Posts Tagged as ‘Bad decisions’

January 17, 2009

How to not sell a car

Buying a car is not an easy process. You have to figure out what kind of car you want, figure out how much you can afford to spend on it, and then figure out how to get the dealer to give you the car for that price. It’s long, expensive and stressful.
On the other side [...]

March 16, 2008

An open letter

To whom it may concern:
I, Bill, do hereby declare that from this day forth, the “I’m-too-nice-for-my-own-good” argument/complaint will no longer receive any sympathy from me.
This decision has been a long time in coming, lest you think I made it lightly. Rest assured I did not. I consider myself a fairly sympathetic person, so this was [...]

March 8, 2008

Smile!

If you’re a student at the in a Chicago Public School system, make sure you look your best. The police are watching you.
Security cameras in 200 of the city’s 650 schools will be linked to the city’s 911 center so police can get a quick look inside a school. Now, the cops say the only [...]

March 6, 2008

The next frontier in the war on drugs

The war on drugs is on in Chicago, thanks to 2nd Ward alderman Bob Fioretti. That’s right folks, the alderman with some of the oddest hair on the city council wants to make it a crime to possess … tiny plastic bags?
So let me get this straight. Under Ald. Fioretti’s law — if it gets [...]