Dr. X's Free Associations

Headless In Lincoln Park

Armitage Station

Mobile Upload: Name This Car

Do you know the make?

Sidewalk Snap

Bicycles

Northwestern University, 3:00pm

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi

Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spend it with you Oh, such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on (Lou Reed)

— Gianfranco Ravasi (@CardRavasi) October 28, 2013

Ravasi explained later that he was praising the music, not the drugs and lifestyle represented in Reed's music. Did he need to explain that? I guess you can never be too clear with some people. The Cardinal has said in the past that he listened to Amy Winehouse to understand young people.

Recommended reading

Best thing I've read this week: Justin Fox in the Harvard Business Review, What We've Learned From The Financial Crisis. I'd retitle the article: What some people have learned, what many have ignored and there is much more we still don't know.

 

Bicycle Taxi Driver

They call them bicycle taxis, but I guess they're really tricycle taxis.

iPad Thief Encounters A Problem

A thief broke into a Lakeview (Chicago) pizza joint and tried to steal the Belly iPad at the checkout counter. I guess the Belly people anticipated this possibility. Video here.

Couplings ctd