Genevieve Carlozo, my 4-year-old daughter, boasts a grin like a Cheshire cat on speed and a sophisticated knowledge of dinosaurs-just ask her what a diplodocus looks like. And she's always laughing; she's the kind of girl who fits her nickname "Pookey Bear"...
July 2010 Archives
Take Your Daughter to (Last Day of) Work Day
July 8, 2010 1:02 PM
Ask the Tribune tough (but fair) questions
July 8, 2010 1:00 PM
Many of my colleagues are afraid to speak out about being fired from the Chicago Tribune; I got one call today from a former co-worker (also laid off) who warned me that if I badmouthed my employer of 16 years,...
Call Me Mr. Irony
July 8, 2010 12:56 PM
There's this scene in the "Willy Wonka" movie (not that lame Tim Burton one, but the kickass 1971 flick with Gene Wilder) where a corpulent kid names Augustus Gloop leans over into a chocolate river and falls in. He bobs...
Michael Jackson: In Death, as in Life, the King of Pop Culture
July 8, 2010 12:54 PM
Now that Michael Jackson is dead-or to quote one of his album titles, "HIStory"-an antidote is sorely needed to the gushing CNN and Fox News anchors I heard all last night and into this morning, eulogizing Jackson as if he...
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook user help needs massive Facelift
July 8, 2010 12:51 PM
Dear Mark Zuckerberg:As I write this, I'm going to post news of this blog to Facebook. But because some Faceless evildoer in my circle of 667 "friends"-I know not who-once reported a blog I wrote as containing "objectionable content," your...
