By Steve Rhodes
Judge Dibs is in session, from his suburban courtroom, where he has long presided.
With #Snowmageddon about to hit #Chicago, Judge Dibs returns to the bench. Prepare your Dibs markers–broken chairs & other junk–to save those parking spaces. “Dibs keeps us from descending into the Mad Max #Snowpocalypse” my column: https://t.co/U8HCh4R73R
— John Kass (@John_Kass) February 8, 2018
I would submit he has a jurisdictional problem.
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From the Beachwood vault . . .
The Dibs Hero Of 2014.
(I could’ve sworn I included her in a Beachwood post, but I couldn’t find it. Nor could I find my case against dibs, but I know I’ve written it. I’m against dibs. I don’t feel like rewriting why, so I’ll keep looking.)
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The Dibs Hero Runner-Up Of 2014.
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Also that year:
In other #MarchMadnessChicago results, Jewels beats Dibs, the Hideout defeats Payton Prep, and Guzzardi over Berrios.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 21, 2014
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Chair-Free Chicago Is Not What It Used To Be.
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We’re living in a society, people. Let dibs die. It isn’t cute and it isn’t justice. (Though it is sometimes funny, I’ll admit.)
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New on the Beachwood today . . .
Wilson Men’s Hotel Residents Demand Developer Cease Retaliatory Evictions
Residents are facing homelessness.
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The White Sox Report: Instant Replay Radio
“This has happened before. Maybe not quite like today, but the White Sox found themselves scrambling to find a radio outlet during the winter 47 years ago too, which is exactly what’s going on right now.”
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Chicago’s Bric-A-Brac
Punk, junk and rock ‘n’ roll.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour
Will appear on Saturday afternoon/evening this week.
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The Week In Chicago Rock
Is in pre-production.
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On This Day In . . .
2011: Let me ask you something, Chicago: Is someone putting a gun to your head?
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2012: When Barack Obama was a Christian who opposed gay marriage.
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2015: Let’s not forget how awful Obamacare is.
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2015: The Newspaper Endorsement Charade.
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2016: Riding The Dog Part 3: Meet Me At The Esquire Lounge.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
The sophomore class at New Trier has set a Guinness World Record with more than 40 sets of twins and one set of triplets.
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BeachBook
How Sweden Became A Symbol.
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Arby’s Now Owns Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Terence Trent D’Arby’s.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 9, 2018
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Excellent.
STAFF EDITORIAL: The university athletics department has withheld important information from its student body — across a range of topics. https://t.co/d9KO8dFK88
— Loyola Phoenix (@PhoenixLUC) February 9, 2018
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The menu featured fried chicken, collard greens and Grape Kool-Aid. https://t.co/PyR8rqFyFu
— Loyola Phoenix (@PhoenixLUC) February 9, 2018
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For much of his time in office, Trump has mostly skipped reading the President’s Daily Brief rounding up the biggest info collected by U.S. intel agencies. He’s relied on oral briefings on “select” intel issues instead of reading the full rundown https://t.co/Z97ib24xxe
— Mark Berman (@markberman) February 9, 2018
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Introducing Beachwood Snow Plow Tracker! How does it work? Look outside your window and see if your street has been plowed!
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 9, 2018
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There is already talk of elections in Chicago, so my guess is Rahm will be manning snow plows himself this storm.
— Sheila Quirke (@MaryTylerMom) February 9, 2018
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Snow patrol.
Posted on February 9, 2018