Some residents of Chicago are up in arms over the 'nickel and dime' increases that are to result from Mayor Emanuel's new budget. The Mayor could have taken the easy way out and just raised taxes across the board. What is he supposed to do to try and [...]
Rahm says you play you pay...now stop crying about it
Posted by ONLINE on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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I'd do it all over again tomorrow...or maybe the day after
Posted by ONLINE on Monday, November 28, 2011
Before the game even started I was threatened. I was threatened with a four-hour tailgate, unlimited chicken tenders, a case of Victoria beer on ice, and plates of chocolate-iced brownies. In my past I have never been known for my stamina when it comes [...]
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The Downward Spiral Continues
Posted by ONLINE on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Traffic has come to a standstill on one of the busiest streets in Chicago. Southbound Michigan Avenue has been shut down by those who wish to Occupy Wall Street. People sit in their cars and tap their steering wheels in frustration. They clench their [...]
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Am I Barrel Aging Too?
Posted by ONLINE on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Over the years my friends and acquaintances have chided me for having no palette when it comes to choosing beer for any and all occasions. While packing for a NASCAR race in Charlotte, NC my boss handed me a hundred dollar bill with the one condition [...]
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That Was Close...
Posted by ONLINE on Friday, November 11, 2011
Everyone has those kind of moments, the ones that make you stop in your tracks and take a deep breath and say a little prayer of thanks that harm did not come to you. I am not talking about the car almost sideswiping your Ford Taurus station wagon on [...]
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Turn Out the Lights the Party's Over All Good Things...
Posted by ONLINE on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The novelty has worn off.There hasn't been a sighting in quite sometime and everyone seems to be quite okay with it.Street Jimmy has been absent from Wieland Street.Early in the summer he was told by members of the 18th [...]
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Branching Out to Dine on Words
Posted by ONLINE on Wednesday, November 2, 2011
I readily admit that my cultural tastes are rather narrow. As a child, for me to dine on anything that did not come out of mother's kitchen Americana was usually the result of a grave threat. Foreign movies were sleeping pills and foreign literature [...]
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