Alex Bean
@abeanchi.bsky.social
Academic admin. Husband & dad. One-time applicant for Chicago Alderman. Love books, history, movies, & architecture. Trying to ween myself off of being Too Online.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again" is the answer that leaps straight to my mind.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again" is the answer that leaps straight to my mind.
Damn, that's a pretty campus.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Damn, that's a pretty campus.
It's been a bit snowy today.
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's been a bit snowy today.
Well, shit. We were planning on heading back Saturday, since we've got family events on Friday, and Sunday after Thanksgiving is always jam-packed on the roads.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Well, shit. We were planning on heading back Saturday, since we've got family events on Friday, and Sunday after Thanksgiving is always jam-packed on the roads.
Well, that'll make driving back into town at the end of the week a barrel of fun.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Well, that'll make driving back into town at the end of the week a barrel of fun.
Visited my parents new house and was very glad to learn they're not replacing anything in this basement kitchen because the aesthetics are absolutely amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Visited my parents new house and was very glad to learn they're not replacing anything in this basement kitchen because the aesthetics are absolutely amazing.
Gotta show some Chicago history cred and then show I'm so into Wolf Hall that my version with the horrible original American cover is badly beaten-up from how often it's been read.
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gotta show some Chicago history cred and then show I'm so into Wolf Hall that my version with the horrible original American cover is badly beaten-up from how often it's been read.
Anyone interested in buying my old e-bike?
It needs a tune-up and I think a new spoke, but it's still in really good shape.
Original specs here: electra.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bik...
It needs a tune-up and I think a new spoke, but it's still in really good shape.
Original specs here: electra.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bik...
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Anyone interested in buying my old e-bike?
It needs a tune-up and I think a new spoke, but it's still in really good shape.
Original specs here: electra.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bik...
It needs a tune-up and I think a new spoke, but it's still in really good shape.
Original specs here: electra.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bik...
Somehow my first time seeing a show here.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Somehow my first time seeing a show here.
Goddamn, that is the good stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Goddamn, that is the good stuff.
The full moon is so bright and large that it made me audibly say "Woah!" when I stepped outside.
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The full moon is so bright and large that it made me audibly say "Woah!" when I stepped outside.
I got an advanced reader copy of Ian McGuire's new novel, White River Crossing, and am beyond stoked to be lingering in his literary world.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I got an advanced reader copy of Ian McGuire's new novel, White River Crossing, and am beyond stoked to be lingering in his literary world.
The view from the tenth floor of the Rubinstein Forum is literally jaw-dropping.
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The view from the tenth floor of the Rubinstein Forum is literally jaw-dropping.
Oh, I think this exact problem was used in a book I just read about Gauss and Humboldt.
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Oh, I think this exact problem was used in a book I just read about Gauss and Humboldt.
This led me down a Wikipedia hole re: the McMillen Plan, which led to the discovery that today's Federal Triangle was once a slum known as Murder Bay.
Incredible. No notes! Bring it back!
Incredible. No notes! Bring it back!
![In the 1860s, much of the area south of Pennsylvania Avenue and a few blocks east of the White House had become a disreputable slum known as Murder Bay, the home to an extensive criminal underclass and numerous brothels.[4][5][6][7] During the American Civil War, so many prostitutes took up residence in Murder Bay to serve the needs of General Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac that the area became known as "Hooker's Division."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i25cst4me4tma7uk25yrimsd/bafkreieomrp6pddphqdmne7eszaddpjmeaejzqf6jxvix75uwq75afnll4@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This led me down a Wikipedia hole re: the McMillen Plan, which led to the discovery that today's Federal Triangle was once a slum known as Murder Bay.
Incredible. No notes! Bring it back!
Incredible. No notes! Bring it back!
Beautiful morning to wait for a bus.
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Beautiful morning to wait for a bus.
This place would have scared the bejeesus out of me when I was a kid.
Also, the scene on Burling is craaaazy on Halloween night. Thousands out trick or treating in just two blocks.
Also, the scene on Burling is craaaazy on Halloween night. Thousands out trick or treating in just two blocks.
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This place would have scared the bejeesus out of me when I was a kid.
Also, the scene on Burling is craaaazy on Halloween night. Thousands out trick or treating in just two blocks.
Also, the scene on Burling is craaaazy on Halloween night. Thousands out trick or treating in just two blocks.
Happy Halloween from the Wiener's Circle.
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy Halloween from the Wiener's Circle.
An outstanding autumn afternoon for a stroll.
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An outstanding autumn afternoon for a stroll.
Huh. When did the ivy get removed from Cobb Gate?
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Huh. When did the ivy get removed from Cobb Gate?
Hell yeah. Love to see peak foliage on campus.
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hell yeah. Love to see peak foliage on campus.