By Steve Rhodes
Well, we’ve finally achieved bipartisanship; both parties are against the president.
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Arenda Troutman says she’ll stay on the ballot despite the federal bribery charge against here. Mayor Richard M. Daley says he’ll run again too despite the allegations against him.
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Daley and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels have made their wager over the Bears-Seahawks game. Daley is putting up three Streets & San workers, one wrought-iron fencing contract, and two cases of denials against Nickels’ one-year Prozac prescription and a fish market.
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“I was wondering if Daley’s airport expansion plans call for an actual terminal for UFOs to land instead of circling . . . ”
– Brian Rhodes (my brother)
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And now a vibrating bag found at O’Hare. Area 94? O’Hare 51?
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Saw a commercial last night for Lunesta, the sleep-aid drug, warning that side effects could include drowsiness.
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Saw that Boniva commercial again where Sally Field says that her girlfriend has to set aside time every week to take a pill. Yeah, that’s half a second a week she’ll never get back.
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READER FEEDBACK: Two responses to the Boniva item.
1. “On Boniva – that same line in the ad bothered me, too. Then I decided there must be digestive consequences to taking it (???) but I didn’t want to know badly enough to look it up and expose myself to the gory details.”
2. “Uh, Steve, I don’t know whether you’ve checked the Fosamax web site, but there’s a bit more to the non-Boniva osteoporosis pill than just swallowing it. Thanks for making fun of zillions of women facing likely hideous injuries, without first finding out what the deal is.”
I certainly didn’t mean to make fun of anyone. As near as I can tell, the thing about taking one of these pills is that you can’t lie down for 30 minutes afterward. I’m not sure why someone would have to “set aside time” each week to account for this if you take the pill at any time other than before bed, but maybe there are “gory details” I’m not aware of. In any case, the commercial sounds ridiculous, though admittedly it’s not aimed at me. I just chalked it up to the kind of melodrama more often associated with the miracles of mundane products featured on infomercials, but if I missed the mark on this, my apologies.
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Who hired Arenda Troutman’s lawyers?
Posted on January 12, 2007