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Five cartoon villains you either forgot about or never knew existed

I watched a ridiculous amount of cartoons as a child. Some things about them I remember very well. Other things, not so much. The villains in particular were hard to keep track of because there always had to be more villains than heroes to keep the shows interesting. The following villains are ones I bet... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
Tuesday at 2:01 pm

Running diary for 2013 NBA Finals, Game 1: Out of steam

On Thursday night, most people in Chicago were watching the Blackhawks play the Los Angeles Kings. Not me. Sorry. Don’t care about hockey. I’m an NBA guy. And Thursday night was the first night of the NBA Finals, an epic showdown between good (the San Antonio Spurs) and blurgh (the Miami Heat). So, I settled... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
June 7, 2013 at 1:22 pm

Fifty common misquotations: Mental Floss teaches you about what really was said

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MentalFloss.com is an awesome website. Filled with facts, I could spend hours learning random and interesting things about everything from beaches to escalators. Sadly, I do not have hours. I do, however, have seven minutes, which is about how long the above video is, which is from Mental Floss’s YouTube site. Some of the 50 common... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 24, 2013 at 11:39 am
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The Chicago Botanic Garden: Full of life, love and watermelon raptors

The Chicago Botanic Garden: Full of life, love and watermelon raptors
Last weekend, my wife and I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden. While it’s not in Chicago (it’s in Glencoe) and the word “garden” doesn’t nearly do it justice, it is very botanic (botanic, of course, being the Latin word for “full of allergens”). Luckily, all of the tree pollen in the Chicago area had already... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 22, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Navy Pier Ferris wheel site of new record: Clinton Shepherd, take a bow

Navy Pier Ferris wheel site of new record: Clinton Shepherd, take a bow
Clinton Shepherd, the operations manager at Navy Pier, set a new world record this weekend by hanging out on the Navy Pier Ferris wheel for more than 48 hours without sleeping. That, in my book, is a tale of gusto. According to the CBS2 Chicago story on the Shepherd, he said he wanted the birthplace... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 20, 2013 at 7:08 am

CinemaSins: How many do you think are in Jurassic Park?

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If you guessed there are 36 movie sins in Jurassic Park, congratulations! You win, um, respect? Maybe? In this afternoon’s blog post, we’re highlighting yet another awesome YouTube channel: CinemaSins. You can watch its latest video on Jurassic Park on YouTube, Everything Wrong With Jurassic Park In 3 Minutes Or Less, above. It also has... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 17, 2013 at 12:48 pm
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Fish sticks: Remembering E. Robert Kinney, the man responsible for them

Fish sticks: Remembering E. Robert Kinney, the man responsible for them
Fish sticks, for me, are synonymous with childhood. I have many fond memories of sitting at the kitchen table enjoying the breaded fish morsels paired with macaroni and cheese, green beans and the most essential component of all – ketchup. I must have eaten enough fish sticks as a kid to enable a community version... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 17, 2013 at 4:54 am

Infographic: Proof that TWTW (The Will To Win) is the ultimate baseball stat

Chicago White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson has been in the news lately for his view (perhaps disregard would be a better word) of advanced baseball statistics. In his mind, only one things matters: TWTW, better known as The Will To Win. This has drawn general consternation from the sports media world and most people with... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 16, 2013 at 1:56 pm

Why I can no longer support same-sex marriage quietly from the shadows

Why I can no longer support same-sex marriage quietly from the shadows
Marriage equality is a difficult subject for me to write about. I support same-sex marriage and have for more than a decade, albeit silently through most of it. I personally see no reason one loving couple should have more rights than another loving couple. I married my wife in a state-sanctioned beautiful ceremony surrounded by... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 15, 2013 at 12:39 pm
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Tales of Gusto: Eoin Sinclair and an awesome piano version of a classic Daft Punk song

Tales of Gusto: Eoin Sinclair and an awesome piano version of a classic Daft Punk song
There are many ways to demonstrate gusto in one’s daily life. Creating a piano version of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” while on vacation because you have nothing better to do certainly is among the ways. Which is exactly what Eoin Sinclair did. You can check out his version at Noteflight, where you can... Read more »
By Joe Grace,
May 14, 2013 at 11:59 am