On this day
December 19
10 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
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- Winter boots that endure 8 years of use, walking 2 miles a day
I bought a pair of Columbia Bugaboot III winter boots in March 2016. Eight winters later, after years of 2–5 miles of daily walking, they’re still…
2024 2 years ago
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- Bringing home the Art Institute Lion
Our Art Institute of Chicago lion is out and ready to guard the holidays on our porch! Feels like we’re living in an art museum.
2016 10 years ago
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- Middle East negotiations a scene out of the Star Wars prequels
John Kerry recently tweeted a pic from negotiations about Yemen. Doesn’t it look like a room in the Star Wars prequels? Dramatic ceiling. Very odd centerpiece…
2012 14 years ago
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- 91 different ways of saying crazy
Ever call someone crazy in an IM or text? Perhaps you even get a little creative and call that person ker-azee. Now you can never run…
2008 18 years ago
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- Drawing on Foggy Bus Windows
We all often sit like robots on the bus. I’m a reading robot. Being a robot can be good sometimes, because we respect each other’s quiet…
2007 19 years ago
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- Poem to Chicago’s Pigeon Man, Joseph Zeman
(photo courtesy Chicago Tribune) Oh Pigeon Man of Lincoln Square, With fire hydrant as your chair, You fed the pigeons with such care. You even let…
2006 20 years ago
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- December 18: International Test your Nuclear Weapons Day
(Image courtesy bug138) My away message for work: I’m out of the office Monday and Tuesday, December 18 and 19 as December 18th is International Test…
2005 21 years ago
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- A smoking ban is like banning public urination
Walking behind someone who is smoking is like walking behind someone who is urinating in public. Who wants to walk behind a trail of smoke? There…
2001 25 years ago
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- Jumble ad
This ad picks up the look from the Jumble Crosswords sheet done earlier in the year. Client: Tribune Media Services: News & Features department Fonts: Futura
- PC Parents ad
PC Parents is a Tribune Media Services column. This is an advertisement in a trade journal.