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Learn to holler with some style

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It isn't just Wrigley waitresses who face the wrath of card-carrying village idiots while trying to go about their daily business, as noted by Mark Bazer in a column a few weeks ago. 
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Chicago 'miserable?' Don't sweat the label

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By Genevieve Diesing

Sad but true: Chicago has made Forbes' list of America's Most Miserable Cities for the third year.
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Readers down on CTA Brown Line

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Maybe they should call it the Frown Line.

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I'd do anything for a Thin Mint

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Courage. Confidence. Character.
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Think before you label people

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I don't mind cussing that much.
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The CTA readers' 'Guide to a Civilized Ride'

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It's getting tougher to love thy neighbor on the CTA, thanks to recent service cuts that have caused some buses and trains to be packed tighter than usual.
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Do we really care what Oscar thinks?

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Genevieve Diesing

Ah, the Oscars. They're lauded as career-changers. Hollywood tectonic shifters. Indicators to you and me, the common man and woman, about what is really going on behind the scenes in that fascinating place called Hollywood.
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Some riders say bus commutes a pain in the Tracker

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Nena Jordan of Logan Square said service cuts to her commute--two buses and two trains--have been aggravated by the one technology that is supposed to make commuting easier: CTA's Bus Tracker.
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Chatroulette wheel may land on creepy

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Think '90s-era slighty creepy chat room and video dating service rolled into one and you've got what might just be the next big thing: Chatroulette.

Think back. You knew deep down that the "hot blond" in "20s and married but looking" was probably some fat dude in his 40s in his garage.
 
Chatroulette brings social media and chat together in a way that quickly becomes addictive, albeit a little scary. When you go to chatroulette.com, your webcam automatically fires up. Then you click start and boom! you're staring at another person's face.

At least, you hope it's a face.

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Here's the skinny on gay-fat, Spanx

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Women have long had beauty secrets.
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