Balloons by Tommy’s DeLorenzo inspires latest ‘Do Good’ book by Palos author Palos Park author Erin Stevenson’s latest kid’s book is inspired by her Do Good Movement and Balloons by Tommy founder Tommy DeLorenzo. 12/24/2024 - 9:59 pm | View Link
Detroit-area library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book — 50 years later Chuck Hildebrandt, 63, borrowed "Baseball's Zaniest Stars" in 1974 as a 13-year-old "baseball nut" but never returned it. 12/22/2024 - 1:30 am | View Link
Author delves into Chicago sports fans’ deep bond with teams and city identity From the summit of Super Bowl to the depths of the double doink and from Bartman’s blunder to the World Series’ Wonder, the memories of our major sports teams connect Chicago as much as the L tracks. 12/20/2024 - 11:02 am | View Link
Man Gets to Keep Library Book After 50 Years. Now He's Raising the Money He Would Have Owed in Late Fees for Charity A Chicago man recently got some good news when he was informed that he can keep the overdue library book he’s had for 50 years — now he's trying to pay it forward. 12/19/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Michigan library says Chicago man can keep overdue book — 50 years later Fifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library. 12/16/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
After the presents, breakfast, hugs, and thank yous, it's time for football!
NFL Christmas Day looks like this: at 1 p.m. ET, the Kansas City Chiefs (14-1) play the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5).
Then the Baltimore Ravens (10-5) play the Houston Texans (9-6) at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
Which team are you rooting on to the Super Bowl?
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But as far as I'm concerned, Mary is always going to look a lot like Imogene Herdman - sort of nervous and bewildered, but ready to clobber anyone who laid a hand on her baby. And the Wise Men are always going to be Leroy and his brothers, bearing ham.
Bark Bark Woof Woof - sit by the fireplace;
Earthbound Misfit - taxation or tumbrels?
Hullabaloo - merry merry happy happy!
Strangely Blogged - feeling blue anonish;
You May Notice a Trend - in re: Matthew Louis Gaetz.
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Dear Crooks and Liars Community,
Merry Christmas!
Our hardworking staff is taking a well-deserved break today to spend time with their families and loved ones. Our team has worked tirelessly throughout 2024 to bring you the news, analysis, and commentary you can count on.
2024 has been a challenging year for all of us.
Touching in our optimism, we often call age 50 midlife, but who are we kidding? While it’s true that a not inconsiderable number of people make it to age 100, most of us are likely to poop out before then. But that doesn’t mean we should slouch dejectedly through our final two, three, or four decades.
The Bob Dylan of James Mangold’s extraordinary anti-biopic A Complete Unknown—who may or may not be an accurate version of the real Bob Dylan—is a jerk. He blows into New York in 1961, at age 19, having hitched a ride in a station wagon with just a rucksack and guitar in tow.