Friday Afternoon Diversion
Jay-Z Announces 2010 Tour Dates. Chicago Not On List.
"Batman" Headline Is a Stretch, But Prison Escape Story Could Be Its Own Movie
Grates To Tear Up Schubas
Chili Cook-Off Countdown
Chicago may start charging $10 per month for garbage collection. [S-T]
Edward Bachner IV, the pufferfish toxin guy, was indicted today on ten counts of seeking out and having...pufferfish toxin. [Trib]
Coffee table of my dreams! Maybe if it had a Diet Coke notch cut in it, too... [Core 77]
Governor Blagojevich is attempting to "rock the system" by vetoing and rewriting an ethics bill. [S-T]
Illinois's SAT dropped slightly this year but stayed well above the national average because most high schoolers in Illinois don't take the SATs. [Trib]
"Southwest Side store robber shoots himself in foot and gets stabbed, arrested." [Trib]
Sure, The Catorialist is making the rounds today, but I think I prefer The Sortorialist for my Sartorialist spoof needs. Between that and Sexy People, today's confidence index is high.
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re: Garbage collection
When I lived out in the burbs, they did recycling for free but you paid for each bag of garbage you put out - like $1.65 a bag (back in 1995, no less).
To me, that both encourages recycling and helps the City's budget, no?
Anytime you can combine 9/11 and farts, you have comedy gold.
Did you hear about Jay Mariotti?
He gone!
Most cities have been charging for garbage collection since they started collecting garbage. It's silly that we've gotten it for free as long as we have.