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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.
Are you ready for your Mystery Date? (From Hell.)
SD Chicago: What fond memories do you have of lost Chicago?
Members only? submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
In Egypt it was a pictograph. Here it's a drawer pull. But what is it?
Spell that by me one more time.
SDC: Why are the sidewalks on Division Street so wide?
See and be seen at the new Straight Dope Picture Page. submitted by Arnold Winkelried
No hamsters were harmed in the making of this thread. Were they? submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!
A rose by any other name... submitted by Ponderoid, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
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