i know nobody asked but heres my positions on a couple candidates and referendii in this fastupcoming election. as always i encourage you to research the issues that matter to you. and then you know vote the way i tell you. nati onal obam abiden. please i mean really do i need to go through all the reasons why i support the nerd illinois the illinois constitution requires that every 20 years ...
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chicago has mysteriously become ground central for the local online media battle. the onion recently launched its entertainment portal decider in chicago. huffington post last month launched its local effort in chicago. nbc just launched a new affiliate site nbcchicago.com that is heavily entertainmentbased. curbed and eater will be spreading there soon and everyblock also hails from chitown. and ...
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im something of a completeist when it comes to book series. so it was a bit of surprise to discover that there was a travis mcgee detective novel that i hadnt read. and not a late addition to the series or anything 8 of 21 novels. in retrospect the mental checkbox for read all of the mcgee books probably should be listed under read all of the mcgee books available at the howard county public libra...
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the headline pretty much says it all. from steve gadlins blog photoset here well my week is off to an incredibly surreal and unexpected start. i got to be the 5th beatle for the sketch group hey you millionaires last night as they faced off against the canadian sketch kings kids in the hall in a couple matches of whirlyball. im still not entirely clear on the context of the match but its part o...
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...s of its students drop out in the 10th grade to go work at chickfila but still post a 100 graduation rate as long as the remaining third graduated on time. other states have adopted fun policies httpchica go.metblog s.com20080 331hotchic ksatchicag osmuseumof scienceand industrymy first visit to chicagos museum of science and industry was as a fifth grader on class trip from my hometown in i...
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it was a wonderfully clear night tonight perfect for standing out on the lakefront watching the moon get swallowed by the great wolf fenris eclipsed by the earth. perfect except for the fact that it was about 100a. i came in after an hour when i started to lose feeling in my fingers. so i only have photos of the first half of the eclipse and a nice little hacking cough. science originally publish...
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perhaps you thought i was joking... but no weve decided that the first anniversary is matching clothing. so we stopped at strange cargo on saturday and got these team gerdes shirts made and then headed north to kenosha wisconsin for a delightful overnight trip. kenosha is perfect for an overnight trip because you can do everything there is to do in kenosha in about a day and a half and then its a...
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