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Jun 14 Chicago Fan commented on Dear Elliott Bay Books: Please Be Open the Hours You're Open.

Besides my high-end Professorial Life, I also tend bar. Sometimes, the bar is dead-empty, not a soul in the place but me and Mayor Daley at 1:00 am. We are open till 2:00 am. A random customer comes in, asks me if we're still open, and I reply "Hell yes." If we started closing the doors before our legal closing time just because no one was there, or because I wanted to get some rest after my 20 hour day (the day job starts early), then the next time someone wanted a drink at 1:00 am (or a book at 9:57) he or she would go somewhere else or not come out at all. You're open the hours you're open. All but two employees can go home (someone to work the register, whoever's managing the joint), but if you're open till 10, lock the door at 10. Then be as passive-aggressive Seattley as you need to be to get the last-minute shopper out the door. And don't tell me that one or two employees of any retail establishment don't stay for an hour or more after closing to count out, run the register tapes, etc. Gotta back up Christopher on this.

Jun 14 Chicago Fan commented on Ye Olde Wordes.

All of these words, in these senses, are well known to anyone who regularly does the New York Times or other high-end crossword puzzles. Crosswords preserve old vocabulary for the harder-clued days, and do a lot to preserve odds and ends of the language. For anyone who's still paying attention.

Jun 12 Chicago Fan commented on Bill Savage’s Totally Unbiased Review of Dan Savage’s New Book.

@2 I originally spelled it that way, or maybe it was Dahn, but you know editing at the Stronger. So persnuccity.

Jun 11 Chicago Fan commented on The Resurrection Game.

There's a publisher in Chicago resurrecting such books too, Fifth Star. Just startring Diversey, a forgotten '30s novel.

http://www.fifthstarpress.org/catalog/

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May 16 Chicago Fan commented on Bigot Florist Files Countersuit.

Red pencils are for losers. Red PEN, my friend, that is the annotation of annihilation.

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Apr 23 Chicago Fan commented on Publishers' Weekly Hasn't Said Squat About My New Book.

@5 Dan picked the screen name so he wouldn't be blamed for my posts.

@4 I do not go to the gym like Dan does, so my biceps are not featured anywhere.

@1 do feel free to use the online dictionary!