Jeremy Scheuch -- you may remember him from a certain tattoo he got a few months ago -- has been nice enough to share a design with us that YOU can use to make you're own t-shirt to memorialize the impending natural disaster making its way toward Chicago! Here's how to make your own... more ›

The Tribune Co., like that one prudish looking girl in high school who was outed as easy the day after senior prom, is getting picked on mercilessly in the wake of that New York Times expose. more ›

Jennifer LaPenta, the woman jailed by a judge for wearing a t-shirt with the word "pussy" on it to court, is, of course, now planning a lawsuit. LaPenta's attorney, Peter Kalagis, told CBS 2, "We were going to reach out to the court, but they have refused to speak to us. It might require legal action." That legal action seems to be a civil suit that Kalagis, who also name-dropped the ACLU, claims will be filed by next Wednesday. LaPenta was jailed for two days last week by Circuit Court Judge Helen Rozenberg for wearing a t-shirt in court that said, "I Have The Pussy, So I Make The Rules." But LaPenta wasn't the one facing a hearing. Rather, she was accompanying a friend who had a court date. Still, Rozenberg found the shirt inappropriate and had LaPenta arrested for "direct criminal contempt." more ›

A Round Lake woman recently learned the hard way that it's not a good idea to wear a t-shirt with the word "pussy" on it to court, even if it's not your hearing. Not helping matters? An over-zealous judge. Jennifer LaPenta was attending the court hearing of a friend in Lake County court. According to LaPenta, she had been wearing the t-shirt - which says, "I Have The Pussy, So I Make The Rules" - at the gym when a friend called her needing a ride to court. But Circuit Court Judge Helen Rozenberg wasn't amused by the slogan and ordered LaPenta jailed for 48 hours. When the Rozenberg asked LaPenta if she thought the shirt was inappropriate, LaPenta said it would be if she were the one having the hearing. Later, LaPenta told the Sun-Times: "They should be out looking for people who are breaking the law, not arresting someone wearing a T-shirt." Well, she's right. Mostly. more ›

With his enemies waiting in the wings, and federal prosecutors seemingly closing in, now seems like as good a time as any to start our Rod Blagojevich Political Death Pool. In the comments below, write the date you think Blago will go down and why. The person who gets closest to the actual date and reason will win one of our super sexy Chicagoist t-shirts, available for purchase right here. more ›