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Yes, your Honor, I recant...

Let the record show that part of my statement made October 23, 2007 is false, and in error. My alleged Desert Island tracks were inaccurate and incomplete. I think I will have to change my answer to, That was the worst question ever, and if I end up on a

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questions

OK, this is one of those audience participation things, so please consider saddling up… Here’s the idea, as explained by Katie: So the deal is, I asked my sis three questions. She reciprocated and now I answer them here. If you’d like, you can ask three questions in

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OBviously

unfortunately for you, and even worse for me, i have a paper to write, so that’s where my would-be blogging energy has to go today. however, in my continued effort to be better about posting, i leave you with this brief, delightful Snape snippet. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/

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street scene

street scene Originally uploaded by crgreene just a little taste of europe for you. i think this was taken in joigny, france. just wait til i get back from ireland – it’ll be picturesque gone wild on my flickr site. that is all. happy Sunday.

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Planny McPlansalot

so, i’m going to Ireland (my previous post) i don’t have any photos, yet, obviously, but you can get yer fix on flickr: [tags: ireland+connemara or ireland+galway] i’ve been busy this morning. probably should have been working on homework or cleaning, but that doesn’t

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sisterly survey

my sister whipped up this survey (her answers) … here we go … favorite part of Christmas Eve/Day: hmm. we’ve been doing this family dinner on Christmas Eve thing the last few years, and I am really digging that. favorite aisle in the grocery store: this sounds awful, but the

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every bird-y, rock your body...

check this out, it really is a must-see. an excellent minute-and-a-half mid-week pick me up. you will need sound. Cockatoo Rocks Out to Backstreet Boys

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CTA- *C*an't *T*ravel *A*nywhere?

if you live in chicago, have you looked at the latest doomsday scenario bus route cuts? 72 buses left total. for the whole city. 82 eliminated by January 2008. take a second and read over the list. please, contact your legislators (check out save chicago transit or a handy site

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eire

so in a rare impulsive action, i booked a ticket to Ireland – the fare was just too tempting this time. i’ll be headed over to Shannon International Airport the week after Thanksgiving. i’ll be there a week; would have been nice to have another day or two, but

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what the world eats

Time magazine has published a photo essay titled, “What the World Eats” — definitely check it out. Or, skip right to the source, a book titled Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio. I was struck by the proportion of fresh vs prepared or processed foods represented in the

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story from the road

yesterday, with my Discover Chicago class (see my last post), we travelled south as far as 71st and Jeffery (which would be, I believe, the South Shore neighborhood) and also made stops in Kenwood, Hyde Park, as well as Bronzeville. We ended our day at the Donnelly Community Center at

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discover[ing] chicago...

love this quasi-permission? permission? piece at 510 w Sheridan. a brief note from my travels around Chicago with our class of 21 first years, Bro Mark and Lil Bit [here’s the official description of DePaul’s Discover Chicago concept]… things go well so far, though today was hot as

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my favorite e-card yet this year!!

how awesome is this …. HAHAHAHAHA. thanks germie6! 🙂

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two films about chicago

i really do mean two films, this isn’t one of those ’43 conversations with the woman’ or ‘-8 degrees between’ or whatever movies, where ten seemingly disconnected characters are discovered — sometimes gradually, but nearly always with some kind of big reveal in the last five minutes — to be TOTALLY

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an empire to run...

div#main{overflow:visible;} http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html thanks cg2 for the tip. 🙂

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finite incantatem

well, i’m done with HP7 now. since i foolishly read all through the early hours of Saturday morning, i may have to read it again to pick up some of the detail. there were things i liked and things i have reservation about. there. that’s all i’ll

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spoilers redux: et tu, NYT?

i am ashamed of you. [spoiler-free description of what i am talking about] as my very wise mother has often said, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

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spoilers - about them, not containing them

so, apparently, the entirety of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been posted online as photos – some sources I’ve seen mention Photobucket, others BitTorrent. it seems Scholastic (the publisher in the US) has obtained a subpoena to get the name of the person, and so on. some folks

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harry potter and the order of the phoenix (SPOILERS!)

i know, i am actually writing about a movie i left my house to see! and on opening night no less! also i would like to add that this will include spoilers so turn back now if that’s an issue for you … i can also say, in an effort

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oh where, oh where, has the blog posting gone...

oh where, oh where is cg… sorry. couldn’t help that. well, here’s what i’ve been up to. perhaps this will assuage my no-posting guilt and allow me to just bravely move onward. i left off, dear readers, in mid June immediately following the end of the spring

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documentation

so there we are. i believe Josh is trying to give me his leather. before he takes from me my lace. HA! i don’t know who the guy is all the way to the right… seemed like he was a regular and he was taking quite an interest in

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courtney's cardinal rules of karaoke

First, dear readers, an apology for my extended absence. I promise to mend my wicked ways and catch up – But a quick post just to brush the cobwebs off. On Thursday, as a send-off for our much-beloved Josh, a number of DePaulian library folk gathered at Carol’s Pub (that

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the fountain

so on this, the first evening of my temporary academic reprieve, i thought to myself, perhaps i’ll just watch a couple movies and go to bed early … apparently instead, i will blog about movies instead, cause you know i don’t see my computer enough during the work day.

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a lovely summer evening at ravinia

well, Peter beat me to the punch on this one, so you can read about his take as well, but yesterday evening he and Conrad and myself enjoyed a really nice evening of music, dinner, and company at Ravinia: Seu Jorge and Cesaria Evora. i’ve lived in Chicago nearly

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girls weekend

this face could melt a heart of stone Originally uploaded by crgreene just a quick post for now … Chelsea and Ellie (pictured, from an earlier trip of mine to B-ton) came up this weekend and we had ourselves a wonderful time of lazing, movie watching, and Pirates-Booty-eating. starting on Friday