GCM Travel This is a useful site now that I’m making a painful commute between the city and the suburbs. The historical travel times are especially useful. For instance, right now, the site is telling me that both I-290 and I-90 inbound suck, as usual. However, it also tells me that the travel times for [...]
If anyone cares, I am no longer using MoveableType for my blog. I’ve decided to give WordPress a try. Let me know if you have any comments or opinions.
Frontline asks: Is Wal-Mart good for America? The show will be broadcast in Chicago on WTTW at 9p.m. (via Gapers Block)
P Diddy, Andre 3000, and several other people who have never voted before the 2004 election implored the MTV generation to get out and vote. As it turns out, more people than ever did vote. However, a large number of those that did come out to vote were motivated by a higher power. Tim Egan [...]
The Wall Street Journal Online is having a free open house where you can access the entire site for free today. Check it out while you can.
Did anyone else see the Third Watch season premiere? It was pretty intense. Lots of people get killed and Bosco is critically wounded. CSI: Miami’s season premiere wasn’t as good, but they still managed to kill Speedle off before the episode was even half over. No one died or got written off in the Everybody [...]
I haven’t posted in awhile, but Aaron claims he occasionally reads my blog, so… Come see Aaron and his band, The Free Wheels play at the The Elbo Room this Friday. They’re playing at midnight, $6 cover.
Ken Jennings has done it. He has won over $1 million on Jeopardy! He’s on a 31 day tear. His current winnings are $1,022,460. He’s had guest spots on several talk shows and even helped deliver Letterman’s Top 10 list. That’s pretty good for a guy whose day job is as a software engineer in [...]
I was channel surfing at my friend’s place a couple days ago and happened upon Jeopardy!. I haven’t watched Jeopardy! much in the past few years, but there was a period of time where I used to watch it pretty regularly. I even had friends in college who were serious enough to consider trying out [...]
This article confirms in painful detail what many people already know. Michael Moore has gone beyond satire and ventured well into full-blown deceit in his film Fahrenheit 9/11. Dave Kopel enumerates 56 of Michael Moore’s deceits in his article: Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 911, Dave Kopel, Independence Institute. See this article, also: Fahrenheit 9/11: The [...]
