Day: September 26, 2011

Posted on

The Interrupters

Wow. This trailer brought tears to my eyes and left me wanting more. Now that’s a preview.

The film documents a year in the life of Chicago’s communities and their struggles with urban violence. The 3 main characters are the “Violence Interrupters” who work for CeaseFire, a local organization aimed at stopping violence at the source. Ameena, one of the 3, spoke at Marquette today, and R showed me the video of her appearance. Amazing – I want to see this even more after hearing her speak.

You can expand the synopsis under the YouTube video to read more, but here’s what captured my attention:

 

Posted on

Super Logo

So R created this mash-up of WI sports teams’ logos, and has called it the Wisconsin Super Logo. He made himself a shirt bearing it, and we can’t go anywhere without at least a handful of people commenting on how awesome it is.

And I must admit, it is pretty sweet. Although I would change the G in the middle to the C for the Chicago Bears, but I’ll let that slide.

He posted it on Facebook a few weeks ago, and now it seems to be spreading like wildfire. Yesterday one of the big sports analysts in the area even tweeted about it.

Poor R feels like everyone’s stealing it from him now, so I wanted to at least give him credit for it here. Like I said, he was the original creator, and you can even go to his site if you’d like to order one (or more): www.wisuperfan.com

Here it is in all its glory:

Super Logo!