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A Million Little Peaces

A Million Little Peaces  Titled after his college nickname, Alex Lemon's Happy is another in a slew of memoirs in the vein of Boy Meets Obstacle, Boy Overcomes Obstacle, Boy Finds Redemption. Typically in such books, a self-destructive young man -- almost every hot new memoir today is by a young man -- is thrown into exigent circumstances that force him to confront the selfish asshole in the mirror.
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If Tacos Could Talk

If Tacos Could Talk Chow, Baby didn’t really — maybe a little bit, but not really — expect its Taco Bell Cantino Tacos ($1.49 each) lime segments to talk out loud , like on the commerc...
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Funkytown and First Friday: Alive

Funkytown and First Friday: Alive From 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday at the Where House (2510 Hemphill St. on the South Side), the Funkytown Fall Festival will take place, featuring (in order of appearance...
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One Sharp Machete

One Sharp Machete Before Machete was a real movie, it was a fake movie. For their 2007 double-bill Grindhouse , Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had four trailers created for n...
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Clowns and Flags

To the editor: In his article, “Bigots’ Last Stand,” writer E. R. Bills obviously implies that the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism. He groups it with the ...
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