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Illuminati recruiting poster? Sinister grocery list? You decide. submitted by descamisado
Hey Dopers, what's for dinner?
SD Chicago: Any tips on finding a house in Chicago?
What we have here is not a failure to communicate. submitted by Marley23
Mr. Sulu, set a course for... what? (NSFW) submitted by Marley23, who also wrote the tag, thanks! (NOTE: Adult language, NSFW)
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear and the Dewey Decimal. submitted by Happy_Booker
SD Chicago: What was up with the guy killed by his own bomb in Lakewood/Balmoral
You really can't tell a book by its cover. But you can try.
Looking at plants down by the river.
Heck, bring 'em all back and let's open a zoo! submitted by Happy_Booker
SD Chicago: Is the El a waste of energy?
Three words + one hour = one poem. submitted by Le Ministre de l'au-delĂ 
That's Audacious. submitted by Oakminster, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
That's the way I like it. submitted by Ellen Cherry
SDC: Would Illinois be better off without Chicago?
Unfortunately, he's lovin' it.
Necessity is the mother of product repurpose.
Spleep well and have spweet spleams. submitted by Marley23, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Know any good used bookstores in Chicago?
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
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