City ChickenVox2009-11-09T02:58:23ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atomtag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225202c9f604a/I know that I'm shouting. I like to shout.Will not be doing this anytime soontag:vox.com,2009-11-09:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123f179b3a0860f2009-11-09T02:58:23Z2009-11-09T02:58:23ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Unseasonably warm temps this weekend, especially for the first week in November. Sunny and perfect Saturday, around 65. After running around all morning and day, was finally able to knock out some leaf moving and take the evening to burn some wood...
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Now, this is a mission statementtag:vox.com,2009-11-07:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123dde2f923860d2009-11-07T22:29:10Z2009-11-07T22:33:12ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Don't get it twisted. I'm liberal minded and even I can't stand my fellow leftists. I certainly have no patience for socially-conscious anybody or anything. And I realize that the White Panther Party of the 1960s had holes in some of their theorie...
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Theater etiquettetag:vox.com,2009-11-06:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123ddceb6e5860c2009-11-06T14:30:23Z2009-11-06T14:30:23ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
As a student, I had a habit of hanging around some sketchy people, who kept friends that generated even more suspect. We were in a bar in Detroit, Alvin's on Cass, drinking in the middle of the day -- getting really drunk, actually -- when one me...
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When the West side was the best sidetag:vox.com,2009-11-05:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123f1780233860f2009-11-05T15:30:13Z2009-11-05T15:30:13ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
This, for about a year and a half, was the door to my apartment on Detroit's far West Side. It wasn't a bad place to live, until some shitheads came and shot up the side of the building, looking for the idiot in the apartment behind ours. I ...
It's like this, every day when I get home from work. Lamont is just not himself without his evening constitutional. We have several different routes, each one varying in length. I walk the dog so much, I have dreams about walking the dog. In on...
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Fall back -- way, way backtag:vox.com,2009-11-03:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123ddcd6ee5860c2009-11-03T21:12:50Z2009-11-03T21:20:38ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
You know what it smells like outside in Michigan today? It smells like fall circa 1985 and I'm walking home from school at 15. We lived within walking distance of my elementary school when I was growing up. I would later attend junior high in th...
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Putting on my game facetag:vox.com,2009-11-03:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123f176be95860f2009-11-03T01:05:39Z2009-11-03T21:13:36ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Each year, I split a partial Detroit Tigers season-ticket package with a friend of mine. As anyone who has read this blog may understand, I embrace many of the professional and college sports teams, especially the ones calling Michigan, or metro D...
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An inspiring place to rest your gentle headtag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123f17646ff860f2009-11-02T01:38:12Z2009-11-05T15:19:55ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Yeah, right. Does this look like the type of room that's even remotely ready to house a baby? Is this the look of a man who is even remotely confident in what is transpiring in this photo? It's coming, albeit slowly. The second coat of...
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Call that spade what it istag:vox.com,2009-10-28:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123ddde4fdf860d2009-10-28T18:36:33Z2009-10-28T18:36:33ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
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Alternativestag:vox.com,2009-10-25:asset-6a00c225202c9f604a0123ddc8edf6860c2009-10-25T13:43:42Z2009-10-25T13:43:42ZCity Chickenhttp://citychicken.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
I think with some tweaking, the career of Charlie Daniels could have taken a different path. I like how that, when the devil was looking for a soul to steal, he went to Georgia. What does that say about the Peach State? What, the devil couldn't ch...