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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I have always been uncomfortable with the concept of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Something so subversive, so historically anti-establishment shouldn’t have a hall of fame, or at least, it shouldn’t be in the beautiful I.M. Pei designed building in Cleveland (although I have visited the HOF myself). It should be down an […]

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• It is very sad to hear of the silly death of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry. Apparently, during a fight with his fiancée, she drove off in a pickup truck. The 26-year-old Henry jumped in the cab of the truck, but fell out of the truck. He was found on a residential road […]

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The Tiger Woods incident has brought me to a point that has been building for a long time and it’s now time to issue it to the world. To all agents, publicists, hangers-on, sycophants and members of the posses of famous people – when something happens, don’t ask us, the public, to respect that person’s/family’s […]

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