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We had a great day yesterday. Needing to get out (me especially...working from home gets to me after a while), we decided to take a trip up to Niles to hit REI for some camping gear and Bloomingdales for new kitchenware. The large fry pan I use has bowed over the years, and everything drains off to the edges, leaving the middle to overheat and burn ( Read more... )

Could we just break off North Myrtle Beach/Atlantic Beach and Charleston, move them to either NC or GA, and close the borders to South Carolina forever? We could rename what's left "Evangelical Jesus Land" or my personal favorite, "We Don't Like Your Kind Here". They're actually contemplating a bill that would force pregnant women to have and view ( Read more... )

Over the last four days, I have become a tourist in my own city. Not that that is in any way a complaint, mind you, but I have seen Chicago through a tourist's eyes (that of my sister's family), and kind of fell in love with the place again ( Read more... )