Lunchtime miscellany

I figured, maybe today I'll lead with something fun instead of the usual:

• Organizers report that they are close to finalizing a deal with the Chicago Park District to open the second-largest dog park in the city, directly adjacent to Inner Drive Technology World Headquarters 1.0. (Of course, I haven't lived there in 20 years and they don't allow dogs, so this is merely something interesting.)
• Matthew Yglesias pointed this morning his readers to "a common-sense Democrat manifesto" that he wrote last November; I'm still digesting it. (What do we want? Moderation! When do we want it? As soon as we have consensus!)
• Jeff Maurer won't attend "your dumb little civil war for dorks," thank you very much.

Oh, wait. I don't have anything else today. Maybe that's why I feel so relaxed?