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A couple days ago I wrote about a roving gang of teenagers that I was considering calling the police on and the 4 different sets of sirens I heard while writing the post. One of those kids shot and killed a 15 year old boy four blocks down. Here's an excerpt from the NY Times ( Read more... )

I haven't said much of anything on here lately, so here are some things ( Read more... )

Oh, how I love Twitter.


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In the midst of emailing me yesterday, my friend Thomas, a college professor, received a phone call saying one of his students wouldn't be in class to take the final because he was currently in jail. Eek.

As it turns out, he was planning on MURDERING a middle school student this weekend. The headline is on the front page of Drudge this morning ( Read more... )

Maria Sherapova played tennis on the street outside of my office today ( Read more... )

My dad just texted me and asked the name of the big record store in Chicago(?!).

I haven't had a pet or much contact with animals since I was a toddler and was repeatedly knocked over by the family poodle. These days I rely on the Internet tubes for my animal fun:

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Today I watched live streaming video of Barack Obama speak in Indiana cuz that's how I roll. I still vote in Indiana and our primary isn't for about 6 more weeks, so I'm operating under the assumption that my vote will decide the election ( Read more... )

Here's what I have stuck in my head: "Dawn Denbo and Her Lover Cindy"