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Aromashodu? Aroma sure does smell nice for a while, but Bears still stink
2009-12-13 22:23:00 Thought it might be any given Sunday, that neverland when even the worst team can beat a contender. It didn't seem like a Sunday in December. More like dreary November. Or any day in purgatory. Certainly not that frigid Sunday next month that Sports Illustrated's Peter King had the Bears beating the Packers in the NFC championship to advance to the Super Bowl. But today the Bears at least glimmered like a playoff team. Something happened between Ryan Grant's 62-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage and Jay Cutler's touchdown pass to Devin Aromashodu that gave the Bears the lead. But it was tough enough just figuring out the guy's name (Fox announcer Thom Brennaman once called him "Aroshamadu"),...
Obese Passengers Should Pay More?
2009-12-13 20:55:00 I work in the travel industry and was recently sent an article regarding obese passengers on airplanes and the debate on wether or not they should buy an extra seat. (See the photo below) Personally, I have been seated next to a person who took up part of my seat and therefore my flight experience was very uncomfortable. That being said, if the flight is full, which it was in my case, how should the airline deal with it? It is very embarassing for the passenger, now his/her travel plans are disrupted if he/she is asked to get off the plane or he/she may not have the extra money to pay for the extra seat. What do I think? First and...
2 new Add-2 remixes lead new music post
2009-12-13 20:20:00 Add-2 "Luxury RMX" Producer: Slot-A - FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™Add-2 "Starter Jacket RMX" Producer: Antman Wonder - FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™Add-2 just released a couple new remixes to some of his favorite records that come from frequent production collaborators Slot-A and Antman Wonder. Slot-A adds his signature electro touch to "Luxury", which is especially polished during Add's verses. I prefer Add-2 over productions like "Starter Jacket", however, and Antman Wonder does the RMX some justice as well giving the song a solid new energy. The music video for the original "Luxury" is due to premiere tomorrow and the image above is actually a still from the video, with Add-2 reppin' the hometown Bulls well.Down below is some new audio from... More About: Music
Another stupid Illinois tax
2009-12-13 18:52:00 In an effort to mine every source of revenue, the desperate and financially collapsing state of is comes up with some real doozies. This one, to take effect on Jan. 1, imposes a big jump in the fee imposed on non-profit organizations for registering with the state. For the American Civil Liberties Union, the cost jumps to $3,000 from $1,050. As a result, the ACLU is suing the state in federal court for its "unlawful tax on free speech." The ACLU, in its press release, points out:The increase also places Illinois far out of line with the fee charged by other states to regulate lobbyists and non-profit organizations. Every other state in the union charges less than $365 for non-profit organizations...
El plantón de Cuauhtémoc
2009-12-13 18:50:00 El pasado jueves estuve en Miami asistiendo a la Gala de Premios de Fox Sports en Español a los mejores deportistas del 2009. La verdad es que fui cargado de ilusiones y planes para entrevistas con grandes personalidades del deporte y me volví con un sabor agridulce a Chicago. Primero porque a pesar de que era una evento de un canal televisivo puramente deportivo, los artistas invitados del mundo de la canción y el espectáculo fueron los más accesibles a dar entrevistas. Lo peor de viaje fue sin duda, y con diferencia, Cuauhtémoc Blanco. El delantero mexicano, todavía del Chicago Fire hasta el 31 de diciembre, se llevó una de las menciones especiales de la Gala al ser honrado con el premio...
What we learned at Market
2009-12-13 18:22:00 Questions from this Tuesday's inaugural trivia night at Market Bar.
Me, the Tribune and carp
2009-12-13 18:15:00 Dead fish float at the surface at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during the Asian Carp Rapid Response Project to prevent carp from entering Lake Michigan. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources launched an unprecedented fish kill by dumping gallons of the toxin rotenone into the canal. (Tribune photo by William DeShazer / December 3, 2009)Wow, turns out that I'm not alone. When I published a column suggesting that we take a deep breathe and think before we shut down the major shipping lane from the Great Lakes to the MIssissippi to fight migrating Asian carp, the nasty mail arrived."You're a moron.""How typical of Byrne, putting commercial interest above environmental concerns. It it doesn't turn a profit it isn't worth...
Even Carol Marin Getting Frozen Out By DOR
2009-12-13 17:45:00 You know something's up when a heavy hitter like Carol Marin can't get an answer from the city. In this case, Marin is getting the silent treatment from Chicago's Department of Revenue....
10 E. Delaware: Open House of the Week
2009-12-13 16:54:00 10 East Delaware, an almost-sold-out new development on the Gold Coast, will let you tour its sales center from 12-5 Saturdays and Sundays. But don't expect to see a full-scale built-out room with the exception of the kitchen for larger units. The center mostly helps you to envision your floor plan through... well, floorplans. Residents are starting to move in to the first 16 floors of the 121 unit building this year. The smallest units start in the upper $500s for about 850 square feet and can range up to penthouses in the millions. The website offers more details than I found at the sales center. A lot of the marketing on these units is based on their location: If... More About: House
Detours
2009-12-13 16:36:00 This Friday, Steve relinquished his basement hermit status to take me on a date that did not involve food or sports. This is a rare occurrence, and I was touched by his gesture. He knows I love going to the theater. For my birthday, I had been treated to Jersey Boys by my girlfriends. They know he HATES going to the theater: one birthday he gave me a four matinee tickets to five plays with the gleeful pronouncement that he was off the hook. Steve is as entertained by the productions as I am, but he is unraveled by the small chairs, and ridiculous leg room. The proximity of the other theatergoers makes it hard for him to ignore the...
CTA rider: The announcements are garbled
2009-12-13 16:00:00 Via Twitter, Shelly Burke alerted "Going Public" to garbled announcements at the Central Park Avenue on the Pink Line."GP" travelled to the stop on Friday afternoon and noted that one out of three announcements were garbled. "GP" spoke to other riders who said the announcements were difficult to hear nearly every day.Also, one of the heaters at the stop needs to be fixed....
James Toney Still Trying to Get Inside the Cage
2009-12-13 15:59:00 James "Lights Out" Toney is trying to bait UFC President, Dana White into giving him a MMA match. Toney has earned a championship in six different professional boxing weight divisions: middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight, super cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. His record is 73 wins, 6 losses and 3 draws. James "Lights Out" Toney wants to add a notch to his accomplishments and take a hand at MMA. Toney admits that MMA is beating boxing handsdown., " [Boxing's] gone downhill because look at the fighters we got... Everybody is scared to fight eachother...MMA is putting on the fights that everybody wants to see. My daddy was one of those MMA guys. I love it." Toney shares that Rampage, Fedor...
Rivalry Renewed: Bears vs Packers Live Game Thread
2009-12-13 15:49:00 Papa Bear Halas and Vince Lombardi CURRENT SCORE: Bears 14 Packers 21Welcome to the Bears vs Packers: The Drinking Game, er, Bears Game Day. My name is Mike Burzawa and I'll be pouring today, I mean, I'll be your tour guide for this (in my best John Facenda voice), the 179th meeting between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. For those of you keeping score at home, the Bears lead the all-time series 91-81-6, so we've got that going for us. When they last met during Week 1, there were such high hopes for the Bears. They were unveiling their new toy in Jay Cutler and the playoffs were the goal. A funny thing happened on the way...
When the gift sucks
2009-12-13 15:42:00 There you are, meeting up for martinis at Rockit, and your BFF Britney presents you with a gorgeous box, wrapped in expensive bow. You open it. You're ready to squeal with glee -- and you open it to find the most mom-looking, puke chartreuse, crappy turtleneck. Your face falls. But make a quick recovery, fake it, and tell a little white lie:"Ooh, I love it!" or"The shade of purple is nice." Or"Wow, that's unique!" ...and then you say, with vigor, "Thank you!" And, yes, you follow it up with a written thank you. PARENTS! Instruct your kids to do the same. Christmas is full of teaching moments. Best to guide your kids to say "thank you" and "I love it,"...
Sunday Morning Headlines - We Can All Exhale
2009-12-13 14:41:00 Let out those noxious fumes/that sigh of relief. The end is not nigh. We shall live to see another day. Gordo says it's so:And here's the thing with the back end of that Bradley contract ($11 million plus prorated bonus money in 2011): It is said to be the bigger financial issue, but the Cubs' payroll in 2011 is a lot more flexible than in 2010. So the team would seem to have more leeway in that payroll year, which, of course, isn't exactly classified information. Even assuming no increase from next year's roughly $143 million to 2011 (for the 40-man roster), the Cubs figure to have more than $20 million in wiggle room dropping off the books from one...
Bulls in Haiku: Celtics 106, Bulls 80
2009-12-13 14:30:00 Nothing much to sayThe biggest cheer of the night - Miller's "payback" foul...
Bears vs. Packers Gameday Thread
2009-12-13 13:46:00 With Aston Villa beating United yesterday, I'm looking for the double upset. Can the Bears summon the spirit of Butkus?...
Sunday's Games: Your Open Thread
2009-12-13 09:25:00 Sunday's games: A tale of how the mighty have fallen. Ok, ok, that's a bit over dramatic (and ridiculously cliche). So sue me. But consider some of today's high profile European matches and you might see the point I'm trying to get at. Consider for instance, the Liverpool-Arsenal match (10 a.m CDT, FSC/FSE). We have two of the EPL's perennial 'big four' squads facing off, only both of them have been disappointing all year long and find themselves in seventh and fourth place, respectively. We get no farther when we turn our gazes to Spain, where Atletico Madrid and Villareal meet up in a match of two of the planet's most disappointing sides (12 p.m. GolTV). After finishing fourth... More About: Games
Seven-year-old Lamya Cammon gets hair cut off by Milwaukee teacher
2009-12-13 07:14:00 Lamya Cammon, photo from WISN.com My older brother warned me about Ms. Ricks, my new third grade teacher, who loved to cuff people behind the ear when she was upset with them. But I was a studious kid and didn't look for trouble, so imagine my embarrassment when Ms. Ricks slapped me upside the head for not knowing the answer to a math problem. The class erupted in laughter, and I cried for the rest of class. Twenty-one years later, I still remember that. But when I read Black Political Thought's blog about what happened to Lamya Cammon by her first grade teacher at Congress Elementary School, my incident seemed lightweight. A Milwaukee teacher was charged with disorderly...
UNKNOWN CHICAGO TRIVIA QUIZ #5
2009-12-13 07:01:00 UNKNOWN CHICAGO TRIVIA QUIZ #5 Special Baby-Boomer Chicago an Edition 1. Skip's Drive-In (aka Fiesta) was located near __________. (A) Grand and Harlem. (B) Roosevelt and First. (C) North and First. (D) Lake and Mannheim. 2. The manager of the 1969 Cubs was __________. (A) Chuck Tanner. (B) Al Lopez. (C) Eddie Stanky. (D) Leo Durocher. 3. Garfield Goose thought that he was __________. (A) King of the United States. (B) Mayor of Chicago. (C) Emperor of the North Pole. (D) Donald Duck's Brother. 4. It's Here was a __... More About: Quiz
PEA Attacked After Issuing Parking Ticket
2009-12-13 06:06:00 According to reports from the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC 5, allegedly a Department of Revenue employee was punched in the face after issuing a parking ticket to the vehicle of a Chinatown restaurant Friday evening. The alleged attacker, Tie Lee, is the co-owner of Chi Cafe at 2160 S. Archer Ave. He was arrested for "felony aggravated battery to a government employee," according to the news reports.... More About: Parking
Sunday Paper Ads and Coupons: Free Fannie May Chocolate
2009-12-13 05:23:00 Today's Tribune has a one-page ad for Fannie May chocolates with two $10 off coupons: One for use in-store and one online coupon code, which is 10566. There is no minimum purchase, but it looks like neither coupon can be used on sale items. In-store at least you should be able to get just under half a pound of chocolate for free. On the Web site, though, the cheapest full-price items I see are over $20. Still, the coupon also takes off $7.25 to make shipping free, so if you have a gift recipient who appreciates fine chocolate this would make it a lot cheaper. (By the way, Dominick's has Pixies on sale this week for $14.99 for a 1-lb. box. The coupon and Web site would be a slightly better deal, because the total there would be $14.88 including tax. And no, you cannot use the $10 off coupon at Dominick's -- Fannie May retail locations only.) Highlights of the other coupon inserts: RedPlum has $3 off coupons for several DVDs or BlueRays, including Curious George: A Very Monkey Chr...
Elite Model Management Chicago changes over to Factor!
2009-12-13 04:59:00 Big changes for one of Chicago 's largest modeling agencies have arrived! Elite Model Management in Chicago is now Factor Runway armed with the same staff as before while offering a fresh new view on how to take over the modeling world. The good news is that Factor Model Management, an agency specializing in solely Runway, will allow Chicago models to book jobs all around the world not just in Chicago. Here are the new sites www.factorwomen.com and www.factorunway.com I found out about the changes on the way to the Elite Model Management, or should I just say Factor Model Management Christmas party. I was surprised at first but then when I really thought about it, I wasn't shocked. I am glad to see that companies are...
Bulls blown out by Celtics [surprised? me neither]
2009-12-13 04:01:00 I wasn't a fan of the officiating in this game. They let some really serious contact go at times only to call the ticky tackiest fouls later. Anyway, the Bulls played the game pretty close for a half. They were down by six at one point where they had a steal and a two on one fast break. Deng had the ball, and the defender initially played the past. He switched back to Deng only to have Deng dribble the ball off his foot as I believe he was about to try and swing it to Rose.The Celtics hit a three after the turnover moving the lead up to nine. They never looked back. It was a five point swing...
"The Job Stalker" on ChicagoNow Radio!
2009-12-13 02:47:00 Well, as I mentioned yesterday, I was off for a radio interview with Bill Leff on the ChicagoNow show (which, naturally enough, features bloggers from this site) on WGN-AM this morning. Just in case you weren't glued to your radio for this momentous event, I figured I'd pop in with a rare weekend posting.Fortunately, the team down at the ChicagoNow show spins out these half-hour segments as podcasts pretty much as soon as they get off the air, so even if you missed it, you didn't lose out on your chance to hear me (and the other seven bloggers that ran through the studios at the Tribune Tower today) chit-chat about blogging.Here's the direct link to the podcast page:12/12/09 --... More About: Radio
Brad Miller called for flagrant on Rondo
2009-12-13 02:17:00 On a foul that was no worse than what Rondo did to Miller last year and didn't get called for a flagrant. In fact, it was quite a bit less harmful given that he didn't draw blood and grabbed him by the chest instead of smacking him in the face. Otherwise the play was similar. I know these refs aren't the same ones who screwed up the last call, but this kind of stuff pisses me off.I like the way that Rajon "f--king whiney b--ch a--- p--sy" Rondo laid on the ground for 30 seconds to make sure he got the call before getting up and then being fine. ...
Photos from Loyola vs. San Francisco
2009-12-13 02:07:00 Photos from Loyola's 66-63 victory over San Francisco. More About: Photos
A Chicago stylists tattoo story and fave beauty tips!
2009-12-13 01:48:00 When I saw this Chicago stylists old fashioned Chicago inspired tattoo mixed with killer eye makeup and eye catching hair color, a light bulb went off in my head.... BLOG! I asked her a few questions and snapped a few pics, I really love the story about the tattoo and I hope that you do as well. Name: Judi-Anna Alvarez Age: 25 Where do you live? Chicago Where do you work? Stylist/Colorist at Floyd's 99 Barbershop in Wicker Park http://www.floydsbarbershop.com/index.php /people/bio/1133 (Work profile check it out!) How long have you lived in Chicago? My whole life. Best beauty product tip and tricks: #45 and #105 eyelashes from Walgreens fro night. The glue is provided! -apply... More About: Beauty , Story , Tattoo
Zazzle.com pulls 'Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8' items from online i
2009-12-13 01:22:00 It doesn't mean prayer like you think. . I've never voted for a Republican president. I oftentimes do not agree with their views, but if somebody gave me a bumper sticker or a T-shirt praying for a Republican government official to die, I'd look at that person like he was insane. But on Zazzle.com and CafePress.com, bumper stickers and T-shirts were being sold stating, "Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8." The King James' version of this psalm is as follows: ---------- 8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. 11... More About: Items
Eights Nights In Haiku: Chanukah Miracles
More articles from this author:2009-12-13 01:14:00 To all those like me,Menorah lighting Cubs fansHappy ChanukahG-d did miraclesFor us back in ancient daysWe need some right nowFirst, Milton BradleyPlease convince another teamTo take him from us... More About: Miracles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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