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Stop the Presses
Posted 9-May '08, 7:35AM

"¢ Michael Denoyer describes his relationship with his fiancee, Sharee Miller, as a little different. That would be like saying Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have only a mild interest in being the next president of the United States. ...

Adventures in Parenting
Posted 7-May '08, 6:17AM

“Will my chores get easier in the future?” the kids ask. The complaints seldom stop when it comes to kids and chores. And the answer is “no,” by the way. It only gets worse as you get out on your own about six years from ...

Rain Delay Theatre
Posted 27-Apr '08, 8:53PM

In what could be the most important draft the Bears have had since they moved training camp to Bourbonnais, the Bears drafted 12 players at nine or 10 different positions (depending on where they play the late-round picks). Per usual with a ...

Diet Pop Culture
Posted 8-May '08, 8:20AM

There’s only one episode of America’s Next Top Model left, and as happy as I am with the top three, I’m pretty surprised, too. 1) Anya is left. She’s always been a judge favorite, but I dread to hear her Cover Girl ...

The Outdoor Journal
Posted 8-May '08, 9:27AM

Eight members of the Kankakee Valley Bass Anglers culled just over 23 1/2 pounds of bass during last Sunday's Clinton Lake club tourney. Dick Woodworth led the field with three bass at 8.76 pounds. Don Hunt with second with three at 7.72 ...

Tim-bits
Posted 1-May '08, 11:13AM

Eleven months, 94, 836 hits (and counting), 166 posts,  1,350 non-deleted comments and a whole bunch of fun. I approached our executive editor Denise Renckens last year and asked to do a blog about nothing in general. ...

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Letter From Chicago
Posted 5-May '08, 10:21PM

It was interesting covering Looptopia last year and this year. Looptopia is an all-night celebration in the Loop. Both years my photographer, David Lade, and I made it all the way through to daylight in Millennium Park. This year filmmaker ...

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Posted on Chicago Tribune's Voice of the People, 8-May '08, 7:00PM

In this last week my feelings on the death penalty have been challenged.

Posted on Library Musings, 6-May '08, 7:42PM

A friend of mine sent me this link the other day as a gag on how ridiculous 1980s pop videos were. She also noted that "the dance sequence on the chess board starting at around the 3:05 mark of the video is particularly riveting with the white dancers trying to squeeze in a few of those newfangled ...

Posted on SoapBlox/Chicago, 6-May '08, 12:59AM

Last fall, I wrote in a rather bothered tone that Chicago failed to even apply for federal congestion relief funds.  Well, it looks like New York's plan fell through.  And I don't really know how it happened but we just ended up with the potential of $153 million in federal

Posted on He said/She said, 28-Apr '08, 11:26AM

Every once in a while someone will comment to me that it must be nice to have a job where you can sit around and read all day"¦Those old stereotypes are hard to put to rest. This past month has been a whirlwind for me. April means the close of our fiscal year, National Library Week, a Poetry Slam, an Author ...

Posted on Michael Yon: Online Magazine, 26-Apr '08, 8:51PM

On Saturday I signed an additional 2000 books with 1600 left. The backorders for signatured books began shipping on the same day.The publisher is going into the 2nd printing.Moment of Truth in Iraq is out of stock on Amazon.com but it is on the shelves in Barnes & Noble stores and is available for a ...

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