Author: DXO
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Why I Don’t Like City Parents
Not to take part in conversations with easy nodding and folded, breezy arms with other parents on sidewalks in front of real estate. That’s not my tribe. I am weirder, and not comfortable there, as it seems like an attempt at fake depth. I much prefer real shallowness, with the understanding of temporal built in.
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Naked Economist
A few years ago, when I was stressing over my inability to publish my third book, Economics, I took a continuing education class at the Graham School of General Studies called, oddly enough, Economics. I just wanted to get out of the house and engage with some people, and that’s exactly what I got out…
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Bill Knott, Great Poet
I studied poetry at UIC and the professor Paul Caroll loved Bill Knott. He shared that love of this poet with me, and I am grateful.
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Pinpointing Chicago’s Italian-American Community
Just got this on CTA Alerts: Jul 09 5:51PM Fr: CTA_HQ Due to the World Cup Soccer Celebration, #90 Harlem buses are being temporarily rerouted at Addison and Harlem. Update: here’s the Sun-Times coverage.
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The Nipple of Zidane
Like most sane people, I don’t really care about soccer. The World Cup has been pretty interesting to follow, though, in a "what-happened-today" kind of way, not a "holy crap what time’s the game on" kind of way. Yahoo!, as usual, is using technology to do cool things and drive the interest of humans. Their…