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Actually, I don't live near downtown, and the Circle Line would still make my life easier. ...

As usual, I find myself on the same side as Albany Parkour, even though his obnoxious behavior makes me want to join the other side out of spite. I'm not opposed to big chains per se. I lived in Me...

I guess I was lucky, I had no problems on the brown line this morning. Delays must have started later. Of course, getting to the train was not easy, since most people had not shoveled their sidewalk...

I have to call bullshit as well. I don't know about the 8-1 thing one way or the other, but my wife was a teacher for 5 years, but not in Chicago, and she definitely worked more than just during class...

We called a friend in NC on his birthday last week, and he told us they had just gotten back from a gun show. They had to wait 3 hours just to get in. Why? We asked. "Becuase, you know, Obama's go...

Great, more overexpensive clothing that the unemployed can't buy. ...

So I'm supposed to pay to see people I can't stand arguing with each other when I already don't watch them for free on TV? Why in god's name would anyone be excited to see Bill Maher or Ann Coulter, ...

walking to the train station, I wondered if I should take up ice skating. I also have to exercise greater caution at intersections now to make sure any oncoming cars don't skid as they try to stop. ...

We first visited Chicago in March 2007 to get a look at the city before moving. The ride from O'Hare was slooooooooooowwwwwwww. Terrible. It took 90 minutes to get to Jackson.(Made even worse by the t...

You know, I can't help but wonder if Blago had watched a season or two of The Wire, would the feds have been able to catch him so easily? Lesson 1: When you're the big man, make other people go on th...

How bizzare. I've never lived in a state where the governor was arrested. Just as well, I wouldn't have been here long enough to vote him out of office anyway. ...

Wait, wait, wait. President? He wanted to run for president? That's some ego, Blogo ......

Most of the taxis in Mexico are decorated like that, but not just for Christmas. Although my favorite was the driver who had a DVD player on his dashboard and watched X-Men 2 while taking us up a stee...

How does one vehicle carrying 125 people at 3.6 mpg compare to 125 vehicles carrying 1 person each at 25 mpg?...

I find this argument very interesting, especially since I can't decide who to agree with. I'm not from Chicago originally, so I have absolutely no ties to the history, culture or nostalgia of Field'...