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By J.J. Tindall
SON OF SOME OTHER GUY
“Some other guy is sippin’ up her honey like a yellow dog, oh now
Some other guy, now, has taken my love just like I’m gone, oh now
I’m the lonely one
As long as I can feel all right”
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Previously, on “Some Other Guy:”
“Awake in the razor’d dark
to the consummate torture
of my own imagination…
Him, luxuriating
in her inspired lewdness…”
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O Muse!
Evil bitch!
O Love!
Cruel Fate!
Posted on November 17, 2010
By The Federal Citizen Information Center
As the unofficial start to the holiday season, Thanksgiving is a busy time full of travel plans, good food, friends and family. These tips from the Federal Citizen Information Center can help make this time less hectic and more fun.
If you’re flying this holiday season, make sure you brush up on the latest rules and regulations from the Transportation Security Administration. Find out what items are safe to pack in your carry on before heading out, and on your way you can check for any airport delays or last minute flight changes from the “My TSA” mobile app.
Posted on November 16, 2010
By Jerome Haller
Thanks to dumb luck, the road not taken or closed off has sometimes turned into a blessing in disguise for me. Years ago, I did not hit on a voluptuous neighbor who turned out to be a drug dealer. I did not get a pricey liberal arts graduate degree that’s currently unmarketable. And I decided not to move into a more expensive apartment just before getting laid off from my longtime gig.
Recently, my good fortune struck again.
Twice over the last three years, I interviewed with one of the biggest local security companies. I wore a suit, filled the application, and patiently answered the interviewer’s questions. Both times, I did not get a rejection letter or even a call back.
Posted on November 15, 2010
By David Rutter
1. Bad teachers, WTF?
Something rotten – you can decide what for yourself – makes public schools lousy. Forget about the fat cat suburban prep palaces with fencing and water polo teams. For the rest of them, the record in Illinois is crummy.
But try to pick on any cause – go ahead, try – and the chorus of denial screeches into hysterics. The latest is this study, which points out that the largest producers of teachers in the state (Southern Illinois U. and Northern Illinois U.) do a particularly lousy job.
Based on the response from the ed fortress, the researchers might just as well have called them Al-Qaeda bombmakers.
Posted on November 12, 2010
By The Beachwood Beer Can Collection Affairs Desk
“Meister Brau occupies an important place in U.S beer history as the precursor to Miller Lite – and, more recently, as the favorite beer of Cousin Eddie, the unforgettable red neck in National Lampoon’s Vacation movies,” Ad Age reports.
“Now it can be yours.
“The beer label is among 150 trademarks that span 13 categories ranging from toys to personal-care products that will be auctioned off next month in New York.”
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Mmm, Meister Brau. Let’s take a look.
Posted on November 11, 2010
By J.J. Tindall
Some Other Guy
Him, luxuriating
in her inspired lewdness.
Her, chuckling
at my timidity and tenderness.
Sweet, shy, cute
v.
Hot, tough, aloof
Posted on November 9, 2010
The Kennedy At 50
1. “After 50 years, Kennedy opening recalled with fondness, fear,” the Tribune reports. “A milestone in Chicago development, expressway changed face of city.”
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“It was at 11 a.m. on Nov. 5, 1960, beneath a bunting-draped Lake Street overpass, that Illinois’ political powerhouses, Gov. William Stratton, Mayor Richard J. Daley and Cook County Board President Dan Ryan, officially opened the Northwest Expressway.
“Although it followed by only weeks the completion of the Congress Street Expressway, now the Eisenhower, Stratton called it ‘the greatest highway in America.’
“Three years later, the expressway would be renamed for President John F. Kennedy, a week after he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. That was only fitting because the expressway shared a special link with the young president who captured the city’s heart. During Kennedy’s three visits to Chicago, hundreds of thousands lined the route to watch his motorcades.
“Construction of the Kennedy -it cost $232.3 million — became the foundation for Daley’s reputation as a master builder and helped transform the small suburban Orchard Field into one of the world’s busiest airports, O’Hare.”
Posted on November 8, 2010
By David Rutter
1. Bill Brady, WTF?
Just how lousy a candidate was Bill Brady?
Way lousy. Illinois elected several crazy people Tuesday. Against that grim qualitative standard, Brady still fell below the Mendoza Line.
He not only lost a race almost any normal (breathing regularly) Republican would have won, he does not comprehend that he lost. Nope, he says. I didn’t lose. There are more votes to count.
At this moment, this hard-edged clear-thinking businessman is waiting for results from the outlying Inca precincts because he’s very strong in the dead-700-years-ago Latino demographic. When those write-in votes from Machu Picchu arrive, he’s sure to be over the top. Just be patient.
Here’s what it all means, Elmer.
Posted on November 5, 2010
By ChiTwist Chicago Balloon Twisting
Twists, knots and pinches.
1. Frog.
Posted on November 4, 2010
