Illinois Senator Dick Durbin more ›

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with... more ›

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn more ›

As the weather has gotten a bit warmer, we've noticed there are more and more things going on. This weekend we've decided to do some nerdy things before we sit at a bar for the Final Four and embellish to our friends how we were so good at basketball in High School but, had to give it up due to . The knee is healing nicely, thanks. We thought we would make it to Facet's... more ›

We’re pretty close with mom, but we won’t lie and say it’s all hunky-dory either. Usually, the closer we get with mom, the harder it is to keep our control when one of “those comments” comes out, like when she told us recently that we look great for being middle-aged. more ›