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Well, I'm as patriotic as the next guy, and I really do love my country. Today is the day that I'm gonna hang-out with family, eat a lot of fried chicken, ribs, and potato saled, watch hours of documentaries on The History Channel on the birth of this nation, and listen to kids pop of firecrackers throughout the day. Yeah, another day in America.
Not this week. I'm talking about that week in late April 2008 when the cougar was shot in Roscoe Village and then we had a little earthquake. This parody of "I Feel The Earth Move" was aired 4/21/2008 on Jonathan Brandmeier's show. Written and performed by me and A. Simon, my creative consultant and bringer of reason.
Grazie's seafood pineapple salad at Taste of Chicago 2008 was fresh pineapple that burst with refreshing juice with each pineapple chunk, and it was nicely chilled seafood salad (probably the leftovers from all the crab legs everyone else was getting here).
Adobo Grill's Cochinita pibil (pork tacos) hidden away by Buckingham Fountain (but far enough away from the Budweiser Clydesdales) was the prettiest thing I ate at Taste of Chicago 2008. Brawny was passing out free towels at the event and you need them to eat this.
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I'm trying to build a presence for myself on the Internet. Check out my ever growing Portfolio on the web at http://zhibit.org/chrisvaughn. I hope it helps m drum up a little business.
Just got around to uploading photos of the Cubs game that James and Joe went to for Joe's birthday...
I'm off to my second interview with a company located in the Sears's Tower. Man...having a job with normal hours would be...well...awesome!
It's been raining quite a bit here in Chicago the past week or so and this is a perfect example as to why I think the Thorndale stop needs some serious upgrades. It should be next on the list of stations that are under going renovation.
