9 to 5
| Money
Erica
Yet another distraction from that project you should really be working on right now. Just tell your boss you're reading up on workforce development.
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CelebriSleaze
| TV
Tom
I like to think I'm a good person with an abnormal obsession with pop culture and celebrity. By trade, I'm a writer, and I live in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood by myself, because I've learned time and again that roommates don't work for me. At all. My only real "rules" in life are to have fun and not do things that make me unhappy.
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Chester's Headlines
| News - retired
Chester
I don't want you stalking me, so I'll keep it brief. ... You don't know me. You don't know where I'm from, how I got here, where I like to go for a nice pastrami sandwich. Let's keep it that way. I think news is swill. It makes me want to reach for a small dagger and stick it into my left eye. Most importantly, I don't give a crap if you like me. But if you compare me to Stephen Colbert again, I will find you. I'll make Joey "the Clown" Lombardo look like a saint. Good night, and good luck. (horrible movie.)
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CoMusicAction
| Music - retired
CoMusicAtion
There is nothing more deserving of criticism than pop culture. That's not to say society, trends and art are shallow. In fact, its quite the opposite. Only things with substance are worth putting under a microscope. And who knows, maybe we'll all learn a little something along the way.
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Cooler Heads Get Shot
| News
Doug Wilkinson-Gray
Honor is best seen as bonus, not as tactical virtue. And triumph the sum of enlightened treachery.
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Couch commando
| Video Games
thatavianguy
As a Delta Squad member I fought to rid the planet Sera from the evil locust horde. As Master Chief I fought to rid planets of the Covenant, Flood, and Brutes. You'll find me engaged in some form of battle on-line or at home, I am a couch commando, always looking for a war.
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Crunch Time
| Fitness
heather
I used to hate to workout, until I figured out that there were lots of activities that qualified as fitness, but didn't involve staring at a crack in the wall for 30 minutes on a bike that didn't move. So now, I dive into whatever new fad has tickled my fancy. I'll let you know which ones work and which ones hurt, and soon you'll see all that the suburbs have to offer. And no, reading this blog does not count as your exercise for the week.
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Empty Wallet
| Fashion - retired
Empty Wallet
My name is Erin, and I am a shopaholic. I blame the illness -- I do believe it is one; I've seen the research -- on the fact that I grew up in a population 1,000 town with no malls for miles. But anyway. In recent months, I've created ... and stuck by ... what most people call "a budget". But I'll still be browising enough shops to let you know where the deals are, what the hot buys are and where you should spend your cash.
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Fantasy Sports
| Sports - retired
Joe
Known in some circles as "DAK", and yes, I am the same guy that picks the ponies in the Daily Herald. I am wildly competitive, yet gracious in defeat, and have a knack for handicapping everything that moves. Music is food for my soul, and I multi-task in my sleep. Round 'em up, put 'em in the gate, and let's get this party started!
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I Hate Broccoli
| Food - retired
IHateBroccoli
I spend a lot of my time thinking about (and consuming) food. It's my stress relief, my passion and my hobby. I'm not a food snob and I don't have a fancy culinary degree. I just like to eat good food. While I enjoy a tender piece of filet mignon or veal, I'm also fond of the McDonald's Extra Value Meal No. 2 and a massive Chipotle burrito. I have a wide range of tastes, and I'll try (almost) anything at least once.
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I Hate It Here
| Politics - retired
ChrisF
I'm in college. I don't like college. I want to be a full-time reporter, make some decent money and actually start my life.
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Joe College
| Sports
LWillhite
As a sports reporter for the Daily Herald, I have lots of info on college sports that never makes it into the paper. So, if you check in with my blog, you'll get some breaking news from my college travels, as well as some miniutiae to satisfy the hard-core fan. In my spare time, I'll weigh in on other sports topics, too.
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Miles on Baseball
| Sports
BruceM
Bruce Miles has been the Daily Herald's beat writer covering the Cubs for the last 10 seasons. He's a frequent guest on sports talk radio shows, and has been known to pop up in various baseball chatrooms on the Web.
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Naturegirl
| Outdoors
rebfyffe
Let’s stray from the path, get into the woods, climb inside a hollow tree and swing from a vine! The natural world is my cathedral, laboratory, artistic inspiration and playground. Hang out with me and read Naturegirl. Do you have questions on nature, pets, wildlife, science, wild and medicinal plants, daytrips, hiking, or nature destinations around Chicagoland?—email me… I’ll tell you everything…even about when I got lyme disease while foraging for wild mushrooms, and when I got nailed in the armpit *ouch* by a scorpion on my first day in the rainforest…
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Not On Shuffle
| Music
nronche
I like things neat and orderly and in their place. I also like local music and host a weekly radio show focused on such tunes. When I'm not doing that or writing I'm working my way up various ladders, shaking hands, and kissing babies.
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Off the Rack
| Fashion -- retired
Nicole
My tango with fashion first started with a Christian Dior baby outfit. At age three, the tango continued with a Louis Vuitton purse. In high school, I interned at Nordstrom on the Brass Plum Fashion Board, and I've been to more than thirty fashion shows since 1999.
From updating you on the latest trends, to the do's and don'ts, to piecing together designer outfits on a "I'm only in my 20's" budget, I'm here to bring the fashion world right to you. Who knew looking so good could be this easy?
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Professional Cynic
| News - retired
Professional cynic
I hate everything and everyone (present company excluded).
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Remote Patrol
| TV - retired
Chad
I am a Daily Herald staff writer who covers education in the northwest suburbs. When not at work, I love catching up on all my favorite television shows, including "The Amazing Race," "24," and "Lost".
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rockinger
| Music - retired
rockinger
There's no reason you should take seriously what I say about music. If I was such an expert, you'd be buying my record _ not reading this.
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Rough Draft
| Life in Progress
Sara Z
This is an imperfect blog about an imperfect (but wonderful) life. Welcome to Rough Draft.
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Soundtrack of My Life
| Music
Jeff
Music has been my better half my whole life. If I'm not listening to music or playing it, it is in my head. It shapes my moods, stimulates my conversations and inspires me. It was my first love, and I know that it will also be my last.
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That's a Wrap
| Movies
hcwceo123
I'm an aspiring filmmaker, and that's about all anyone needs to know.
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The Clutch
| Sports
Shok
My name is Shok, like "Shok Hook," a once devastating move I unearthed on the hardwood. I'm a North Side White Sox fan and lifelong Chicagoan trying to understand this post-World Series reality. I'm a blend of old and new schools: I hate arenas that blast techno during the game, but in favor of the designated hitter. I went to Syracuse (Go Orange). And the Cubs still stink, but unlike most fans, I’ll tell you why in an articulate fashion.
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the e-literate
| Books
joyful
Growing up a poor communist child in good ol' 1980s Bulgaria I had but one purpose in mind - learn the Latin alphabet and pursue a trans-Atlantic near-escape. OK, maybe that's not exactly how I got here, but now that I am stationed in the 'burbs, I'm fully committed to my literary crusade - click-clacking to the bookstore in my spiky heels every week and dragging you along with me. This is the e-literate.
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The Muse
| Music
themuse
Nothing can be better than having the opportunity to comment on, pick apart and scrutinize the music flowing through stereos around Chicagoland. Although, I will warn you... many people call me a music elitist.... (like it's a bad thing?)
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