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Admonishment, by Rolando Burris

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:25:21 -0600

Rolando Burris was admonished by the US Senate last week. Also, last week, "Admonishment" was named word of the year by Merriam-Webster. Rolando sings with "Robert" Blago.

youtube.com

The Wikipedia Files with Dave Willis and Dana Snyder of ATHF

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:20:30 -0600

Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the house! They interview each other.

blogs.vocalo.org

Second City has a new show. Help us come up with a better title.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:35 -0600

Here's the conceit - it has to have the word "flu" in the title and it has to reference Shakespeare.

blogs.vocalo.org

Oklahoma Man drives 840 miles each week for class at Chicago's iO

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:49:10 -0600

An Oklahoma man said he commutes 1,680 miles a week to take an improv comedy class at the famous Chicago school that trained his hero.

upi.com

Perpetually impossible

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:15:48 -0600

A recent discovery of an invention built by a previously unknown tribe in South America has shaken the scientific community as a whole.

itchybeard.com

Wheaton college grads run right-wing satire site

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:08:10 -0600

Who says Republicans aren't funny? TheTalkingMirror.com aims to challenge the stereotype.

suntimes.com

John Hodgman on Chicago Public Radio

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:59:10 -0600

Hilarious as always, super expert on everything, is on The Wikipedia Files for a two part extravaganza. It is hilarious, involves learning about Hodgman's past and his hate of Blackberries.

blogs.vocalo.org

The Wikipedia Files with noted expert John Hodgman

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:09:46 -0600

Literary Humorist John Hodgman is guest #21 on the "Wikipedia Files." We fact-check his Wikipedia page.

blogs.vocalo.org

15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:35:16 -0600

Fifteen fun facts about coffee that you may not have known before.

theoatmeal.com

The Blues Brothers Complete Chicago Filming Locations (tremendous map)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:36:44 -0600

Arguably the greatest — perhaps the only — action-musical-comedy film ever made, The Blues Brothers owes much of its spirit to the use of genuine Chicago locations to depict Chicago — and not the sites City Hall wants the world to see, like Navy Pier and Millennium Park, but instead the grimy underbelly: the steel mills, flophouses, and back alleys that make up the real character of the city

kevinforsyth.net