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By J.J. Tindall
Perhaps It’s Time to Leave Damascus, Leave the Mask Behind
I. Lawrence at Damascus (Ennui)
Picture Lawrence
on a ridge
above Damascus,
September, 1918.
Sharif en regalia, masked
as a pink-fleshed djinn,
Posted on September 30, 2013
By The Good Stuff
Chicago author Beth Finke, who went blind at 26, fills us in.
Posted on September 26, 2013
Plus: Poochie Marketing Lives
1. Pizza Hut’s Cheeseburger Pizza Is Both Extraordinary And Repulsive.
(ENLARGE)
Posted on September 23, 2013
By The Beachwood Big Data Affairs Desk
“Travel expenditures in Chicago last year hit a record $12.76 billion, up 6.7 percent from the prior year, according to new data from the U.S. Travel Association,” Crain’s reports.
“The stats are the latest in a string of cheery tourism numbers being trumpeted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism bureau.”
But why? Our analytics bureau dug into the data and found out.
10. People came from all around to watch Bill Daley’s camp . . . oops.
9. Successful time-share promotion for operators of charter schools.
8. Groupons for Gangs was a hit.
7. Rod Blagojevich Committed Wire Fraud Here was most successful marketing campaign in years.
6. Crappy t-shirts at Navy Pier one percent less crappy.
Posted on September 17, 2013
Recommended: The Southwest Chief
Choose a line, tip your waiters.
Posted on September 16, 2013
By Nadav Kurtz/The New York Times
The Op-Doc Paraíso (Paradise) reveals the beauty and danger of three immigrant window cleaners’ work on Chicago’s skyscrapers.
Posted on September 11, 2013
Plus: Johnnie Walker vs. Jim Beam
1. More Poop Coming To Nation’s Pork Supply.
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning to introduce a new program for safety inspections at pork plants across the nation. How is the new program different? It offers more poop in your meat.”
Posted on September 10, 2013
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