In the same day, I took two pictures worth blogging about. So I’ll combine them into one post. Exhibit A: Squirrel eating McDonald’s foodI think it’s Fillet O Fish, in which case I understand if someone left the whole bag. Incidentally a McDonald’s themed picture goes well with the great news of the win for [...]
Millennium Park, now two years old in downtown Chicago, is rivaling Navy Pier for tourist attention. That’s great for the city, right? But we have to ask: Is it a public park? And if not, then why did so many public dollars fund it (and not, say, public education or housing)? Budget. First of all, [...]
So the most interesting news yesterday was that Disney broke their contract with McDonald’s to sell happy meal toy characters of their movies. Newspapers report that this was due to a rise in child obesity; McDonald’s has released a statement refuting this. However NPR’s Marketplace played a one-year old clip yesterday of Steve Jobs (CEO [...]
