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Vacation Is Over (an open letter)

Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Dear Mr. Bush: Any idea where all our helicopters are? It’s Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all … Continue reading →

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The McCormick Tribune Foundation has launched a Hurricane Katrina Relief Campaign and will match the first $1 million contributed to the campaign at 50 cents on the dollar; go to the Chicago Tribune website for more info.

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Note to self: do not live in a city which is below sea level AND right next door to a gigantic lake, even if it is the birthplace of jazz.

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The Cell Phone Revolution has not encouraged people to be flexible, it has encouraged them to be flaky.

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The Illinois Arts Council FY05 Artists Fellowship application is now completed, assembled, collated and packaged. Sometime late December, I will receive notification of being awarded $7000, $700, or $0.

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I don’t care what the reviews are saying, I still want to see “The Brothers Grimm.”

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bjorklovesme was able to give a copy of my book to Rufus Wainwright, who said it “confounds, yet intrigues” him thoroughly!

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Fucking allergies.

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Every problem has a solution, and every solution creates a problem.

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Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and here’s a piece of advice: if you want to get wasted very quickly atTrader Vic’s, start with the Queen’s Park Swizzle.

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