Yes, it’s that time of year again: time for me to visit the Midwest and love it but not be able to resist complaining about how freaking HOT it is. Because it is. As cold as Chicago gets in the winter, it gets pretty damned hot in the summer. And I’m taking “what WINDY city?!” [...]

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For over a decade, I have considered myself to be a loyal fan of Chicago’s WGN Radio. Those of you who have seen my car have seen the WGN/Cubs window stickers – heck, I even used to have one on my office window (back when I had an office with a window). ‘GN was one [...]

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Here’s what the white board at work looked like as of 4:30 p.m. HST on Monday: Haha, notice that no one is answering the gym question. Also, notice that if this poll were representative of my department as a whole, it would mean that the vast majority of the staff just must have terrible hygiene.

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You know how it sucks when your favorite team is on SportsCenter because they performed so atrociously poorly that ESPN would be remiss not to show the flub(s)? Yeah, today, guess who’s gonna make that reel? That’s right: the Cubs. Ted Lilly, WTF. How is it possible that during your last start, you had a [...]

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This morning at the office, I was chatting with my co-worker Tina about the weather, and I happened to make a comment about how, while I was getting into the shower this morning, I heard a loud noise and then all of a sudden, it was as if the sky had opened up and dumped [...]

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The Blackhawks are bringing the Stanley Cup home to Chicago!!! Sing along, all: Sweet.

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Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve updated. I’m still alive. Work has been hectic. The responses to our recruitment ads in the newspapers have been good, so we’re getting a lot of calls . . . so by the end of the day, I’m pretty tired. Also, we fumigated our house for termites over [...]

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