Trip to Chicago, 2011

In May of 2011, Brian and Christa escaped the home for five magical days in Chicago. No kids, no rules, no money. http://wp.me/pLze7-5g

First stop in Chicago was outside Chicago: Wade Center at Wheaton. In this story, we are taken for and by hobos. http://wp.me/pLze7-5m

Art exhaustion, surreal and medieval. Recuperate in style with a canary. http://wp.me/pLze7-5s

Navy Pier, high-speed police chase, towers, churches and one mile later, our hotel room has become home. http://wp.me/pLze7-5A

Final Chicago tale gushes about the Museum of Science and Industry http://wp.me/pLze7-5U. Also, photos http://flann.co/chi

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I spent ten minutes talking to a 76-year-old black man in our neighborhood McDonald’s. I was in line for a Red Box but he just wanted something to eat and a public forum for loud conversation.  Transcription available.

Polyamory and the limits of monogamy

Just in time for our fifth anniversary, Christa announces we should have an open marriage. At first I was reluctant but after helping her internet boyfriend move in, he seems like a pretty cool guy. Full story here.

(In case the internet shuts down and space aliens resurrect us after 10,000 years to judge us on the last things we said, as frozen forever in the internet record: I love me wife. I promise that link has nothing to do with marital alternatives or freaky stuff.)

Where to Find Chocolate

Zella, our neat-freak child, has as much gross-out potential as the rest of them:
http://flannco.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/where-to-find-chocolate/

(Fully reposting between flannco.wordpress.com and flannco.blogspot.com is arguably poor use of my time.)