Archive for February, 2007

Thanks a lot Apple…

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I pre-ordered an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station on February 6. It didn’t ship until very early this morning. Apple let me know when I placed my order that it would ship by February 28. So, what’s the problem you might ask? Well, Apple said “ship by February 28″. That means it was within the [...]

Thank you for voting!

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Rick Kogan on Chicago Aldermen

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Rick Kogan from the Chicago Tribune was on Eight Forty-Eight this morning. He provided some excellent insight into Chicago’s aldermen.

That big box thing seems to override everything. But, what I’ve discovered is, one of the big issues here is that balance; that tenuous balance between affordable housing and new development. I really think that’s the [...]

Fioretti Responds

Monday, February 26th, 2007

My friend forwarded me this e-mail she received from Bob Fioretti:

From: Bob Fioretti <fiorettiforalderman @gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:35:16 AM
Subject: An Important Message from Bob Fioretti

Dear Friends,
As many of you know, in the past few days my opponents have launched a number of last-minute, personal attacks on me. They know I’m in [...]

Haithcock getting desperate and playing dirty

Monday, February 26th, 2007

It turns out that the message second ward residents received from someone claiming to be Meredith Carson was a desperate last ditch attempt by Madeline Haithcock to malign Bob Fioretti. This is from today’s Sun Times:

Fioretti said the woman sought the order in retaliation after he filed charges against her the year before. He accused [...]

Fioretti Restraining Order?

Monday, February 26th, 2007

I was at my friend’s place tonight watching the Academy Awards when he got a call from someone–actually a recording–informing him that the National Organization of Women (NOW) has withdrawn their endorsement of Bob Fioretti for second ward alderman. I went home and found the same recording on my answering machine:

Hi, my name is Merideth [...]

Get out there and vote!

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

But it’s hard for Ms. Haithcock to run away from what should be the major issue in the race: the stunning amount of campaign cash she’s accepted from developers whose projects an all-powerful alderman such as herself can block or bless. In the first half of last year, for instance, better than 60% of the [...]

No End in Sight Reviewed by Cinematical

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Check out the Cinematical review of No End in Sight.

Best Halftime show, ever!

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Everyone at the SuperBowl party I was at agreed that the best part of the entire SuperBowl was the halftime show. Prince put on quite a performance. CBS and the NFL probably thought he would be a safe bet since he's now a practicing Jehovah's Witness–i.e. little danger of a wardrobe malfunction. But, not all [...]

Bear Down Chicago Bears!

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

 

 

 
This only makes it so much more painfully obvious that working in Schaumburg is lame. 

in the city by the lake