I’m Chris. I work in technology. I can juggle two oranges with one hand but not three with two. I have trouble finding shoes. Hereunder, whatever I feel like. G-mail and IM: BoutofContext. See also: Tumblr Backup/Filter Tool var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3734899-1"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @boutofcontext)http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lukw3oEnBx1qz7a78o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Chicagoans and Chicagophiles, what’s a man to do in your storied metropolis between now and Monday afternoon?</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/12718920212http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/12718920212Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:54:59 -0500<object width="400" height="321" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="cid=9488285&autoplay=false" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf" /><embed flashvars="cid=9488285&autoplay=false" width="400" height="321" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>A bit of a coup at OWS on Broadway - protesters wrestled the orange kettling net from NYPD and ran off with it. <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/theother99" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/theother99" target="_blank">http://www.ustream.tv/theother99</a></a> </p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11975412823http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11975412823Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:04:00 -0400OWSAnyone know where I can find a plus-sized Aloysius Snuffleupagus costume on very short notice?http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11503811623http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11503811623Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:30:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvxt9lDq61qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Mark Ruffalo (Washington Square)<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvxt9lDq61qz7a78o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Jimmy MCMillan (Broadway & Cedar)<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvxt9lDq61qz7a78o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Geraldo Rivera (Trinity & Cedar)<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvxt9lDq61qz7a78o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Extra Geraldo, for the lolz.<br/><br/> <p>More like…<em>Celebrify</em> Wall Street. Here are a few recognizable faces I passed while traipsing through the Occupy Wall Street sites this weekend; all well-received by the crowds that I could see.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11307475612http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11307475612Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:58:18 -0400My lease is up. The renewal terms are a bit steep. Where are the best deals around NYC...http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11229864788http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/11229864788Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:00:16 -0400<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/boutofcontext/10909526519/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_10909526519" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>My view of the Brooklyn Bridge disruption, from a safe, anticlimactic distance; still in progress.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10909526519http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10909526519Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:33:48 -0400occupywallstreetBrooklyn Bridge<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsepovIeCP1qz7a78o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty intense <a href="http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution/" target="_blank">LiveStream</a> was just going on from the Brooklyn Bridge. Looks like OccupyWallStreet marchers filed into the vehicle traffic lanes and sat down awaiting bulk arrests. …and then their stream died!</p> <p>I can see traffic is backed up a good distance from the bridge, and on it, there are busses with strobe lights presumably gathering the protesters.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10905309939http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10905309939Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:43:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7hp9pPEu1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The medium is the message.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10746358709http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/10746358709Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:07:57 -0400ComedyImprovCold reopen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lifewnjJw01qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Look whom I ran into!</p> <p>NY Tumblr Meetup: Oregon.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/4009242422http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/4009242422Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:12:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lid9cuwLkj1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a hot tub on my private terrace.</p> <p>A Sunday New York Times at my door.</p> <p>I haven’t paid sales tax in days.</p> <p>Portland is nearly perfect.</p> <p>All that’s missing is <i>you</i>.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3984377760http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3984377760Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:17:11 -0400vacationtravelearly retirement<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lic7n3RWlf1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s my Pacific Northwest debut.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3974278547http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3974278547Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:19:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7tikKv4M1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>La Fhéile Pádraig Shona Daoibh!</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3924279114http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3924279114Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:56:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgvl13SEli1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two things I’m proud of this weekend: <br/>1) Supporting female comedians, like <a href="http://fatmanatee.Tumblr.com" target="_blank">fatmanatee</a>. <br/>2) Using the word “like” ambiguously.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3384483639http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3384483639Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:39:01 -0500http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3339927094http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3339927094Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:50:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgja8t6y1a1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What!? You don’t order drinks to match the color of your farmer’s tan?</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3263090030http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3263090030Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:14:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgh5irzrxi1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cooling my heels outside Melbourne, where all my fellow resort-goers apparently have other places to be?</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3240026088http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3240026088Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:37:04 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg6jc7bPVp1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ESFL</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3137883276http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3137883276Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:02:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfv8pp3e581qzqmdho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://realrealsoft.tumblr.com/post/3024070354" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">realrealsoft</a>:<a href="http://indefensible.me/post/3023651787" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">indefensible</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>SAND CURTAIN.</p> <p>Jesus, man. You write for a living. Would you say that Argentina and Brazil are behind the beef curtain?</p></blockquote> <p>This phrase has already been in use; not something Ebert created. To his credit, he omitted the common, imprecise ending: “of Islam.” </p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3024893495http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/3024893495Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:49:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf3edwhmnb1qz7a78o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This recession gut-check was so rough I had to wait until after Pay Day to post it.</p>http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/2769222684http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/2769222684Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:48:33 -0500“Ugh, I’m so old down under.” - Adam “Old Junk” Isserlis, via The...http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/2691754325http://boutofcontext.tumblr.com/post/2691754325Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:21:00 -0500Happy BirthdayOldsAARP