you have to love the odd shopping trip every here and there where the stars align — the in-store sale, the coupon you got in your email, the frequent shopper’s card discount, the just-earned bonus for shopping frequently with your frequent shopper’s card… — and you walk out of there with a whole massive pile […]
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Trib: Tremors from a moderate earthquake centered in Downstate Illinois rattled people awake across the Chicago area Friday morning, … The earthquake, which measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale, struck at 4:36 a.m. near the town of West Salem, Ill., about 60 miles northwest of Evansville, Ind., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An intitial […]
excerpted from an email i just sent to a mailing list: > > Anyone else (try to) take the Blue Line to work today? > Rumor has it that it’s not working. Like. At all. Well, it certainly wasn’t at the time! > As for their use of the word ‘delay’, I can’t help but […]
it needs to quit. snowing. already. srsly. i am beginning to understand the reason for cabin fever, and i am leaving my house on a regular basis. also, i am ready for the nanny-state to make it mandatory that everyone clear their sidewalks, because i am tired of slipping and almost-falling, especially while carrying groceries […]
for the last few months, i’ve been noodling over whether or not to stay in this apartment. it’s not a bad place. i get great television reception (important for my no-comcast lifestyle). i’m half a mile from the blue line, and two blocks from the #72 and X9 busses and a block from the #9. […]
