I am an independent web developer. I've worked in libraries and children's services in Chicago, the U.K. and Ireland.

politics: anarchist communist, mutualist
disposition: fundamentalist

Zariff, the one-named barber with the famous client, was late for the election night party at his decked-out Hyde Park Hair Salon

EattheList works with local restaurants to create Prix Fixe menus.

Some young boys collect baseball cards, others collect coins. But when Lawrence Grossman was growing up in Toronto, Canada, he collected minerals.

"I built a nice mineral collection, rare minerals," said Grossman. "I still have the collection but it stopped growing way back when." Little did Grossman know that his career would be all about minerals, found in meteors, no less.

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) showcased 10 vehicles at the Museum of Science and Industry Wednesday that promise to significantly reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

The car show, featuring several kinds of hybrid, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, came one day before Kirk's push for legislation to make alternative vehicle tax credits permanent, while, he says, reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil by 86 percent.