I've noticed that really creative stuff that gets 50 to 100 likes over on other social media sites gets hardly noticed here on Steemit. The people that get all giddy with compliments get the upvotes with

I sat down once and figured out how much I had spent like that. It was around $12,000 a year between drugs, smokes and booze. I could really use that $12,000 right now. Oh, wait, multiply that by 30...

The shrine under Chicago. A few months back my friend the Chicago Aussie, Jack Brandtman, where exploring deep under Chicago when we came across this... shrine? We where sunned by all the toys, stuffed

I've always admired cathedrals, the immense amount of work and years to build is so impressive. I was a complete reclusive hermit for about 8 months a while back and got the crazy idea to put as many as

Computer Generated illustration always felt like a misnomer to me. Would they ever call a painting a "Paint brush generated illustration"? The computer is just a tool, a clumsy one at that. They

Wow. At least 400 people, if not more gathered just north of Montrose harbour near Lake Michigan in Chicago last night for what I would call a pure form of performance art and joy. There where guys on

It's a recurring theme for me, finding odd things in the alleys of Chicago. It's like people have a hard time letting go or perhaps they have a mischievous streak, like me. Sometimes it's art they did

I grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, seeing the skyscrapers off in the distance. I seem to move around a lot, but always near that big ol city, never expecting to actually live in it. Then I