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Stalk three times on the ceiling if you want me. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!

Best film EVER. submitted by Turek

The real reason the network is down. submitted by Chronos, who also wrote the tag, thanks!

SD Chicago: Did a phantom kangaroo once haunt Chicago?

Oh say can you see what the song really says? submitted by Electric Warrior

Let's take another visit to Paulina Street. submitted by Ed Zotti

Colonel Mustard. In the Billiard Room. With a bowl of fruit? submitted by Shot From Guns

SD Chicago: Followup: Can you get electrocuted peeing on the third rail?

And now another edition of teemings, the Doper literary magazine. submitted by twickster and a cast of thousands

Count of Drac, Man of Steel, who will win? submitted by Marley23

Look who just dropped in for dinner! submitted by Surly Chick, who also helped with the tag, thanks!

SD Chicago: Where is invisible Ravenswood?

Everybody's good at something. More or less. submitted by lissener, who was good to mention this thread

Paulina Street Journal: A new sporadic feature by Little Ed.

Owl bet you can spot one yourself.

SD Chicago: What's happening with the Chi-Town Daily News?

Come get your SDMB Custom User Title!

Reading is fundamental -- here's a list of good books for the younger set.

Welcome to today's episode of WTH! (NSFW) submitted by Bill Manson (NOTE: Weird, strange, and may not be safe for work.)

SD Chicago: Followup: Was Cecil wrong about high-speed rail?

A shocking story from the Middle East. submitted by Peter Morris

Oh, the irony. submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!

Was blissfully blind, but now I see. submitted by Ellen Cherry

SD Chicago: Why does downtown Chicago seem safer than downtown L.A.?

Lost: One Haggis. submitted by Freudian Slit

As not seen at the Onion.

Here's a thread for humanitarians.

SD Chicago: Where are good places to photograph urban decay?

How to get all the stuff you ought to know. submitted by Randy Seltzer

Save Cecil from a fate worse than death! submitted by dhkendall, who also helped with the tag, thanks!

The Fight Against Ignorance is earth shattering. submitted by Marley23

SD Chicago: What's the story on "K-Town"?

Like the fight against ignorance, the voyage continues. submitted by maddog.001

Verry interesting . . . . but also weird.

Well, premium cable, for one thing, that would be necessary.

SD Chicago: What's up with TubaChristmas?

We just eat these Dopers up submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!

It's the end of the world as we know it . . . at the movies.

Sixty minutes, three words, poetry be on. Be there.

SD Chicago: Why are people still so upset about Marshall Field's?

The request line is open.

Go visit teemings, the Doper literary magazine.

Obvious signs of Doperdom.

SD Chicago: When and why did Robey Street become Damen Avenue?

It's after December 24 but we can't get enough of A Christmas Story.

I eat therefore I am.

Wreck the halls with different Christmas tunes, fa la la la la la la la la.

SD Chicago: Why don't Indiana wind farms operate on windy days?

It's a wonderful film?

Thumbs down on the decade.

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Is exposure to small amounts of radiation beneficial?

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