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So although I have not been inspired to blog here in a long time, I hope tumblr will be good to me and my blogging aspirations. Here's where my next attempt at blogging can be found: http://gracepekarisaverage.tumblr.com/

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Woah! I am truly lucky to have experience up close Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 in Bridgeview. I'm very thankful I got the opportunity to go, let alone get right up to the stage. It was the closest I've ever been at a concert, and I'm fortunate it was at one with appearences and performances by Rock and Roll's greatest legends.As more luck would have it, I have a stellar

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Love this Fleetwood Mac song. and rain. and pretty much any Fleetwood Mac song.Been meeting it up with two at Western Springs Historical Society today, before I have a shopping appointment at Target and Half-Price books. Then doing more work for Swedish and Edgewater museums at home, in between heavy Facebook and ChicagoBreakingNews.com sessions.For someone who never had any extra-curricular

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My eyes are puffy and my head still hurts from sobbing after I finished this book late last night. I'm afraid to watch the movies for fear it may spoil the deeply emotional story (it did so with White Oleander, despite me imagining Michelle Pfiefer as the mother in the book too)--although I would not mind seeing Eric Bana drop naked every 5 minutes.I must meet Audrey Niffenegger, my idol for the

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Many more pics (and video) to come from Nehad's bridal shower that Deanna and I put together. It was a blast, and I can't wait for her wedding!

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I confess, it's been forever since I've been online. I used this blog for a school project a year ago, and haven't returned since until now. Hopefully I can keep this up = )

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The economy stinks, that's for sure. But how low will business go to get money? Take the Chicago Sun-Times, my beloved city newspaper. Apparently, this has been going on for a while!

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By Grace PekarWith some of the technological advances we've made today, you'd think we'd be flying in space cars like the Jetsons. With touch screen products in our mix, we seem to be getting more futuristic. Sometimes referred to as "multi-touch," these products encompass one or more fingers touching a screen to move objects or pages on that screen. It's been popularized in recent years by

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In the previous post, various other ways to celebrate the month of March.  For those who want to celebrate day by day, here are a few days of observance:March 1 is National Pig Day and beginning of Eastern Orthodox LentMarch 2 is Peach Blossom Day and Red Cross DayMarch 3 is National Sportsmanship Day. So be nice.March 6 is Employee Appreciation Day and National Frozen Food DayMarch 10 is the

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St. Patrick's Day is right up there with Christmas and Halloween. Corned beef and cabbage are the staple meals on the 17th day of March. And this Americanized Catholic holiday is not complete without drinking alcohol throughout the entire day.But while many are making their pub reservations in advance, we fail to recognize all the other holidays and days of observance this month. Yes, you

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Perhaps it's the fact I live a sheltered life that's rooted in the golden rule and a laid-back approach to things; where my biggest concerns are grades and not spending too much on my mom's credit card. Yet I still don't get the point of suicide bombing in the name of God.What makes sense about any sort of killing in the name of religion in both the past and present in all religions?Do I not

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Getting in that 30 minutes of exercise each day is on the top of your priorities list, right? With a fast-paced society that appears to be getting faster, exercising is on the decline and obesity rates are soaring. According to the latest study by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of young adults don’t exercise enough—and the numbers increase as age increases. By

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Week in Chicago

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Once again, our charismatic leader woos us with hope and faith that our country will emerge out of the dismal hole we crawled into for the past few years.Economic issues. Healthcare reforms. Education. The war. He covered pertinent topics to Congress and the United States people in his first presidential address to Congress last night.And he did so with conversational yet emphatic tone and

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Well, not really. That would mean I'm in seriously in danger of being the only one of my kind.But I would be popular, and we all know how cool that is.As these furry black and white creatures memorize and captivate our attention, one may wonder how they became so popular anyway.Their cat/raccoon-esq ears. Pandas were believed to be in the raccoon/cat family, anyway.The smokey-eye effect that no

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This state never fails to have political controversy. Talk about Blagojevich as the ringleader of the circus? He is just one of the acts.Senator Roland Burris is again pressured to resign after he admitted to attempting to raise funds for the former governor before he was appointed to the senate. He's ignoring these calls for resignation, which now include the Chicago Tribune and Washington

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