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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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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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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

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the world is not flat

so, along with a bazillion other people, i have been keeping an eye open for the latest Common Craft “…in Plain English” videos. I posted on these at my other blog – right now there’s one on RSS (watch it, then subscribe to my blog feed, if you haven’t

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update on the fish

well, i gave the fish a try last night. sadly, though i had the bamboo shoots ready, i forgot to toss them in. bummer. however, i did add some green beans, some lovely fresh crunchy long ones, along with a shallot (in addition to the scallions) and that was inspired.

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exciting, or scary?

Google is cool, I’m down with that Kool-aid … but when you’re little, Big Brother is an awe-inspiring, cool guy too. I guess we just hope for the best? Thoughts? BBC: Google’s Email for Universities

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The Broadcast Day Has Ended

NYT: Converters Signal a New Era for TVs…”The nearly 20 million homes that rely on rabbit ears for reception will receive as much as $80 to move to digital.” I think I’ll let the gov’t keep my $40, but I really can’t believe it’s finally

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back to the future....

watch this keeping in mind it was made in 1987. golly.

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fish of the future

Welcome to a new thematic posting series, ‘perishables.’ I’m sorry, when I impulsively renamed my personal blog “Odd Size Baggage” a few months ago I didn’t realize I would also be giving birth to a host of ridiculous airport- or shipping-related terminology. But, here we are. So anyway,

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working from home

I am at home today (on vacation hours, I hasten to add) doing homework. I did have to go into the office from 9-10am to cover my desk shift, since it’s a bit hard to get someone to cover the first hour of the week without much notice. I’

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cabaret

I should probably begin this (pretty short) review by saying, I really only watched Cabaret because I felt like I should – meaning, it’s one of those movies (or musicals) that nearly everyone has seen (or at least it seemed that way to me). Well, here’s my take. It

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not quite phrenology

finger length may mean something, other than simply how long your fingers are, so it seems. so, what if this only manifests on one hand? does that mean that you are half again as much likely? also, what about girls who are good at math? Francis, how do you stack

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open query

what’s more dangerous: the endless, banal, chatter of two college girls, which, while it lacks malice, is slowly corroding my intellect from contact; or, impact on my hearing of a sufficient level of volume on my headphones to drown them out…. i know, i know. tune it out. “i