By Steve Rhodes
So the hard drive on my Macbook is basically full. I have an external drive that is also basically full. I have a couple of thumb drives that are full. So this morning I figured out how to clear some space on my external hard drive so I could clear some space on my laptop hard drive and the whole exercise took a lot longer than I expected – a couple hours! That set me way back.
So (this is the third time I’ve used “so” in this column) let me just get these basics out and then I’ve got some other posts and a fresh column that will appear later today or tomorrow. Sorry.
The Apology Kristen McQueary Should Have Written
Penned by the gifted Matt Farmer.
This piece is also scheduled by to re-published by Crain’s this afternoon is now also up at Crain’s.
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See also: Hurricane Kristen in The [Friday] Papers.
The Cub Factor
It’s Poppa Joe’s Wagon Now.
The White Sox Report
Camp Crosstown.
TrackNotes: Arlington Truce
Check out the debate on this piece in comments, which is also going on at Barn to Wire.
CJR: Why Diffing Could Make News Orgs More Transparent
I’m quoted in this piece; we’re on a roll! Just like the old days.
Chicagoetry: Psycho Killer
The Quaker Parrots of Washington Park/Suppress their parochial squawk.
Mobster Cop
One more time for this TV show, which I do a lot of narrating for.
Sound Opinions
There was no Weekend Desk Report – I was at a wedding shower all day Saturday – but that doesn’t mean you can’t listen to the weekend episode of the world’s only rock ‘n’ roll radio talk show:
“Great records are released every year that, for whatever reason, fly under the radar. Jim and Greg unearth some of their latest musical Buried Treasures. Plus, we hear the untold story of the ‘Patient Zero’ of music piracy.”
BeachBook
* Jeff Bezos, Like Many CEOs, Is A Psychopath.
* Despite Hurricane, New Orleans Public Defender System Remains Overwhelmed And Underfunded.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
.@StatehouseChick has a good heart. The left savages her in part bc she dared warned #Chicago is sinking & they’re helping sink it.
— John Kass (@John_Kass) August 17, 2015
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ICYMI: Trib editorial cartoonist @sstantis calls McQueary critics dumb: https://t.co/Ju8cybDxTF McQueary (@StatehouseChick) favs, agrees.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2015
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Northwestern football bid to unionize rejected by NLRB: “Too purpley.”
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2015
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Chris Sale’s strikeout rate vs. Rahm Emanuel’s. Discuss.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2015
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That hasn’t been my experience … https://t.co/VregyHqzTe
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2015
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Hardly working.
Posted on August 17, 2015