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So. Let me just get this straight. For the past two weeks we’ve been hovering around 60°F (about 15°C) — in fact it was much too warm to wear a coat outside, so I was just wearing a hoodie for a jacket, and even that was pretty much just because “it’s late November and I […]

the twelve dollar commute

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this morning’s commute: leave house at 0855 (aka “35 minutes before i have to be at work,” aka “slightly before normal time”). entertain fantasies about arriving early to work. hahaha, poor stupid niqui. arrive at el stop at about 0903. get cup of coffee from the dunkin’ donuts built into the division stop. walk down […]

whoa, whoa, what??

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dude. i ride the blue line to work every day. you really would think that i wouldn’t have to hear that the washington street red line subway stop is evidently closing for two years, starting next week from the CTA Tattler, but apparently i do. (i also fail to really see why it’s only the […]

the lease at jimbo’s is going to be end on 30 september, and the owner says it will not be renewed. (Crain’s Chicago Business, Tribune.) to quote a certain eighties film: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS!“