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But it is now time to buckle down and get serious of another sort. The time has arrived for me to get fairly no-nonsense about procuring a new job in Chicago. That involves shuttering ToddSpot. (Note to those bloggers who worry about a prospective employer finding their blog: have you ever thought they might Google your email? You'd be shocked at how much info shows up.) So it's adieu for the

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This woman amazes me, I can't get or hear enough of her music. I really, really try to refrain from posting YouTube clips, but if you haven't heard her yet you'll be astounded. Personally, I find the lyrics and the video on this one, ("Warwick Avenue") quite poignant, as I think you will too.

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Okay. basically it boils down to this: either I find a paying job in the next 60 days, or it will be curtains for Chicago. I can't say as I'm entirely enthusiastic at this point. The issue has weighed heavily on my mind all spring. There are many reasons for a lack of enthusiasm on my part. What do I have keeping me here? The relationship I was in ended a year ago, and at this point in my life I

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This morning at the Center I had to work on the computers in the classrooms. There were lots of little hands, eager to help me out. Question that cracked me up: (From Damon, in top photo and second right) "Can I touch your hair?"

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God I'm so hooked.

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Just after 7:00 this morning I got a call that I didn't need to go to work, and instead was instructed to enjoy the day and an early week-end. Well. I was already dressed and almost out the door, so I decided to head over to the ING Cafe on Chestnut to kill a little time before I decided what to do with my day. I was sitting at one of the computers by the window and I vaguely noticed a white

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How dare you do this to Miss Ross? The media re-released this photo from the 2007 BET Awards. Everyone knows you should never snap a lady without her shades when she is in the full sun on the red carpet!

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It just so happens I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. Yes, amigachos,1970. Each year, the April 22 Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Among other things, 1970 in the United States brought with it the Kent State shootings, the advent of fiber optics, “Bridge over Troubled Water,” Apollo 13, the Beatles’ last album, the death of Jimi

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The Face Transformer is quite an amusement. It was developed by Face of the Future; an EPSRC funded public engagement project aimed at exploring the latest advances in facial computer vision and graphics, and what they mean for society. With it you can change the age, sex or ethnicity of a photo, or have fun with art and animal transforms. I’ve been playing around with it for a few days now.

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I can't stand the place. But on my way to work this morning I needed mints. And I know they sell them. So I pop into the Starbucks on the corner of Belden & Halsted. As I'm reaching for the vanilla flavored mints some Lincoln Park ASS drops his Grande Frappuccino® Whatever on the floor in front of me and it explodes all over my shoes and pants. The mental defective says: "Oh, did any get on you?

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Okay. I'm in the washroom before lunch washing my hands, and to my amazement, this cell phone conversation is emitting from one of the stalls. The topic? Condom breakage: "Yeah man, I'm tellin' ya it broke. She broke it. It's like in that Jagged Edge song; she was puttin' a lotta humph into it." He then proceeds to sing loudly: I love it when you grind on me When you put it right on me All the

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How could you do this to me? You sent me a link to Facebook, a site I have never visited before. Now I'm hooked. I hardly have enough hours in a day to get my commitments accomplished, and now you've given me a shiny new toy. Oh (Spencer) Lord, what's a guy to do?

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