Well, the biggest wagering mechanism in all of commerce started last evening: bettnig on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Admit it, how many of you have done little work this morning because you were researching Wofford? (And don’t discount Wofford – the 5 seed vs. 12 seed matchup always ends up with upsets.) Personally, I […]

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If you are a fan of WXRT, let me apologize upfront: at the heart is, for all of the complaining that I have done about the station – that it is boring, playing the most artists of any station in the Midwest, but the same 3-4 songs by each – it sounds like my commentary […]

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I never write about my work to stay out of trouble, and besides, who wants to hear me bitch about my life? I work in banking and so I get e-mail alerts from various banking organizations. Honestly, sometimes there is no industry that is so pompous and deserving of being “taken down” than banking. Today, […]

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I took some time off this holiday season and spent a lot of it chasing the Indignant Children and watching movies, both in theaters and at home on video. A lot of stuff happened, so let’s go over it: • The well deserved Chicago Bear house cleaning by George McCaskey didn’t go far enough. Ted […]

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Someone contacted me and asked why I never wrote about Major League Umpire Dale Scott came out as a gay man, and there’s a simple reason – it wasn’t news. True equality is when it is no longer news that someone is gay. Only the fundamentalists cant deal with a changing world. Love who you […]

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I do love comedy movies, but I admit that the current fart/dick/gross out movies haven’t done anything for me. I like wit move than “Jackass,” and have not been much of a Seth Rogan fan (although “This Is The End” with Rogan and James Franco was hilarious). I personally cant wait to see “The Trip […]

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It is time again to give the list of my favorite music of the year. Many critics list CDs that no one has ever heard of, trying to influence the reader into trying something new. I however, am old, don’t get loads of free CDs from artists, and therefore, my favorite artists tend to end […]

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