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Six Magnificent Classical-Music-Composing Bastards (You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Note: If you’re wondering why it looks like a Cracked magazine article, it’s because I pitched it to them first. by Dan Kelly Unless your parents favored tweed suits with elbow patches and made you practice arpeggios eight hours a day, it’s likely your most memorable classical music experience happened when Hans Gruber’s goons cracked […]

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Daddy Reads Too Much

Friday, January 21, 2011

Whenever Nate cleans up at home, he sings a song that he learned at school. I think it’s based on this one: It’s time to clean up, clean up Everybody do your share Clean up, clean up Soon the mess will not be there Since he’s three he hasn’t quite gotten all the words, so […]

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Too Many Secrets?

Thursday, December 2, 2010

One thing I’ve been pondering since Wikileaks issued its second batch of goodies is this: Considering the alternative (not revealing secrets) has it been demonstrably proven that keeping secrets is such a good policy for diplomacy? Because that didn’t seem to be working so well before things started wikileaking. There are lies we tell ourselves […]

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Interesting Building Near Elston and St. Louis

Sunday, October 24, 2010
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A Lunchtime Stroll, October 11, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

While I have an abiding interest in Chicago’s architecture, it dawned on me that I had yet to enter a number of my favorite buildings. So, I’m undertaking what I’ve decided to call the Lobby Project. I’ll see how far I can get into certain buildings—odds are I won’t make it past the lobby. And […]

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A Lunchtime Stroll, September 30, 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Walked north on Michigan, stopped in at Jazz Record Mart, then walked much of my original route to work (Montgomery Ward) in 1990. Much has changed, but more than I thought hasn’t. Kept heading north and wandered past Bughouse Square. Searched for the Dil Pickle Club alley but wasn’t sure if I found it. turns […]

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A Lunchtime Stroll, September 27, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010
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Generations

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Standing in front of an elevator in the Tribune Tower that my grandpa might have run as an operator during the 1930s and 40s.

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