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ISIS Claims to Have Beheaded Captive American
So, I didn’t know James Foley personally, but he and I had some friends in common. He graduated from the same journalism program as I did, just before I started. His public execution by Islamic...
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Pop up dinner
We celebrated my buddy Eric’s birthday with a fancy pop-up dinner here in Chicago. Good fun with interesting people. via Facebook
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My first chili cookoff …
The friendly Irish pub in my neighborhood hosted a little chili cook-off last night. Naturally, I assumed it was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, but...
View ArticleThe disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’
“Homan Square is definitely an unusual place,” Church told the Guardian on Friday. “It brings to mind the interrogation facilities they use in the Middle East. The CIA calls them black sites. It’s a...
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‘Creepy’ Severed Deer Head Display Baffles Visitors to North Side Beach –...
It’s pretty, but is it art? Photo via DNAInfo.com My neighborhood is weird. A partially decomposed, severed deer head with antlers was found stuck on a bamboo stake — resembling a sort of morbid...
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Zero explosives, 1 arrest and 2.6K bags checked by cops at CTA stations
So, let’s see — 4 months, 2,600+ people pointlessly inconvenienced, zero explosives, no terrorists, and only one, single, solitary arrest of a man who opted to deliberately protest the “random”...
View ArticleThe Chicago rabbit
The unofficial face of wildlife is right under your nose! Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook
View ArticleThere was a satanic ritual abuse scare in my neighborhood back in the ’80s
Back in 1984, in Rogers Park, Chicago, there existed (and still exists today) a Jewish preschool on Touhy Avenue, the street where I currently live. It happened that a woman was picking her...
View ArticleThe Violent Life and Death of Notorious Rogers Park Rapper Young Pappy
Tales from my neighborhood. Two men died after bullets intended for the rapper hit them. The killers didn’t miss the third time. Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook
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Chicago Is ….
An outstanding video from 1977 promoting tourism in Chicago. Posted by the Chicago Film Archives. Dig it.
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Gambling on horse races.
Out at Arlington. I managed to win a few bucks, too. from Facebook via IFTTT
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ISIS Claims to Have Beheaded Captive American
So, I didn’t know James Foley personally, but he and I had some friends in common. He graduated from the same journalism program as I did, just before I started. His public execution by Islamic...
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Pop up dinner
We celebrated my buddy Eric’s birthday with a fancy pop-up dinner here in Chicago. Good fun with interesting people. via Facebook
View ArticleClik here to view.
My first chili cookoff …
The friendly Irish pub in my neighborhood hosted a little chili cook-off last night. Naturally, I assumed it was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, but...
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