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The Weekend Desk Report

By Steve Rhodes

For completists, there was no column on Friday, as there often isn’t. Mostly that’s because it’s podcast day.
I don’t care about the weather. Just go about your lives, what does the weather have to do with anything?!


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I guess I just don’t live a weather-dependent life. Maybe if I was a professional river rafter?
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I will say, the glare on my screen from the only plausible place for me to sit in this coffee shop is really killing this column by sapping my will. So maybe the weather is affecting me today in terms of cloud cover and the lack thereof.
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This is the kind of “weather” that interests me: “Fresh evidence suggests that the universe is expanding faster today than it did in its infancy, a difference that has set off a search to understand what cosmic forces could be at play. If confirmed, the changing rate – which is nine percent faster than had been projected – would force us to reconsider a fundamental aspect of the cosmos.”
But did this report lead the news anywhere outside of scientific outlets? No! I mean, it’s only about a fundamental aspect of the cosmos.
Everyone who packed a church for Easter should’ve packed a lecture hall to hear about this instead.
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Guess what? The real experts on climate change will tell you it’s too late. We blew it. Way to go, everyone! Good job. You killed the planet. And Jesus ain’t coming back to save us.
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New on the Beachwood . . .
JB Pritzker’s First 100 Days
More “g”s, fewer toilets.
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The ‘Bookness’ Of Artists’ Books
The structure of the book itself is part – if not the point – of the book.
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Birds Of America, Y’all
Imagine a book so massive it takes three people to open the glass display case to access it, yet so delicate the three-foot-tall pages are only turned once a week to ensure preservation.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #249
First day of draft when Bears had no pick was their best – and not because of Khalil Mack. Plus: Why The Raiders and Giants Ought To Use This Coping Mechanism That Some People With Depression Use; We See You, Cardinals; The Return Of Robbie Gould Journesia; Dan Bernstein In Thrall To Ryan Pace’s Execufuck Of The Year Award; The Cubs Are Back – To .500!; Here’s To You, John Hancock; Pedro Strop Is So Cub; TIL: Addison Russell Has Three Children Under The Age Of Four With Three Women From Pensacola; and Tim Anderson And El Mago Both Had Themselves A Week.
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Weekend ChicagoGram

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Weekend ChicagoTube
The Cry for Help – A 1962 Chicago Police Department Film About Dealing With The Mentally Ill.

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Weekend BeachBook
A sampling.
Her ‘Prince Charming’ Turned Out To Be A Crazed Hit Man On The Run.

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There’s A Raisin Mafia.

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There’s A TurboTax Mafia.

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Northern Illinois Wildlife Center Marks 35th Anniversary.

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Weekend TweetWood
A sampling.
Thread.


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Autocratic America.


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Vital case.


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Wow.


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Posted on April 28, 2019