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A t the Roosevelt Red Line platform, I see an attendant exiting his booth and I ask him why this has been happening recently. Why are they t...

IF YOU'RE MENTALLY hyperactive, like me, and you're stuck in a repetitive or slow-moving temp job, you come up with stuff to amuse ...

Wacky Business Idea #1,392:  It's unfortunate I really cannot take advantage of this idea. When will some health-conscious, enterpr...

One (1)  Kyocera cell phone. One (1)  compact mirror. Yep, they're not just for girlies needing to check makeup ... they also work f...

Setting: elevator in downtown building. I board, followed by cute and plump woman in late 20s. SHE: (smiles) Got any more of that cinnamo...

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO feel about this. On the one hand, I'm glad that kiddos get the nod , from the hallowed halls of the School of t...

SATURDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 8:30, Jackson Blue Line platform: I enter and take a seat on a bench. On the opposite side of the bench behind me ...

WHO WAS AT GALLERY  Chicago? Your standard, predominantly senior-hipster crowd. A performance artist who, am told, used to get naked a...

Ah, for the days when I was young, chaste, and chased. I still laugh at this. I met Angela in my night music theory class. The next year, w...

 PURSUANT TO MOVING, I've been cleaning out. This means finding all kinds of surprises from the past. This is a journal entry from 1...

TUESDAY: You know how they sell pheromone perfumes and colognes for sexual attraction? Pheromones definitely work. What they don't tell...

I'VE BEEN WORKING AS AN EXTRA on the Chicago-produced TV series “Early Edition.” The shoot today was cold, and fun. Met some cool fe...