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I am a 35 year old man living in Chicago. I am a freelance writer, a smart ass and all-around know-it-all. I am looking forward to sharing opinion.
balaspa
posted on Jan 23, 2007
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It turns out that there is a cure for that nasty little depression that usually settles over your head right after the holidays. You know how it goes... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 22, 2007
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I actually have the credentials to be a total cinema snob. I got a piece of paper from Webster University that says I can be.... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 20, 2007
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The worst day of the year is rapidly approaching again. I speak, of course, of St. Valentine’s Day.... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 19, 2007
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It’s tough to be a radio guy these days. Back in the early days the DJ was pretty much a celebrity because there was nothing else... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 18, 2007
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Have you ever had the feeling you were just a bit character or had been cast in some way in someone else’s epic story?... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 17, 2007
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I have been a fan of the show “24” from the very first season. I remember reading about the concept and how it was supposed to be an entire season where each episode was an hour during one particular day.... read entire post
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posted on Jan 16, 2007
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So it all came down to that final moment in overtime for the Chicago Bears. They had been battling the Seattle Seahawks up and down the field and, essentially, it had come to a stand-still... read entire post
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posted on Jan 15, 2007
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I don’t know when this might have been but I have to think there was a time when interviewing for a job was a simple affair.... read entire post
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posted on Jan 13, 2007
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Not long ago I wrote a column about smokers. Like much of my writing it was firmly tongue-in-cheek and was, in a round about way, a compliment on the resiliency of the people who still resolutely smoke despite weather and health concerns... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 12, 2007
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Back in the early 80s a movie came out that predicted machines would eventually gain more and more control over the world until they reached the point where they ran the weapons of the United States and launch a missile strike on the Soviet Union... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 11, 2007
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They are the most tenacious people on earth, is what they are.... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 10, 2007
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People have been predicting the end of the world for nearly as long as there have been people to do any predicting... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 09, 2007
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I have written before about how I am not a parent. I have also written about how people seem to be getting more and more rude... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 08, 2007
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My family has never been big on photographs. I am talking about my immediate family.... read entire post
balaspa
posted on Jan 06, 2007
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Over the months that I have been writing I have talked before about my problems with management. Over the past couple of days I have had talks with friends who have had to deal with managers.... read entire post