rod Blagojevich have been locked in a months-long budget battle, a plan to fund public transit in the Chicago area by raising local sales taxes and Chicago real estate transfer taxes has stalled in a House committee.
"I wouldn’t show any confidence in this piece of legislation going through," said board member Michael Smiff.
Noting that the funding plan hasn't even gotten out of the House's Transportation Committee, Mr. Smiff remarked, "Really, it's gotten nowhere," another break from transit leaders' past assertions that progress was being made. "And that's state government? My phokking @ss," he added.
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from Crain's ... edited for humor
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Smiff Cottage Industries noted again by Chicago media
in QT today...
Lazy dogs of summer
Michael L. Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, writes:
"Is it the dog days of summer yet?"
This is the seventh dog day of summer, with 31 days to go.
The first man to bite a dog this year, in Yangfan, China, bit the dog on the first day of dog days.
There is not much other dog news to report, except for a dog nursing a stray kitten in Victoria, Texas.
These being the dog days of summer.
In related news...
Marcel Proust, who wrote, "We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond," was born 136 years ago on the second day of National Nude Recreation Week.
Lazy dogs of summer
Michael L. Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, writes:
"Is it the dog days of summer yet?"
This is the seventh dog day of summer, with 31 days to go.
The first man to bite a dog this year, in Yangfan, China, bit the dog on the first day of dog days.
There is not much other dog news to report, except for a dog nursing a stray kitten in Victoria, Texas.
These being the dog days of summer.
In related news...
Marcel Proust, who wrote, "We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond," was born 136 years ago on the second day of National Nude Recreation Week.
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