by Shaker Sarah in Chicago So, what did you do on Saturday? I was standing outside in downtown Chicago, in high 30's F temps, with light snow falling, shouting and protesting in a country that's not even my own. Seriously, I know, I'm nuts :) I submitted a large draft of my dissertation proposal lat...

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Quantum of Solace Finding Ever Bland Trailers & Mo | Official Website Casino Royale (w/o cheese) ushered in a new era for James Bond, and for all its welcomed freshness, it ruled hard mostly cause it reminded us of the ye olde Connery Bond days that started the world's love affair with the doubl...

Saturday, November 15 12 pm to 4 pm Snow showers predicted... White pine garland hung, sparkle replaced and holiday corners throughout. Fresh batches of white chocolate lip balm and oodles of holiday soaps stacked here and there. Bursty balls in......

Bullies and thugs are born that way What? It's not due to poverty? Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows. Scans of the aggressive youth's brains showed that an area that is associated with rewards was hi...

Image via Wikipedia Joe asks to take off work early on Friday to play a round of golf with the boys. No problem (He’s networking.) Jill asks to take of work early on Friday to volunteer in her child’s classroom, and eyebrows are raised and suggestions made that maybe Jill does not really care ab...

name:Cristi age:19 location:So. Cal. But soon Nor. Cal. favorite bands:Bob Dylan, The Doors,The Who,Tacking Back Sunday,Snow Patrol, Augustana, Brian Eno, Billy Idol, the B-52's, DMB,Howie Day, Coldplay,Modern English,The Fray, Pink Spiders, Under the Influence of Giants,New Years Day, The Killers, ...

On Friday, "Good Morning America" concluded its week long train trip to election battleground states and ended up devoting 28 minutes to high profile Democrats and just over 14 to Republicans, a disparity of two-to-one. The tour, which was designed to see what average Americans think about...

Bottomless Bellybutton Dash Shaw, writer/artist Fantagraphics, 2008 720 pages $29.99 Buy it from Fantagraphics Buy it from Amazon.com I finally got around to reading this Blankets-sized graphic novel over the past weekend. (Doing most of your reading on the commuter railroad disincentivizes taking a...

2008 o Aravind Adiga / The White Tiger (2008)o Sebastian Barry / The Secret Scripture (2008)o Amitav Ghosh / Sea of Poppies (2008)o The Clothes On Our Backs / Linda Grant (2008)o The Northern Clemency / Philip Hensher (2008)o Steve Toltz / A Fragment of the Whole (2008) 2007 o Anne Enright / The Gat...