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Bulls hit the jackpot
The Chicago Bulls defied the odds and won the NBA draft lottery yesterday. They now feature the first pick in the draft which will take place…well…I don’t know when. Sometime relatively soon, I assume. Anyway, I will go ahead and admit that I am an NBA novice. In addition, I really could…
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Cedric Benson Returns To Chicago Bears Mini-Camp
Cedric Benson returned to camp Tuesday, although many were speculating his departure extended until Wednesday (that's what you get when you don't open up practices to the media). A meeting with his lawyer regarding his recent arrest was the root of the controversy. Benson has a public relations…
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Winterville North Carolina Real Estate
Winterville North Carolina Real Estate Winterville is a small town in Pitt County, North Carolina located 5 miles to the SW of the city of Greenville and an hours drive to Raleigh. The last census in 2000 revealed that Winterville had close to 5,000 inhabitants with a healthy mix of various…
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Shades of April 7
Shades of April 7 By Mark Gonzales, 11:07 p.m. In a few ways, the White Sox's 7-2 victory Wednesday night over Cleveland mirrored their 7-4 comeback triumph over Minnesota on April 7. In both games, Javier Vazquez pitched well and settled down after allowing some early runs. The offense,…
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3 Ways To Get Affordable Car Insurance!
3 Ways To Get Affordable Car Insurance! Now days everything seems to be getting more expensive and people are looking for way to cut cost, well, cutting your car insurance cost maybe easier than you think. If you’ve have your car insurance for over 2 years or you are currently uninsured your…
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Lunch from the Asian American Fesival
Chicago's Asian American Festival is being held at Daley Center this year. When my co-worker came back with Indian food for lunch today I was intrigued. I headed over there to see what I would discover. There were about 40 booths in total, half food and half stuff you could purchase (everything…
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Dye's 2 HRs push White Sox's streak to 7 (AP)
Dye's 2 HRs push White Sox's streak to 7 (AP) Yahoo! Sports - Top News Wed, 05/21/2008 - 22:05
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Obama SD Vince Powers Blames Clinton Supporters for Exposing Obama Drug & Sex
This is an addition to my earlier article which follows below. Since the posting of the earlier article Vincent Power of Nebraska, a member of the DNC and Super Delegate supporting Barack Obama, has decided to accuse Clinton supporters of being responsible for exposing Barack Obama’s drug…
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Spoiler Alert!
Spoiler Alert! Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. You were warned. Anyway, we all know how this road trip will end. The Cubs will take two of three from the Pirates, wind up with a .500 record in the six games and all will be right with the world since they only need to go .500 on the…
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A father’s Plea by Motivational Speaker Kenya Renee Robertson
A fathers pleaby Kenya Renee Robertson This poem is by Actress/Producer/Motivational speaker Kenya Renee Robertson
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Kenya’s All-In-One Real Estate Services
Kenya\’s All in One Real Estate Services Specializing in Troubled Credit Situations & Hard – to – do Loans PAST DECISIONS DON’T HAVE TO HAUNT YOU NOW! The year has begun. We must reflect on past hurdles in order to rebuild broken…
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R. Kelly Child Pornography Shown To Jurors
R. Kelly A/K/A Robert Kelly According to published reports, the jury in the R. Kelly child pornography trial, were shown the sick tape the singer made of himself having sex with a 13-year-old girl. I have not seen the tape that was reportedly online and have no intention of doing so, I…
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Road Blues
The Cubs road woes continued tonight as they lost in Houston to the Astros. The Cubs have been a drastically different team away from the Friendly Confines where they own a 19-8 record and have out scored opponents by 74 runs. After tonight’s game the Cub’s have a 9-11 record on the road…
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In Training: Chicago, My Kind of Town
Nearly Wordless Wednesday Travel Edition It was a beautiful day today in Chicago.So after training, some of us did the town. The pictures here are from the internet.Yes, I brought the camera.Yes, I forgot the memory stick needed to transfer pictures from the chip in the camera to the computer. …
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On the Job: Behind the Stars of the Chicago Police Department
For any of Chicagoans who were ever curious about what it's like to be a Chicago cop, I would suggest you check out "On the Job: Behind the Stars of the Chicago Police Department" by Daniel P. Smith. On the Job is an easy read, gives some history of Chicago and most importantly, gives the reader…
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Quartino | Ristorante, Pizzeria, Wine Bar
Recommendation from co-working
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Derrick Rose Mix
昨日、ロッタリーでシカゴが1位指名 を獲得してから浮かれまくっており ます。 そして、パクソンが間違えなくデリ ク・ローズを指名することを信じて わず、昨晩はYou…
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Sex, a Dirty Little Recap
RECAP!!! From our day dedicated to SEX. Honestly? I feel like a dirty little girl right now...sneaking porn from the book store racks and reading stories about your private sex lives. Pregnant sex is better or is sex after the kiddos? Or, apparently sex stinks after kids? Whatever the case,…
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a Chicago morning and musings on mid-west eating habits
a Chicago morning and musings on mid-west eating habits The moment I step out of the plane, I sense a city coming alive. I can smell the BBQ’s a cooking, I can see street festivals full of rhythm. I don’t know the last time I was in Chicago when it was anything but pure, maddening…
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BULLS WIN DRAFT LOTTERY
Sorry for the all-caps title! this is gonna be a biased blog for my favorite team. The Chicago Bulls won the draft lottery and has a chance to get back to the playoffs as early as next year. For me, I think the Bulls should go for Derrick Rose. Michael Beasley might be the best player in the…
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Gas and Gas
File under: Pain in the ass! I brought my lunch to work today. I had some leftover pasta from last night's dinner. I thought I would supplement the meal with a small salad and the salad bar at work looked nice today. My eyes were drawn to the shrimp salad. Big mistake. An hour later, it was…
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Sylvia Fowles told to keep playing hard.
“When Shaquille O’Neal came in [to the NBA], referees had never seen anything like this, all this athleticism, all this height, all this strength, all this ability,” Sky coach Steve Key said. “For [officials], they’re not sure how to call it yet. “We told her, ‘Keep playing the…
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Fire, Wisla Krakow battle to scoreless draw
Fire, Wisla Krakow battle to scoreless draw Posted in Chicago Fire by Kathryn L. Knapp on May 21st, 2008 No Comments Tomasz Frankowski's triumphant show against his former team turned into a scoreless draw Wednesday night, as the Chicago Fire and Wisla Krakow played to a tame result, the…
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Fiber line repaired, Internet traffic back to normal
Fiber lines in a major fiber pipe that was cut by a road crew in the Chicago area Wednesday morning were being repaired and brought back into service late Wednesday afternoon and into the evening, bringing Internet traffic back to normal after several hours of major delays for customers of…
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Been Nice Knowing You Julio…
“The Indians are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. They appear to be beating the crap out of each other.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1FwU2R9iUc In the middle of the Indians melt down at the hands of the White Sox, Jorge Julio and Victor Martinez had a disagreement on the…
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Extra, Extra
bowl rider Drew Peterson urned himself in on felony weapons charges today. He's been charged with knowingly possessing a rifle whose barrel is less than 16 inches long, which is illegal, but Peterson's lawyer says Peterson was a cop at the time the gun was seized, and police weapons are…
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BENSON ONLY MISSED ONE DAY
We’re told that, in reality, Bears running back Cedric Benson missed only one day of voluntary workouts. He missed Monday because he was meeting with his lawyer in Austin, Texas, due to that unfortunate incident from earlier in the month. Benson returned on Tuesday, but since the media…
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Midieval Times
We decided to celebrate our anniversary early at Midieval Times. First they welcome you into the feast via. the gift shop Then there's a procession And then you get to eat with your hands, drink Pepsi and watch violence And then Prince Tristan wins and there is much rejoicing. Yay!
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Lottery Past, Draft Future
It was about last year when the heart was torn from the chest of Celtic Nation at the NBA Draft Lottery. With the best chance for the first pick overall, Boston got bumped down to fifth overall. In a draft with only two franchise players (Ohio State 7-footer Greg Oden and Texas small forward…
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El director Spike Lee rodará un documental sobre Michael Jordan
El director Spike Lee rodará un documental sobre el ex baloncestista Michael Jordan, cuyo estreno está previsto para el Festival de Cannes de 2009, anunció realizador. Lee, candidato al Oscar al mejor director en dos ocasiones, por “Haz lo correcto” (1989) y el documental “4 Little…
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$4.19
More than the cost of a medium-sized cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. More than four candy bars from the vending machine at work. More than a round-trip ride on Chicago’s El. More than a milkshake. More than a bottle of nail polish or a new chapstick. = The cost, right now and climbing, of ONE…
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Bears RB Benson upbeat at practice (PA SportsTicker)
Bears RB Benson upbeat at practice (PA SportsTicker) By | May 22, 2008 Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson on Wednesday worked out with his teammates for the first time since his arrest in Texas just over two weeks ago. Topics: Chicago Bears, NFC North | No Comments »
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Benson looks forward to clearing name, winning starting job (AP)
Benson looks forward to clearing name, winning starting job (AP) By | May 22, 2008 Cedric Benson was back in Bears camp Wednesday working out with the first string weeks after he was arrested in Texas. Benson was arrested on Lake Travis in Texas on suspicion of boating while under the…
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Obama's Bolshevik Band in Oregon
This piece is about the band, the Decembrists, a left-wing group, that helped draw the huge crowd for Obama the other day in Oregon. I think you’ll find it fascinating. I doubt very much the Decembrists' band's name refers to something that happened in 1825. The reference to Orwell's "memory…
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Listen to Me
Report from the Soupbox As I previously posted, the Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force held "listening sessions" yesterday. The session leaders informed us that only a small fraction of the food grown in Illinois went directly to consumers in Illinois. Moreover, Illinois…
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Signature Room at the 95th - When the Sky is the Limit... Main Dinner Menu
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$8 soaker hose system!
$8 soaker hose system! 21 05 2008 A few months ago I saw what to me was a new soaker hose system and it had been tempting me ever since late winter when I saw it on the shelves. Only problem was it was basically a very thin soaker hose and a 1/2" distribution tube and they wanted $38 for it. …
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Navy Pier Chicago: Historic Navy Pier is Chicago's lakefront playground. It is the Midwest's #1 tourist attraction and leisure destination.
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Jim DeRogatis
Jim DeRogatis covers pop music for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Cocky locky wants to chat
The Big O., imagining himself talking to Ahmadinejad, has spoken of the Iranian people as deserving consideration, as if talking to A. is a step towards giving them some. But Chamberlain’s talking to Hitler undercut the generals who wanted room in which to drop H. in his tracks, Steve…
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Move it!
Ever find yourself wondering if the doors will close on you just as you’re getting on the train? I have. In fact, that happens quite often–not the door shutting on me of course. People will rush to “line up” for public transit as the vehicle is pulling in, but tend to take their sweet…
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Blackhawks re-sign Byfuglien-Burish-Wisniewski
Hawks Agree To Terms With Byfuglien, Burish, Wisniewski Chicago Blackhawks Press Release General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the Blackhawks have agreed to terms with three of the team’s restricted free agents – Adam Burish (forward), Dustin Byfuglien (forward) and James…
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