Taffy Apple Day Jon Hillenbrand, October 31, 2011October 17, 2019 Today I photographed Taffy Apple Day in the cafeteria at work. I have no deep thoughts about this. It was simply a quick little shoot. Nothing to report here. On the other side of the cafeteria, they are trying to get coffee addicts to stop using 4 million Styrofoam cups a year across the hospital system (4 hospitals). So they are offering that people instead purchase a branded coffee mug, like everyone has seen. So I shot a photo of someone bringing theirs back to complain that the lid was cheap and broken. See, the problem with trying to modify people’s habits against their will is that people are already looking for a reason not to comply. Sure, everyone thinks Styrofoam is bad and no one likes using it. But people like their little conveniences too, like not having to wash their own dishes. Take it from me. I eat out almost every meal. Many people balk at that but the way I usually explain it is that I have dozens of personal chefs scattered around the north shore of Chicago. Sure, I could save a little money and make my own food, but the effort involved is annoying. First, I have to go to cooking school and graduate. Then I have to get a liquor license and the proper health code permits. Next is fire insurance because potentially burning down the apartment complex is not something I can handle financially at the moment. Then I have to get containers to serve the food in. Then I have to hire drivers to take the food, wait for my call and then bring the food back to me. And that just seems silly. Isn’t it just easier to work with the people who have done all of that work already? I don’t even have table candles with tea lights. Oh wait, I do have that. OK, there’s that. But all of the rest just seems insurmountable. Thoughts affy tapplecafeteriaeating outrestaurantsshoppingsillinesstaffy apple
Photography Let's lean over and puke it out, people March 3, 2008October 17, 2019 So, did I write about Pookie? He was gone, everyone said he was dead. 18 years old or something. A great run for an awesome cat. And then he showed up all, “Um how about some water?” A week later, the p’s are back to ignoring him again and keeping… Read More
Photography Why should you read this blog? November 1, 2006October 17, 2019 Great question! Well, there are a few things that people have to say in their lives, and often, those people choose to be writers. Sometimes the words come out better as fiction, sometimes better as stated fact. And some, well, they like to mix it up. Which am I? I… Read More
Photography My God, it's full of stars! February 15, 2009October 17, 2019 “I was driving back, and I looked up and I couldn’t believe it. I pulled over and got out of my car and I just started crying.” -Anne Hillenbrand, upon seeing the bright stars in the clear Kankakee sky I would spend hours gazing up at the stars when I… Read More