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Read More: The Kalishes – An 80s FamilyThe Kalishes Back in early 1980, before I was a freshman, I babysat for a family called the Kalishes. They were an upwardly mobile, yuppie like family that lived in a high priced housing development called Dunsten Circle just South of 501 off Pfingsten Rd. Mr. Kalish would pick me up in his always new…
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Read More: LazyDogLazyDog I just had lunch at a restaurant called LazyDog. They are a upscale bar/restaurant with a few locations in upscale Chicagoland. The dining room has a seating capacity of 248 and there is an attached covered and climate controlled patio for dogs complete with a dog menu. I was waiting for a couple friends…
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Read More: SharpshooterSharpshooter Back in 1979, when I was about 13 years old, my father ran a pinball machine manufacturing facility in Addison, IL for a company called Game Plan Inc. It produced between three and four different machines at a time. That meant that there was always at least one section of the plant in flux…
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Read More: Schön the wunder puppySchön the wunder puppy Back in about 1991, my wife brought home a puppy. She didn’t discuss it with me first, she didn’t do any research, she didn’t put a lot of thought into it, she just brought home a puppy. A mixed breed mutt of unknown origins. It was a backyard bred mutt that…
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Read More: RogerRoger. Normal Illinois, about 1995, 1408 S. Main Street. One afternoon at the shop, I was in the back working when Robin came back to get me. She told me that there was an older gentleman up front asking for work. She had a look of pleading in her eyes. Robin was 10 years older…
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Read More: Late December, 1996, Interstate 55 Southbound at about the Joliet exit.Late December, 1996, Interstate 55 Southbound at about the Joliet exit. I had been driving the 292-mile round trip up and down I55 twice a week every week for the better part of two years; going from Northbrook to Normal and back. I’d pick up Frank Friday afternoons at school at 3:00 and then take…
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Read More: KnivesRolling Meadows High School student charged in connection with knife threat An 18-year-old Rolling Meadows High School student faces two felony charges after allegedly threatening to harm others with a knife, authorities said. I couldn’t copy the Dailly Herald’s text, but the kid was threatening to harm others. He had two knives on his person,…
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Read More: TardinessOk, I spent the first 40 years of my life being late. I was between 20 minutes and 4 months late for everything. No matter how important. My family knew to tell me an adjusted time to be somewhere to account for my lateness. It cost me friends, it cost me relationships, it cost me…
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Read More: The Biker GangBack in the early 80’s, Northbrook had a Harley Davidson dealership. It was on Milwaukee Ave. where it merges in with River Rd. It was the headquarters of the biker gang the Wheeling Wolves. When I was about 19, I rode with the Wolves a few times. Now, the only reason that I “qualified” to…
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