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Thoughts on thanksgiving, or things you might overhear there….

Just what I was hoping for, a day to celebrate the obliteration of natives!
We *tell* our kids that we broke bread with natives, but….we know what really happened
Thanksgiving….this is for giving us disease-riddled blankets
Thanksgiving…at this point you’d actually rather be with natives than with Uncle Wally.
Thanksgiving…IF I […]

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Today’s review is of the Mexican restaurant Lalo’s. The location I went too was at 500 N Lasalle, in Chicago’s River North area. Lalo’s is a big place, with a bar on the first level and some seating in the bar area, with the majority of the space upstairs. The decor is […]

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Joe is a funny, and if you believe his URL, a hot dude. Joe…I’ll leave my comments out of that discussion.
At any rate, one funny piece of satire (among other things on Joe’s blog, which really is a riot of laughter with a hint of sadness at the ‘truthiness of it all’, is about […]

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So as you can see, there is a new look for the site. Its still a work in progress and I know some parts of the page may look a little hinky for the time being, but I’m working to get the issues resolved. On the bright side, article pages now work correctly in […]

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Today we venture to the River North location of Boston Blackie’s, on the corner of Grand and St. Clair, one block east of Michigan Avenue. Boston Blackies, perhaps ironically, is a Chicago based restaurant with 5 locatioons in and around the city, so you don’t need to be in the heart of Chicago to […]

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A wise college professor once said to an intro to programming class that I was taking that:
Always comment your code completely. Uncommented code might as well have never been written in the first place. — Theresa Massoels, Saint Joseph’s College
(Massoels was a computer science professor back then)
When I entered the profession world, with […]

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Courtesy of Infoshop News, I learned of a Chicago anti-war protester who burned himself to death on the side of the Kennedy. According to the article this is a relatively unpublicized event.
On the one hand I understand why the media would not want to cover it, if anything this might be a case that […]

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Ahhh, Math love songs! I especially thought my wife would love to see some of this, and maybe some of her teacher friends. They might even be able to convince one or two students that this makes math at least marginally acceptable, if not cool.
The greatest of the videos I’ve included for your […]

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Somehow I’m always a step or two behind the latest internet craze. Today I found out about the Free hug man after watching the free hugs video today. The video was created and mixed by the Sick Puppies, a rock band from the land down under.
Watching the video….well, I’m a sap, and am […]

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