Chicago is a city where the wind is never at your back. Over time, a resident will learn to cope with the weather, general hardship, rising taxes and fees, and bad drivers. In a lot of ways, Illinois is a perfect representation
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Adidas Ultraboost 19 shoes are overrated
Edit: A lot of time has passed since I first wrote this review. Adidas dramatically improved the shoe in future iterations (see Ultraboost 21), fixing the majority of my specific complaints. While it still isn’t a perfect running shoe, it’s
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On a Christmas morning many years ago, I received a box of Yu-Gi-Oh Elemental Energy packs. I constructed a really cool Dark World deck from the cards I pulled. But I don’t think I ever dueled anyone with those cards,
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I read more than ever this year. 16,230 pages!! That’s counting the 50 books I finished, not the half dozen that still have bookmarks in them. The exaggerated title is an homage to the original reading challenge I completed back in 2016. I’ve been
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