Bob Ransom | Huh, what?

On the Road Again

The business meeting season is back upon us.* For those that don’t know, I spend a good deal of my professional life as an art director for live events. I’ve been working for the past couple of months on art … Continue reading →

Ceiling Lights

9 Jan ’12

We stopped in to the Grand Lux Cafe in downtown Chicago for a late dinner. As the crowds had thinned, we were seated in what I’d call the “turret room” — a round room with windows looking out over North … Continue reading →

Robot Dancer

5 Jan ’12

These guys always creep me out just a little bit, and this one especially with the gold mask and sunglasses. I think the red gloves are his homage to the Christmas season. Taken along N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago on … Continue reading →

The Chicago River

31 Dec ’11

Jeanie and I have started a tradition of visiting Chicago without the kids right after Christmas each year. Our wedding anniversary is New Year’s Eve which is generally a lousy time to go anywhere: Everything is busy, prices are higher, … Continue reading →

A’Hunting We Will Go, A’Hunting We Will Go

18 Dec ’11

Hunting Christmas trees, that is. We have a tradition of going to a local Christmas tree farm each year to cut down our tree. For the last couple of years, though, it’s been fairly close to Christmas before we managed … Continue reading →

‘Tis the Season…

13 Dec ’11

‘Tis the season to humiliate your pets. Nemo (yeah, I know: he doesn’t look anything like the fish but it’s a long story) on the left; Luke on the right. One was supposed to be wearing reindeer antlers but we … Continue reading →

Green Leafy Stuff

9 Dec ’11

My wife has become a suburban farmer. You’d have to know her to understand how truly improbable this is. She’s definitely not the girl you’d have picked in high school as “Most Likely to Grow a Bumper Crop of Tomatoes.” … Continue reading →

Bench

5 Dec ’11

I noticed this flaking metal park bench on a walk recently.

Bright Yellow Hydrant

30 Nov ’11

I was out for a walk the other day and noticed that the hydrants in the neighborhood seemed exceptionally bright — a loud, screaming yellow. (I think they probably were painted recently.) Anyhow, this little guy was peeking out of … Continue reading →