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Chicago 2 Black Women Bodies Found. And Drew Peterson’s Wife Still Not Found

So here we go again. But this time there’s a twist. Over the last ten years or so a certain type of death story has begun to fill our newspapers and airwaves; missing/dead white women or children. And a sort of follow-up to that story has been the unequal treatment in the media of missing/dead black women or children. Here in Chicago for the last few weeks we’ve actually had both at the same time. Incidentally if you’re looking for my piece about the 5 people killed, that’s over here.

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My Adblock Stopped Working in November 2007

I have no idea why. I just know that all of a sudden I was still getting my usual adblock logo but also seeing ads. Used to be the little logo indicated that’s the place an ad would be, or it might hover over something that I had the option to block. But Adblock just stopped.

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So I bit the bullet and got a copy of Adblock Plus, which I don’t know…I guess I just had some problems with it a long time ago, so I use it on my second, less frequently used for surfing, computer. And then I had to go get a “filterset.” For Adblock Plus the filtersets are regularly updated subscriptions to defenses against commonly annoying ads. This way you can stay protected, sort of like an anti-virus program you might buy.

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Exterior House Painting and Block Glass Install

Right. So it’s getting cold here in Chicago, and we’re pretty much on the path to no return in terms of temperature. I’ve got to really get going on these outside jobs. Right now I feel like this about the interior work.

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But I need to paint the upper part of the exposed foundation that’s been done in a stylish stone fashion. The front was already painted, and so I’ve decided to stay with the white color. It might be hard to tell in this picture, but in real life the new paint makes a major difference.

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Battlestar Heroes and Me

A week or so back I wrote about how my interest in shows I initially got pretty jazzed about was waning. In particular Battlestar Galactica and Heroes; 2 shows that just knocked my socks off in their first seasons.

Season 2 of Galactica was also pretty admiral. But I REALLY started to get worried during season 3. It was OK but all that Baltar and Sharon stuff was killing me. I mean they’re characters on the show, and I like to see them, but I had the feeling they were overdoing it. So much so that I STILL have about 4 or 5 episodes I haven’t even WATCHED yet. Yeah, for real! I mean sometimes I hold onto shows to savor the enjoyment, and sometimes I just hold onto shows…if you get what I’m saying.

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The Demetri Martin Phenomena

This is not the definitive blog post about Demetri Martin. All I know is what I’ve read on Wikipedia, the 2 hours of footage I watched on Youtube, and what I’ve seen on the Daily Show. But I can tell you how things are probably going to go for him.

But first, for your enjoyment episode 6 of Clearification. Episodes 1-5 are on YouTube, but this one was not. So here it is.

The conclusion of Demetri’s Clearification at The Institute.

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