I admit that I have an addiction to DVDs. I have more movies than I can watch; more television shows then hours in a day. Every week, another package comes to my house with some video entertainment in it. Many are for The Indignant Daughters, but most are for me. The way I see it, […]

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I must be a glutton for punishment. After having sent a letter via snail-mail to Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany complaining about the officials. I still haven’t received any response. But, as you will see in my letter, my ire came out when I was listening to WXRT in the shower the other morning and […]

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Usually I take no opinion of casting choices in movies, particularly comic book adaptations. There was a ton of wailing when it was announced that Tim Burton had cast his “Beetlejuice” star Michael Keaton in “Batman,” but things worked out alright (I’d say better than alright). I also wanted people to take time to watch […]

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I don’t think you could have grown up here in Chicago without knowing the radio ads for U.S. 30 Drag Strip in Indiana. Now, exactly where in Indiana, I couldn’t tell you, but I know about the strip because of the radio announcements. “Sunday! Sunday!! SUNDAY!! At Smokin’ U.S. 30 drag strip….” And on would […]

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• An important question: how stupid is Rod Blagojevich? Like Paris Hilton about 1 year ago, he seems to be everywhere – plugging his book, “Celebrity Apprentice.” And now he’s made a comment (and apologized for it) for saying that he (Blagojevich) was “blacker than (President Barack) Obama.” Of course, this is pretty stupid since […]

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If it’s December, it must be time for critics to look back over the past year and opine on their favorites and worst lists of movies, CDs concerts, etc. Although I don’t see as many films per year in theaters as in past years, I will add my own list of best films of the […]

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As a result of the young ages of the Indignant Children, I have to tutor them on certain things, onw of them being mathematics. The wife and I are working with them on their letters and numbers. And I am reminded that when one starts counting, you begin with the number 1. You don’t start […]

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