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Sad new today. Memorialize Carlin by reading some of his classic quotes.

Whoever’s job it is to manage this contest is a lucky man indeed.

CBS2 has a great feature on actors from Chicago or who have worked here significantly. Steve Colbert? Really?

In a lot of ways the American electorate, and punditocracy, are fraught with contradictions. One of which is that we want presidential candidates to be role models and to “do the right thing,” but we want them to look cool doing it.  I’m no Obama fan, but if he had been caught riding around without [...]

It’s a gorgeous day in Chicago. The temperature is a perfect 72. The breeze is easy. Last week’s humidity has cleared. And I’m not in the office. I’m at a cafe, by an open window. Nice.

Man I have to get a new camera. For the last few weeks I’ve been using the camera on my phone since my CyberShot crapped out on me. It just doesn’t cut it. Believe it or not, Johnny Depp is in the picture below. He’s in town shooting a movie and I happened to find [...]

Dude, I guess I need more friends. This guy has 1000 people following his job hunt through twitter.

Well, it’s Friday. Friday after a long week … and I just can’t seem to get my mind into it today. I’ve already applied for four jobs this morning and I just don’t seem to have any creative energy left. Sorry guys, I’m not likely to have anything profound to say today.

I’ve never been fired before. And while I wasn’t let go from Sam Adams for performance reasons, it still stings a little. Anyone who has any ideas about what I should do next, feel free to post them in the comments.

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