The Economist looks at the troubles of the bookstore chain.
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St. Patrick's day blessings to you!

Cosc ar bheoir uaine, i Chicago go háirithe.

(Avoid the green beer, especially in Chicago.)

( Thanksgiving )

( Old Unix T-Shirt at the art auction )

My fellow Chicago expat jeff_duntemann wrote about Chicago's Escape from Hell, with references.

I agree completely.

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( Drinking from the fire hose again )

mia_mcdavid is in Chicagoland this weekend, and called me with the news.

Norman Pellegrini: In Memoriam
The Last Great Oak Falls - Norm Pellegrini is dead

My family moved to Chicago in 1957, when I was 6 years old. I lived there and considered it home until mia_mcdavid and I moved to Minnesota in 1998. Throughout those 41 years WFMT, the Midnight Special and Norm ( Read more... )

Convergence 2009 was a good con, though the sheer size of it exposed a basic structural flaw. In most of my decades in fandom, the social aspects of a convention have been more important than the programming. However, the highlight of this Convergence was one of the programming tracks. It was the most interesting programming I have seen in the ( Read more... )