I made my 2nd 2nd annual trek to SchniztelTown in Daley Plaza. The 1st 2nd annual trek was derailed by massive crowds. The lunch crowd today was not so bad -- so I made my way through some sweet cheese fritters, bratwurst, applesauce, and cheese/apple strudel.

A fake German village, populated by real German artisans / pastry chefs, is erected beneath the Picasso every year.




What better to wash down your German repast than some Coke Zero. This Coke Zero give-away was taking place in front of the Thompson Center where the communist party was protesting the anti--abortion-provisos being wedged into health-care reform. (Illinois also just passed some strict laws, which have yet to be enforced.) Yes, the communist party. They have a bookstore nearby.




Here are the protesters in front of "Monument with Standing Beast" by Jean Debuffet. Meanwhile: Bible Zombies?!?!? What's that? A zombie that contradicts itself? A zombie that only eats transubstantiated brains?

Today was an abortion-heavy day -- four students, all of them late, turned in papers on abortion (not the given topic, but a possible topic (except that I ban that topic, along with marijuana (not because those aren't valid topics but because you can't really say much worthwhile in a couple of pages (and anyway, in my opinion, people are too entrenched in their various camps for them to have an interesting argument about these topics)))). Is the "abortion debate" so ingrained that any old 18-year-old can pull an argument or two out of their rear on short notice?




So I was trying all day to come up with a great pro-choice / coke zero slogan. Here's my best shot: "Say goodbye to unwanted pregnancies -- and calories!"

Or instead of "Obey your thirst!" .... "Abort Your Thirst!"

And from there I only have inappropriate thoughts that shouldn't be committed to blog.