Drive-Bys

The brilliant (and bent) mind behind @MayorEmanuel is finally revealed:

For weeks, journalists and insiders have urged the person behind @MayorEmanuel to reveal himself, but he (or she) demurred. Until now. After a protracted email negotiation, the author has outed himself to The Atlantic. He's receiving no compensation.

The genius behind @MayorEmanuel is Dan Sinker, who has a heart made out of Chicago and balls of punk rock.

Read the whole beautiful thing.

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I don't know why anyone would pay full price for a meal in Chicago, what with Groupon, YouSwoop, LivingSocial, kgbDeals, Open Table and Village Vines offering wonderful deals. And now there's a new and innovative entry into the market -- gDine.com:

Bargain-hunters, there's another discount-dining game in town.

gDine.com launched in the Chicago market today with about 20 participating restaurants, and owner Rakeesh Thakkar says he'll have 100 restaurants within two months.

"It's Opentable meets Orbitz meets Restaurant Week," Thakkar says.

Positioned as an alternative to couponing, the site lists restaurants and their deals, generally a set menu (with choices) for a given price. Diners select a day and time, pay up front and arrive to dine with the big unknown -- the check -- already paid.

Thakkar says the format is especially helpful to larger parties. Individuals can pay their share up front and enjoy dinner with no "who-ordered-what" issues at meal's end.

Sounds good!

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Have any of my readers tried this Provent doohicky?

Looks to me like it would beat the hell out of a CPAP machine or any of the dental devices available on any number of levels -- less invasive, more mobility in bed (YOU try turning over with a hose attached to your head without strangling yourself and/or yanking the machine off the nightstand), and certainly more portability.

I'm seriously thinking about getting the free trial sets, but would be interested to know if any of you have tried this product and how it did or did not work for you.

P.S. -- Given that my dreams, which are once again lasting all night long, have recently featured little pop-up ads in the lower right-hand corner of my dreams, just like the ones at Pajamas Media, anything that would improve my quality of sleep at this point would be welcomed.

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Note to self: Pay attention to the weather report and carry a damned umbrella if rain or sleet is in the forecast. You'll pay the price if you don't.

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Sunday Schedule

Now here's a first -- "Unknown" and "Misc." in the same day!

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Giggle of the Day:

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This is not one of the things I wondered about when I hit thirty:

I find myself at the age of 31 wondering what proper nipple etiquette is.

(Mental eye-roll.)

I ask you, ladies -- planted question or the genuine article?

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Future Darwin Award winners?

Kristopher Carlson, 20, of Ingelside and Frank Dumelle, 19, of Round Lake were reportedly making explosives when one of their home-made bombs exploded, police said.

“We don’t think that the men were with any type of terrorist network or radical group. They were just some kids experimenting,” said a spokesman from the sheriff’s department.

You betcha!

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Here's another love story with a unique twist:

Some men are lucky like this. They discover what they love and they never leave.

How lucky those young men are who had Scott Lang for a coach!
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I see the TSA is once again proving it has our its own best interest at heart.

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Bad hair day, maybe?

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Listening to the NHL Allstars game. Home boy Clay Aiken did a fine job on our National Anthem, but the Canadian Tenors singing "O Canada" were simply awesome.

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The Irish promote the virtues of Whiskey in the Jar:

The Scots, apparently are going in a different direction:

(That's "Dram in a Can" to my fellow Yanks.)

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From another one of my site meters, the search phrases that brought people here today:

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Yep, that's me -- a little bit cute, a lot funny and a surprising drop of... *ahem*.