Since we’re sharing scary facts about ourselves
One time in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, my friends and I had police dogs and a helicopter chasing us. I am not kidding.
Author Archive for: chartier
Entries by David Chartier
A great video about the art, details, and industry of dog acting
This video is better than it has any business being. 16 minutes. It’s both informative and heartwarming. I haven’t seen this creator before but I saved a few of their other videos to watch later, looks like good stuff.
Current Affairs on ‘The Trolley Problem’
“It encourages a kind of fatalism, where everything you do will inevitably be a disaster and moral questions seem hard rather than easy.”
The LEGO exhibit at MSI is incredible
Jessi and I finally got to see The Art of the Brick at the Museum of Science and Industry. It’s over 100 pixelicious LEGO sculptures from lawyer-turned-artist Nathan Sawaya, featuring a mix of recreations of famous paintings to his own unique art that explores shape, light, the human experience, and environmentalism. He’s huge on art […]
TIL we can embed Mastodon posts on the web
Just tap the three dot (…) menu on any post, then tap ”Embed.” Neat. Also: follow me on Mastodon and/or my gaming shenanigans.
We got to see the new Lincoln Park Zoo lion exhibit early
It’s a members preview weekend, the exhibit opens to the public Oct 14. The LPZ revamped the lion house and built a huge attached outdoor area, complete with zip lines for feeding (!) and lots of observation spaces. No, we didn’t get to see a zip line breakfast. I don’t think they’ve posted a feeding […]
Posting more to Flickr
Let’s be Flickr pals.
TIL I have a tintype photo of an ancestor taken in 1867
This photo includes my great (great?) grandfather. This is so wild! But also… MY MOM DEADASS COULDNT TELL IF THIS WAS ME OR MY BROTHER, WHO IS 13 YEARS OLDER. 😄 (It’s me).