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Update
I just reported the incident to the Berrien County (Michigan) Sheriff's Department and I already feel relieved for having done so.
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Crazy Night
I went out for dinner with my mother and sister. When we got back, I dropped them off because it was right on time to go see my friend Evelyn play guitar at Open Mic Night at the Villa Park VFW ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations, Governor Quinn
It's official: the Illinois Senate has joined the House's call for Blagojevich's impeachment!
Some in Illinois say this is an embarrassment. How can getting rid of a corrupt politician be an embarrassing thing? I call it a "good start".
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Governor Dangerously
Letting Governor Rod "Madman" Blagojevich speak at his impeachment trial is like allowing Moroni to make his opening remarks at his indictment in the movie Johnny Dangerously"You fargin iceholes. This summon-a-batch country was founded so that innocent people, like myself, could live freely. You bastages have trampled my fargin civil rights ( Read more... ) -
My optimism just keeps getting stronger
Illinois governor taken into custody
(CNN) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in federal custody on corruption charges, a law enforcement official said Tuesday ( Read more... ) -
Boycott PayPal
This happened to my friend Jake:
Last week my PayPal account got hacked, and my bank account was wiped out, and put me in the hole for $600, plus another $200 in overdraft fees. This was despite PayPal's assurances that the transactions would not post to my bank account, since the fraudulent activity was supposedly caught in time. It has been a ( Read more... ) -
The ugly side of Capitalism
Picture it: Rio de Janeiro, 2003. I had been teaching for three years at a school run by an American ex-pat who came to Brazil at 18, lured an older rich man out of his marriage, and was set for life. Harsh words I know, but that was the reality of it. The school's secretary used to joke that the owner was just "playing school" because she would ( Read more... ) -
Dawn over Lake Michigan
On Friday, as well as today, I've had to come in at 6 to cover the phones since the girl who normally takes the early-morning calls from Brazil in Poland is taking a couple of days off. The nicest thing about coming in that early is the view from my office:
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Good thing I took an earlier train
I normally leave my house at 6:30 to catch the 6:42 train. My mom had surgery last week and has been laid up, so I've been driving myself and parking at the train station. If I leave right at 6:30 I can get one of the last parking spaces (it's utterly ridiculous that parking runs out at 6:30.) Well, yesterday I left the house at like 6:32 and all ( Read more... )
