(click image for larger version) Awesome News. Both the 49th (that’s mine) and the 50th wards have incumbents that received under 50% of the vote. Congrats to the spirited campaigns of the other candidates, especially to Ginderske and Gordon. If I understand correctly, Gordon and Moore will now contend for the vote in April. This [...]
According to Tom Skilling, who has long been the Chicago Expert on Weather*, our run on subzero temperatures will finally come to an end by Wednesday. Wednesday! And by “end” he means we’ll reach the double digits. The lower double digits. Skilling also reports that the last time it was this cold in Chicago was [...]
(ad-busters lite: reminders of Moore and Foie Gras) I don’t usually cover local issues on this blog. There are other blogs for that purpose. But when looking over my choices for picture of the week, and being obligated to choose one, I can’t resist the temptation. For those who don’t live in Chicago, you might [...]
flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Q: Why is there no one buying Bears stuff in this picture?A: Because it’s negative 4 degrees, sans wind chill, outside! No worries: this tent was bustling the night before (Friday), flooded with fans. [...]
Nothing says style like 1985. I’m taking a hiatus from sociological analysis of this, out of respect for Da Bears. Speaking of which… Bonus Play: Download or listen to tracks over at CYSTSFTS?
Even better than studying the top ten articles at the New York Times is the much more local “most viewed” news articles of the Chicago Tribune. Number three at the moment is about a missing wedding dress. That’s right, a wedding dress was found in the suburbs and no one can figure out whose it [...]
I don’t know if participating in Christmas tree recycle day – with no Christmas tree but rather two loads of office paper – was so exciting because (a) so many other people participated too; (b) two candidates for alderman were campaigning in the car line; (c) people got to take the mulch to their homes [...]
From the Chicago Tribune: TO OUR READERS Published January 1, 2007 Today we introduce three new comics to our daily comics lineup in Tempo: “Ink Pen,” “Lio” and “Raising Hector.” Please note that the creator of the cartoon “FoxTrot” has cut back his production schedule to Sundays only. In addition, we are discontinuing two strips, [...]
A new report by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless counted 70 thousand homeless persons in the City of Chicago this year. This is compared to the official city estimate in January of this year – of 6700 people. Since there most likely was not an influx of 63 thousand homeless people throughout the year, [...]
Here’s a companion post to Gimmyabreakopoly. I’ve been meaning to write about the selling out of Chicago’s public transit system for a while now. And today, I remembered why: I looked up at the Red Line on my way home just in time to witness the newest manifestation of The Product Which Shall Not Be [...]
