Year: 2007
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A Month of Sansones
01-11-07, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I’ve checked on The 9 on Yahoo every once in a while ever since I was featured there last year for my Wide Right Turn site. One thing I’ve noticed is that the host, Maria Sansone, never seems to wear the same thing twice. With a little bit of Snaggit…
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Single Scariest Iraq Story I’ve Read in a Long Time
In an article by the reliable Marc Santora euphemistically entitled, “Missteps by Iraqi Forces in Battle Raise Questions“, he lays a few tidbits out for us: Some choice portions of his article: The battle also brought into focus the reality that some of the power struggles in Iraq are among Shiites, not just between Shiites…
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One Thing That’s Wrong With the Gap
Time Magazine has a story called, "What’s Wrong With The Gap?", where they try to figure out where the previously wildly successful clothes store messed up. I’ve got one anecdote: I went into the Gap– in Chicago– in January– to buy corduroys. They had none. They did have plenty of shorts, though. Good job, Gap.…
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Second City Cop Wonders About Agressive Towing
Second City Cop, a lively anonymous weblog maintained by a Chicago police officer, asks “Are We at War? …with Streets and Sanitation?”. In typical SCC fashion, the copious comments pile on details about the post (unmarked police cars being ticketed and towed)– naming names, giving locations, mentioning companies– and also fly off into a bunch…
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My First Gapers Block Post
So tonight I made my first post to Gapers Block, where I’m now writing as a member of their staff. All hail Barry Rodgers!