By The Beachwood Meetup Affairs Desk

The newest Chicago meetups.
* Want to learn Korean? Let’s do it!!! =)
* BMP Group LLC – Real Estate Investors Group
* The Plainfield Jeffersonians
* Suburban Hip Moms of Toddlers

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Posted on January 21, 2010

By J.J. Tindall

Life
Life is a series of deaths:
self outlasts self outlasts self.
Yesterday remanded to the shelf,
today is the tongue of the bell.
Life is a series of deaths:
resented parents, neglected siblings,
forsaken friends finally become
what they always were: true saints.

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Posted on January 20, 2010

From The Beachwood Sometimes I Just Can’t Take It Anymore Affairs Desk
An exchange.
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From: rpark@room214.com
Subject: Looking for Ford’s next Entreprenuerial Agent
Date: January 15, 2010 1:43:12 PM CST
To: srhodes@beachwoodreporter.com
Good Afternoon Steve,
I’m a community manager working on behalf of Ford, and am reaching out to bloggers in the Midwest region to gauge interest in participating in the second chapter of the Ford Fiesta Movement.
I’ve actually read your blog, and do understand the focus isn’t cars. But we all drive – and based on your online presence and location, I thought you (and perhaps your readers) might benefit from knowing more about this.

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Posted on January 19, 2010

By The DuSable Museum of African American History
The DuSable Museum of African American History will celebrate “The Drum Major For Justice” during a full-day of activities honoring the late Civil Rights Leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday, January 18, 2010. All activities will take place at the Museum which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street at South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago’s Washington Park, from 10:00 AM until 6:00 P.M. Full day admission prices are as follows: Adults – $8, Children (4 years old and older) – $5 and DuSable Museum Members – $6.
The 2010 “King Day Celebration,” formerly referenced as ‘Martinmas Day,’ will consist of a day filled with performances, films, and tributes to the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the nation’s first Civil Rights Leader. Included on the schedule are the following family-friendly activities and performances: (Please be advised that performers and performance times are subject to change.)

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Posted on January 18, 2010

By Tim Steil
A – is for Alderman. A provider of new garbage cans two days before the election.
B – is for Boystown, a very nice neighborhood full of very nice people, and very nice restaurants and bars. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
C – is for Cubs, a baseball team, and a state of mind that is slowly making its way into the DSM-IV.
D – is for Daley, deal with it. You can probably get a sweet contract out of it if you know how to keep your mouth shut and can deal with a little federal time.

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Posted on January 12, 2010

By Patty Hunter

I cannot express the relief I feel that the holiday season is over. No more running out of things a restaurant should never run out of (no more pizza pans? really?), no more trying to figure out how to cram not just the usual crowd into our tiny restaurant but their shopping bags as well. If I see one more American Girl doll for the next two months it will get annihilated. Happy holidays my ass.
One night at the beginning of the holiday season, a group of five came in. One of the women was obviously not in shape to drink more alcohol. The server was told by the manager on duty to tell her she could not order an alcoholic drink from us. This did not go over well. The group threatened to leave and the manager told them they could go ahead. The conversation went something like this. You may want to skip over this if you’re not a fan of profanity.

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Posted on January 11, 2010

By The Angry Aussie Affairs Desk
Once again we present the top stories of the year from Down Under as culled from the Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Kingsford and supplied to Beachwood HQ over 12 months of late-night e-mails.
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Headline: Bids Roll In For Jesus Toast
Date: January 2, 2009
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Headline: Hurts So Good: Robbie Rules The Roost
Date: January 7, 2009
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Headline: Aussies Go Head-To-Head For Superbowl Spot
Date: January 12, 2009
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Headline: Chain Of Fools: Cuffed Escapees’ Run In With Pole
Date: January 29, 2009

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Posted on January 4, 2010