If you go the the train stop at the corner of Clark & Division in Chicago and look at the ads on the northbound side of the track, something might strike you as a little odd.  Maybe this was a complete accident and maybe somebody was just having some fun — I leave that for [...]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine’s script may be the summation of everything derisive about the phrase “comic book movie.”  Of course, if you’ve read any comics with Wolverine in them, I can succinctly sum up the lameness of the script in two words: “adamantium bullets.”  Both times that phrase opened a scene, the [...]

Did you ever notice that the symptoms and even some of the treatments for the Swine Flu outbreak are a lot like if you have a really bad hang-over?  We’ve prepared this simple chart to keep you from jumping to conclusions if you were over-indulging the night before:
Symptoms

Swine Flu

Bad Hang-Over

Fever
Sweating a [...]

All I wanted to do was buy a pint of ice cream, but nothing’s ever as easy as it should be, is it?
In the grocery store, I turned the corner of an aisle to where the ice cream was.  There was already a woman planted squarely in front of the freezer case [...]

In Chicago, people love to dine outdoors.  Maybe this is because the weather is awful for at least half the year, maybe there’s another reason, but they’re serious about.  Indeed, they can be downright pretentious about it.  Chicagoans like to call it “dining alfresco,” like they’re too good to simply be sitting outside.  Please note [...]

You know Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has landed himself in a bit o’ hot water.  Charges of lining his pockets and all that.  You know they’ve got him swearing on the wire tap. 
 Ever watch Deadwood, an HBO western featuring all manner of corruption and excellence in creative swearing.  By all accounts, Blago wasn’t as skilled [...]

Being a city dweller, I’ve never been to Sonic, the Oklahoma retro-hamburger stand that’s been doing all the national advertising of late.  I’ve heard people rant about their drinks and shakes (decidedly mixed reviews on the burgers, but people love the beverages).  Not about to commandeer a car to a trip to the suburban hinterlands [...]

Now that the election is over, a lot of information is leaking out about the behind-the-scenes conversations between John McCain and Sarah Palin. We understand John and Sarah had a little talk about the chronology of the jurasic period.

As John McCain lost the presidential election, you have gotten a sense of deja vu. McCain’s quest for the White House bore some eerie similarities to Dole’s crashing and burning in the 1996 election.
Before running for President, Dole and McCain have some similarities. Dole was wounded in World War II and his right arm was paralyzed. McCain was [...]

I walked into the library and right by the checkout desk was a somewhat odd sight. A heavyset woman wearing sunglasses, sitting on one of those electric scooters built like a chair that you see on late night cable commercials and holding a white cane.
“Nah,” I thought to myself. ”That can’t possibly be what it looks like.”
I [...]