Just got back from an errand in Wicker Park and let me tell you something, folks there were awfully lax with the masks *and* social distancing. Apparently they didn't get the meme.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 22, 2020
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COVID cases are not declining in DC, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. #Birx
— Karen Piper (@PiperK) May 22, 2020
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This was my sales rep @VZWSupport yesterday. https://t.co/S0yUYPYjDI
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 23, 2020
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New from the Beachwood Sports Desk . . .
So Long, Jerry
“I never mourn when athletic superstars fail as human beings, because I never thought of them as heroes,” our very own David Rutter writes. “They had skill. Do not commingle the two. But I gave myself one exception to that cool, intellectualized appreciation. Just one.”
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #305: The Last Dance Has Been Danced
Bad pizza, Cheap Trick and Luc Longley. Plus: Remembering Jerry Sloan & Michael McCaskey; Matt Nagy Admits What Media Toadies Won’t; The Bundesliga, NASCAR, Golf And The Pseudo-Triple Crown Are (Sorta) Back; and Steve’s New iPhone And The Saga Surrounding It.
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Weekend ChicagoReddit
Is it me or is there an abnormal amount of dead birds on the streets now? from r/chicago
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Weekend ChicagoGram
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Weekend ChicagoTube
Flipper (with David Yow) at Reggies last June.
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Weekend BeachBook
Mountain Dew Doritos Tested In Australia.
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Weekend TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
“Trump Is Really Aiming to Take Down Fox”: A Group Associated With Donald Trump Jr. Is Buying a Major Stake in OANN https://t.co/buw5BVhBhn via @VanityFair
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 23, 2020
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New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Lied” – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://t.co/yWFHQgnvln
— Fred Klonsky (@fklonsky) May 22, 2020
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Dear Grimes … https://t.co/k0acoWs6M8
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 22, 2020
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Hecky Powell, rib king and Evanston icon, has died https://t.co/Sg7M9o3tk8 via @SunTimes
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 22, 2020
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“Frustrated that his subtler warnings were not getting through to the population, God sent a metaphor he thought the people couldn’t ignore.” https://t.co/cnyTBe9Zlr
— Anne Caprara (@anacaprana) May 22, 2020
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The Beachwood Q-Tip Line: Too real like too country.
Posted on May 23, 2020