Margaret Lyons

Name: Margaret
Location: Chicago
Job: Editor in Chief, Chicagoist

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On September 19, 2008 1:26 PM in A Farewell To Margaret, they said:

I'm crying. I love you guys....

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On September 18, 2008 5:12 PM in A Swiftly Tilting Planet, they said:

I almost created the tag "madeleine l'engel allusions." Heh....

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On September 18, 2008 1:09 PM in Chicago Olympic Bid Team Suing Owner of Chicago2016.com, they said:

Cannot believe I missed the "eminent domain" joke for the headline. Ten points, Where! ...

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On September 18, 2008 12:42 PM in Chicago Olympic Bid Team Suing Owner of Chicago2016.com, they said:

Chicago 2016 is trademarked, which as far as I understand changes the game. ...

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On September 17, 2008 2:35 PM in Sun-Times Breaks Cursing Rule, they said:

It's different. I was mostly joking about the "end of prudishness." It's definitely not the end, and I think if anyone were editing the ST blogs, this probably wouldn't have gone through. But I do thi...

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On September 17, 2008 1:08 PM in Sun-Times Breaks Cursing Rule, they said:

@matilda: I don't think writers should use it in an article ("There was a fucking massive traffic jam today at..."), but when it's a quote from someone in a story? It's news. Re: censorship, I think t...

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On September 17, 2008 12:49 PM in Sun-Times Breaks Cursing Rule, they said:

But how is reading "f---" different? I don't get what that adds, or who that protects. If it's a quote, it's a quote. ...

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On September 16, 2008 7:07 PM in Parents Want Their Kids to Get Sick, they said:

You can die from chickenpox (the CDC says over 100 did a year, which isn't a ton in the scheme of things, but...), but it's also a risk factor for severe invasive group A streptococcal disease, which ...

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On September 16, 2008 3:33 PM in David Foster Wallace Found Dead, they said:

I'm closing this thread down. If you want to sit around and insult each other—which...you obviously do—please feel free to start your own group blog....

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On September 15, 2008 3:42 PM in Wiser on Palin, they said:

Actually, we do better traffic posting about bacon....

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On September 15, 2008 2:05 PM in Wiser on Palin, they said:

Nothing to do with Chicago? The story is from a Sun-Times columnist....

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On September 5, 2008 12:38 PM in Rogue Squirrel Disrupts Sox, Captures Our Hearts, they said:

This makes me miss This Week In Baseball....

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On September 4, 2008 3:07 PM in Ravinia Fans Gone Wild, they said:

@Slaphappy: Oh man, it took me a second, but damn. I wish Cheri Oteri was doing something these days....