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With the Cubs' 2009 home opener just hours away - weather permitting - one would think it's still too early in the season to let the cynicism that usually swirls around the Cubs rush in. But nope, some people just have to keep bringing up old shit. Depending on who you believe, police found either a goat's head or an entire goat on the Harry Caray statue outside of Wrigley Field early this morning, just as they did two years ago. And, just like two years ago, they're treating it as a prank and no investigation is planned. Though the fact someone is going around killing innocent goats just for the purposes of Cubs haterade is kind of disconcerting. (The CBN story on this has a link to a YouTube from the incident two years ago.) People, we can't say it enough: while there is such a thing as tired pitching, a crap bullpen, and highly-priced sluggers shrinking away in the playoff spotlight, there are no such things as curses. Leave the poor goats alone. Update: The Sun-Times had it right; it was a whole goat. [Chicago Breaking News, Sun-Times]

         

In the gray days of March, when the produce at the store is looking its most tired and our spirits really need an infusion of chlorophyll, we start to crave farmer’s markets. Fresh vegetables, flowers, being outside, and getting as much produce as we can eat for whatever cash happens to be in our wallets; farmer’s markets help revive us after the long, hard winter. Daley Plaza (our usual haunt) doesn’t open for another month and a half, so that’s clearly out. Luckily, Green City Market has come to the rescue.

Man versus machine. Deity versus deity. Humankind versus gigantic ant alien invaders. Eagle versus goat.

Last week we wrote of 24 Below Chef Efrain Cuevas' plans to host a goat dinner where he was to personally slaughter and butcher the goat, and how state officials, the USDA, and the po-po advised against doing so. As you can see from the video above the goat, who was named Tony, was indeed slaughtered, just not by Cuevas' hand. Instead, he took Tony to Halsted Packing House and had them do the...