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Last night while Alex was at football practice, my brother was at the park with his daughters, age 21 months and 4 months. He fell and badly sprained his ankle. So badly that that after hobbling over to sit down on a bench, he… Continue Reading “Good Citizens”
Julia Keller, the literary critic at the Chicago Tribune, wrote a piece about reading more than one book at a time. She says that she has about a half dozen “active” books at a time. There is some debate, of course, over whether “serious… Continue Reading “How Many Books Do You Read at a Time?”
The Chicago Tribune ran an article about day trips that the cityfolk can take out to the suburbs on Metra. North Glenview made the list, thank you very much. We were called out for trips with kids, citing the childrens museum and the kiddie… Continue Reading “A Nice Shout Out”
I’ve been perusing The Chicago Reader lately and a book review by Noah Berlatsky jumped out at me as interesting. He was reviewing Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture, by Jim Collins. It is a decent article and… Continue Reading “The Literary Brouhaha”
Craig Wilson was waxing nostalgic about college in a usatoday.com article. He starts with the old “college is wasted on the young”. Which is, of course, true. I remember our revered English teacher, Mr. Mullaly, telling us in highschool, “They say that high school is… Continue Reading “I Miss College”
The Trib just ran an article called “Revenge of the Hotel Clerk: 5 Things They’ll Do to Difficult Guests”. You’d better believe I was interested. A couple were obvious – making you wait or giving you a less-desirable room. Goofy charges showing up on… Continue Reading “I Told You to Be Nice”
Two stories that freaked me out on usatoday.com: First, Fidelity Investments is reporting that the number of workers taking hardship withdrawals from their 401k) plans is at a 10-year high. So, not surprising, right? Here’s what got me: “What’s also eye-opening is that 45%… Continue Reading “I Read the News Today. Oh, boy.”
Listen. I don’t watch Fox News. I couldn’t pick Glenn Beck out of a lineup. I don’t even know what “The Blackest White Folks” means. But to call Brian Urlacher a neo-Nazi because..you don’t recognize him? You don’t like his haircut? Puleeze. http://www.viddler.com/player/c4ad7ccf/
The Chicago Tribune ran an article this weekend about the effect of the oil spill on independent owners of the BP franchises in the U.S. Many consumers are boycotting the local stations in protest over BP’s failures (for lack of a better word) in the Gulf, and… Continue Reading “Boycotting BP”
The Trib ran an article about the decline in 16 year olds that have driver’s licenses. The point seemed to be a Rah-rah for Illinois stricter standards for the under-18 crowd to earn them, as there has been a drop in crash fatalities. What… Continue Reading “Driving”
The Next Dark Age 