The atmosphere is always electric in Chicago during the Crosstown Classic, but the first 2012 match-up between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox brought an extra emotional element to Wrigley Field: the final appearance of pitcher Kerry Wood.
We’ve all heard about the Ford cars that parallel park themselves with “active park assist” and the Toyota vehicles that do the same thing with “intelligent parking assist.” Other smart cars sold by Lexus and Volkswagen provide similar assistance with getting our cars into parking places.
Early morning stillness separated the sacred ground of the cemetery from the distant rush of downtown. It was hours before drums and bugles, anthems and prayers. Families glided into the grassy acres in quiet idling cars.
Two things sorely lacking from modern popular music are depth and wit (sorry, Katy Perry), so if you happen to be someone who relishes that particular combination, Amy Correia’s “You Go Your Way” is something of a wonder to behold.
Some of us get stressed out easier than others. As I'm writing this column, I'm stressed out a bit. And I'd be willing to bet that, when you're reading this piece, you're probably stressed out about something, too.
The last several years have seen a proliferation of books on how to think positive and be happy so you can become successful and fulfilled. The only problem is that more often than not our brains prefer to choose negative thoughts.
Look around you at every public place: at the beach and the gym and in line for coffee; on the bus or on the sidelines at the Little League game. Everyone’s playing with their phones. There’s no doubt we’re communicating like crazy. So why does it feel like we’ve never been so disconnected from each other?
Now and again science produces some actual news that makes me sit up and call my momma, which apparently is something I have to sit up to do, as it is very hard to dial the phone while reclining. Last week science announced that coffee not only provides your primary reason to get up in the morning (yeah, I said it, CBS' "The Early Show"), and is literally the only reason I can complete all basic tasks between the hours of 2:30 and 6 p.m., but it has other, more additional health benefits as well, such as not dying, which is a pretty good benefit, frankly.
Love it or not, it’s a costly couple of months. With hoards of tiny humans visiting for meals and snacks and exciting activities on the docket, it’s easy to overspend. This year, I have a few ideas in mind to keep us happy, organized and financially sound. Here are some thoughts on what we can all do to save during the coming months.
I’m writing in response to the letter from Frizzing Out in today’s paper (May 5, 2012). I also have curly hair, and have found a way to manage my curls with minimal frizz. I receive frequent compliments on my curls, and I love my curl more than ever, which is a miracle considering how long I struggled with them.
“Another” appears to have become one of those “comfort” words, something a writer throws into a sentence to feel better about it.
Following the humiliating disclosure of a $2 billion trading loss at their bank, JPMorgan Chase executives are being ordered to do the demeaning menial work at the offices and homes of other financial chiefs that was once thought to be the province only of the nation’s less fortunate 99.9 percent.
The launch of Diablo 3 was about to happen, but then something strange happened, instead. Turns out, even us lucky few would eventually find that it was only a matter of time before the ERROR monster conquered us, too.
The man settled into the seat, and turned the ignition. He had a commute of 30 or so minutes in front of him. The radio came on with the engine, tuned to the same talk station, as usual.
I love little blessings that bolster our attitudes, such as when I hurry to get up in the morning because I slept through the alarm, so I stub my toes on a bedpost. “Yeow!” the cartoon bubble would read. Hop. Hop. Hop.
Scene: In the dark of night, a tiny object plummets invisibly to Earth. Glowing with the searing heat of the Earth’s atmosphere, it arrives on the planet as a tiny fireball before slamming into the ground in a suburban backyard. It’s flames immediately extinguished by the tiny impact, it’s arrival goes undetected by the slumbering people in the house. Not even the dog notices the crash and therefore no one sees an amorphous form emerge from the object. It has no defined shape or manner. It is an almost imperceptible orange gelatinous blob that oozes its way over to the nearest shrub, attaches to a branch and waits.
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on teens and bank accounts, and life insurance.
This was my wife’s first Mother’s Day with two children. Last year, around Mother’s Day, we were booking flights to Ethiopia in preparation of picking up Dawit –– our almost 5-year-old, after a two-year adoption process.
Mitt Romney’s camp has long portrayed him as a humorous high-school prankster. However, disturbing revelations that have come to light sound a lot more like bullying than light-hearted horseplay.
My daughter cried in my arms when I told her that her best friend was moving to California this summer. As her quiet tears dropped onto my shoulders, I realized I didn’t have the words that would comfort her. I only had words an adult might understand. New job. New opportunities. New adventure. Change. But those words fall flat to a girl who just turned 8; a girl who’s shared many of her childhood adventures with her best friend of five years.
