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As long as we're remaking movies ...
At the movies the other night, I saw a preview for "Spider-Man." I'm so confused. Didn't they just do that? While the filming of "Superman" took over Chicago last summer, I couldn't help but think the same thing. Is Hollywood really that hard up for ideas? Yes, of course it is. And I'm hardly the...
more...Cavorting with Climate Deniers
Lucky for Chicago, we are home to the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think-tank that expends most of its effort attempting to "debunk" global warming, and this week they held the seventh International Conference on Climate Change, which they acronymize as the ICCC7, as if coming close to the...
more...Let's find a new beer, hipsters
Shed no tears in your beer, fellow Chicagoans, especially if that beer's a PBR.
more...How to chop your bills ... by cooking
I have a theory about why I haven't gone utterly broke over the past couple years. It's not my judicious use of credit cards. It's not a budget spreadsheet, or even really a budget. I don't do math. I don't live in a hovel.
more...Now this is speed dating
How far are you willing to go for a hookup? I mean literally—what distance? Ride a few stops on the "L"? Drive to the 'burbs? Roll over?
more...Inside the war on voting
A Republican super PAC recently rolled out an ad accusing President Obama of being too "cool," and with that, the GOP completed its total transformation into a crotchety old man who keeps your football when it lands in his yard.
more...Wait, why shouldn't I use my debit card so much?
"I see you're using your debit card a lot," said the nice man at the bank.
more...Tough guys love mom, too
We went to Disneyland together. And Disney World. Twice. There were summer sports camps. A trip to SeaWorld. White Sox, Bears and Bulls games. Not just regular-season basketball—I'm talking playoff games during the Michael Jordan era. She also bought me encyclopedias. (Reading is an adventure....
more...Octomom porn: You gonna watch?
The setup: After filing for bankruptcy, Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, told CNN she'd be open to doing a porn film to pay the bills.
more...Student loan shenanigans: Q&A
So, college students, how does it feel to be so darn popular? Are your ears burning? Do you hear sound bites about "student loan interest" and "rate hikes" and "Stafford" and "1 trillion" and "deadlock" and think, hey, maybe I should pay some attention to this?
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