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Aimee
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Mild-mannered girl reporter for hire.
Food, business, books, historical oddities. And dogs.
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Although I won't pretend I don't miss some parts of the old-school alt-weeklies, especially the ads, like this one from the Chicago Reader ca 1995
An add for an event called Jazzin' at the Shedd [Aquarium] featuring a front on a black background with a strip of its chest and one its legs visible, a parody of the poster for the 1995 movie Showgirls.
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A quote from the New York Times: "The new pope, who was born Robert Francis Prevost, hails from the Chicago area, where he grew up in a southern suburb just outside of the city."
May 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Who asked for this? I want names.
A supermarket freezer case of pre-made burgers, including Billy Goat brand, selling for $16.99
April 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Happy Passover, everyone!

Here's a fun seder game: What would modern plagues be, and which one would finally soften Trump's heart, provided he has one? (I don't think it would be the slaying of Don Jr.)
Donald Trump wearing Yul Brynner's headgear from "The Ten Commandments" (1956). AI generated by Craiyon.
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Budweiser Clydesdale proof of life in St. Louis! (Most of the Clydesdales live at Grant's Farm, but there's also a small paddock in Tower Grove Park where you can sometimes see Clydesdale babies and it is amazing.)
A Clydesdale horse pulls an open carriage through a park
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Gingerbread man pancake
(Feeling festive, may delete later because this has been the least festive December I can remember in years)
A cast-iron pan containing a pancake in the shape of a gingerbread man
December 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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Brandon Taylor's review of Intermezzo has, I guess, kicked off another round of the MFA wars. I will not be participating in that, but I would like to present this Very Technical passage on the present progressive tense as advice for all young writers.

Gerunds are energy killers!

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For example, the main narration of Intermezzo is primarily in the present tense. There are two main ways of demonstrating action in present tense: simple present (he walks) and present progressive (he is walking). These are not interchangeable, and when you substitute “he is walking” for “he walks,” you create a sense of distance and sluggishness. “He walks” is directly on the line of action. “He is walking” implies that the main focus is elsewhere, still to come. It’s a kind of anticipatory, on-the-balls-of-your-feet, falling-forward sensation. It’s always bothered me that Rooney deploys present progressive when she should deploy simple present. This is especially the case in Intermezzo. Just popping the book open randomly, you find “she is looking down at the soles of her feet, crossed on the mattress” and “Ivan is standing on his own in the corner, while the men from the chess club move chairs and tables around.” The present progressive, those “-ing” verbs, are anesthetizing because they sap energy from the line of action.
November 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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My dog and I just met a man on the street who told him he was a very good dog and he could tell because he'd been a mailman for 38 years.
September 30, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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My new favorite piece of American culinary history, the work of the woman who singlehandedly insured that my college town was dry a full century after her death.
September 19, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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It finally arrived!!!!!
September 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Connections DNC edition:
August 20, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Apple has a sense of humor after all!
August 23, 2023 at 2:07 PM