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I am not amused

Posted by logan on August 13th, 2008

A friend of ours recently invited us to join them and their kids on an outing to Six Flags Great America. Apparently, the secret hasn’t gotten out that the park isn’t terribly crowded on the Fourth of July and that the lines are pretty short of most of the rides. Until now.
I’ve never really been […]

Twist and shout

Posted by logan on August 5th, 2008

What follows below was by far the greatest conversation overheard on the scanner during last night’s tornado warning. (We’re fine, by the way)
Dispatcher:  We’ve got a report of a disturbance at Clinton and Adams. A homeless man is running down the street–shirtless–drinking heavily, and shouting, “The world is ending, the world is coming to an […]