November 2008
35 posts
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The Cardboard Christmas Tree →
O Tannenbox. O Tannenbox. Recycling for the holidays. (via)
Nov 29th
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“She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her...”
– Dick Powell as Phillip Marlowe (Murder, My Sweet, 1944 - Screenplay by John Paxton, based on Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely)
Nov 29th
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Happy Thanksgiving!
(Photo: Bill Eppridge - LIFE, via Google)
Nov 28th
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Oxford Researchers: Top 10 Most Irritating Phrases →
Personal, post-election/transition additions: My friends The fact of the matter is (Fill-in-the-blank) to nowhere Team of rivals
Nov 26th
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Piling on is a good thing. Can you smell the playoffs…?
Nov 24th
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Treehugger: How To Go Green - Beers →
It’s not just for St. Patrick’s Day anymore.
Nov 22nd
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Oxford Word Of The Year 2008: 'Hypermiling' →
‘To attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.’
Nov 22nd
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Cubs Hot Stove Cookin'
As expected, Jim Hendry’s in the kitchen, taking stock of the pantry and seeing what’s what: ESPN: Kerry Wood Won’t Be Back After Trade For Kevin Gregg Chicago Tribune: Dempster Stays Put Well, they got a solid closer year out of Woody. Not sure how many he’s got left right. Hate to see him go, but time isn’t on his side.
Nov 22nd
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WatchWatch
Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman
Nov 21st
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Nationally televised embarrassment.
Nov 18th
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LA Times: Typewriter Stays Relevant In... →
Video profile of a typewriter repair shop just north of downtown. I’m missing my two, burned-out-from-use Smith Corona ‘Coronamatics’ with the ribbon cartridges all over again (Mach I: 1981-1984; Mach II: 1984-1986). Good, simpler times.
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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WatchWatch
The Xtacles
Nov 14th
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The Great Southern California ShakeOut →
So that happened. Being prepared (or something closely resembling preparedness) for the next quake is a good thing. If anything, it was an opportunity to tune-up the emergency pack in the closet, where that extra pair of sneakers has gone out of style at least four times since 1993. Words to survive by.
Nov 14th
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NL Manager Of The Year For Cubs' Sweet Lou... →
Well-deserved, though I can’t see the skipper ever referring to the award as ‘The cherry on top, after a Central Division title’. Doesn’t carry quite the same weight.
Nov 13th
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Cubs' Geovany Soto Catches NL Rookie Honors →
Like there was anyone else even close this season.
Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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(Poster by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Nov 11th
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3rd straight divisional suckage, and Tyrannosuckas Rex.
Nov 10th
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Chicago Tribune: Rejected Election Night Front... →
Well, we can laugh now.
Nov 9th
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LA's Griffith Park: One Step Closer To Historic... →
When it’s not burning, it is a beautiful place. (Photo: Myung J. Chun/LA Times)
Nov 9th
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The Big Picture: The Next President Of The United... →
Yet another gallery of exquisite images.
Nov 8th
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Chicago Sun-Times: No Cuban In Cubs' Future →
Too many Louisville Sluggers shoved up too many protectionist, old guard ownership asses. Major League Bullshit.
Nov 8th
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Author Michael Crichton Dies At 66 →
A master of science maybe-it’s-not-really-fiction. As a film director, not so groundbreaking. Hello, Westworld! Expect a future run on the NYT Bestseller List after geneticists in 3008 discover his DNA encased in polycarbonate.
Nov 8th
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Change.gov →
Follow the transition all the way to the Inauguration. See where we are headed. Know how we’re getting there.
Nov 7th
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Nov 6th
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Nanobama →
Change at the molecular level.
Nov 6th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Amazon.com Presidential Halloween Mask Poll →
The tally as of October 31. Expect post-Halloween sales to spike for McCain as RNC operatives prepare for their daring (though futile), mid-election-day robbery at the Electoral College.
Nov 4th
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This. Fucking. Election. →
Pretty much sums it up.
Nov 4th
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Men Electing The 'Obama Suit' →
Sleek and stylish. Custom made for the candidate, at $1500 a pop. American custom made. The suit’s designer, Hart Schaffner & Marx, has been a fixture in Chicago men’s fashion since 1887. Instant class off the rack, too, for us regular schmoes. And in the spirit of equal time for John McCain, parent company Hartmarx also owns Sansabelt, who may be in need of a celebrity endorser...
Nov 3rd
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From divisional logjam, to divisional shakeout. And heading in opposite directions.
Nov 3rd