Don't you want to be happy? Everyone wants to be happy. If you're ever feeling down in the dumps or stuck with a case of the blues, just read one of the umpteen books telling you how to be happy. And you know what? You might just wind up happy. If you think that being…
Overtaxed with Taxes?
It's that time of year again when we all start fantasizing about how we'll spend our income tax refunds. Perhaps you've got your sights set on a new car, or a family trip to Disney or splurging on a day at the spa. Maybe you're more practical and thinking about buying something you've needed like a new…
1996 Bulls Win NBA Championship
"I've reached my pinnacle." Those were the words uttered by Michael Jordan during the October 6, 1993 news conference where he announced his retirement from basketball. After the three-peat and the murder of his father, Jordan was physically tired, and it seemed that his retirement would be permanent. In one of the great surprises…
My Chemical Murder: Last Stand at Buckshaw?
I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying that Flavia de Luce's mother's body comes home to Buckshaw at the beginning of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches. Nor that someone gets pushed in front of a train very shortly afterwards. The questions facing Flavia are, who pushed the victim, how does she revive her…
Technology that Changed Chicago: Coal
Coal is abundant within 60 miles of Chicago. Coal has been the dominant energy source for most of Chicago’s modern history, especially from the 1850s to the 1950s. Coal fueled steamships and railroads, heated houses and large buildings, drove industrial machinery, pumped water, made steel and was the primary source of gas and electricity. The…
Technology that Changed Chicago: Coal, Continued
Previous: Part One Coal was also the dominant home heating fuel in Chicago. The 1940 Census shows that there were 949,744 occupied housing units. Of these 625,310 had coal central heating, 182,509 used coal stoves, about 100,000 used fuel oil and 40,000 used gas heat, along with a few thousand using other fuels. Thus about 85…
Classic Romantic Comedy Back on the Big Screen
The first movie I ever saw about adult relationships was Sleepless in Seattle. I remember my mother dragging me with her to a random movie theater in the western suburbs to see some movie with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan that in my mind was for "old people." I was 13 years old and hadn't…
Skirt and Sword, Quiet Mouth and Bright Mind
Nicola Griffith is better known for her mystery and science fiction work, but Hild, her first work of historical fiction, may be her breakthrough. It illustrates the early life of St. Hilda, based on the skeletal information left by St. Bede and what must have been exhausting research into the era. It takes…
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