Forget about the possums, the raccoons, even the coyotes turning up in our urban environment.
There are now officially otters in the Chicago River.
Thousands of commuters were walking past Union Station on the day that Chris Anchor happened to see a dream made flesh.
Furry otter flesh, to be exact.
I know, I know. It sounds […]
Entries Tagged as 'Illinois'
Welcome Back, Otter
Posted by Ocelopotamus on December 12th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Tags: News · Science · Chicago · Animals & Environment · Nature · Illinois
Coming in November: The History of Chicago Punk on Film
Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
My friend and colleague Chris Tillman and her husband Joe Losurdo, working under the name Regressive Films, have collaborated on a new documentary about the history of punk rock in Chicago. Titled You Weren’t There — A History Of Chicago Punk 1977-1984, the film will have its world premiere on Saturday, November 24 at the […]
Tags: Culture · Music · Chicago · New Wave · Film · History · Video · Punk · Documentaries · Illinois · Peoria
Roundup: Picketing Flamingo Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 23rd, 2007 at 5:17 am
“Iraq hasn’t even begun”: Writing in the LA Times, Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European studies at Oxford University, examines the long-term consequences of the debacle in Iraq, and concludes, “Looking back over a quarter of a century of chronicling current affairs, I cannot recall a more comprehensive and avoidable man-made disaster.”
Digby on the […]
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Weekend in Peoria, and a Sign of the Times
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
You may have noticed things have been a little slow around the OcPot this week, because I spent the past weekend visiting my parents in scenic Peoria, Illinois. I’m now paying the usual price for taking a couple of days off, with everything I have to do piled up to twice its normal height. It’ll […]
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The Disappearing Bird Act
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 17th, 2007 at 4:14 am
The populations of 20 common US birds — including a range of familiar “backyard birds” such as sparrows, chickadees, whippoorwills, and larks — are in decline, according to a new report from The National Audobon Society. The 20 species in question have less than half the populations they did in 1967. A variety of factors […]
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