On a day when Sears was preparing to go out of business for good, an 11th-hour deal will keep the retailer’s doors open for now. On Tuesday, Sears announced it it had accepted a bid of $4.4 billion from its chairman Eddie Lampert that will keep 425 Sears and Kmart stores open. The company filed for bankruptcy last October and was reportedly preparing to liquidate and shut down completely before accepting Lampert’s offer. About 50,000 employees will keep their jobs with the deal.
GRETA VAN FLEET will be the musical guests on the January 19 episode of “Saturday Night Live”, airing on NBC at 10:30 p.m. CT.
Their new album “Anthem Of The Peaceful Army” entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 3 . Last month, GRETA VAN FLEET landed four Grammy nominations for “Best New Artist”, “Best Rock Performance”, “Best Rock Album” and “Best Rock Song”.
Think you could have kicked a better field goal than Cody Parkey?
Goose Island brewery is challenging Chicagoans who claim they could. This weekend, starting at noon, there will be field goal posts set up outside their tap-room at Fulton and Wood Street. They say whoever makes the 43-yard field goal wins free beer for a year.
They posted a thread of tweets talking about the game and how confident they are in those testing if they actually could make that kick.
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*deep breath* we think we’re finally okay with talking about yesterday’s game. 1/5
A lot of armchair kickers on here are saying that they could hit that field goal, which we find DOUBTFUL. You’re gonna sit there on your throne of potato chips and vape pens and criticize this dude’s athleticism? GET REAL. 2/5
So you know what we’re going to do? Build a dang field goal post in the middle of the street outside of our brewery, and all you pro athletes can come out and prove us wrong. 3/5
This weekend during normal taproom hours we’ll have a chance for you to show off your kicking skills. Hit the 43 yard field goal and you’ll win beer for a year and eternal glory. More info coming soon. 4/5
A pregnant woman recently took to Reddit to voice her baby-naming woes. Her husband had, shockingly, suggested that they name their new daughter after his ex-girlfriends.
The pregnant 23-year-old said how long she and her 24-year-old husband had been together while explaining his history.
Starting it off by saying “Divorce on table because husband and I can’t agree on baby’s name”:
Hello reddit. This title might look funny but its an actual problem between me (23F) and my husband (24M). We’ve been dating for a year, been married for 2 years. I got pregnant like 7 months ago so recently we started discussing name for the baby. Ever since we found out its gonna be a girl my husband wants to name it like his exes name. Its not any ex but the one he dated for long period of time and loved the most. In the beginning of our relationship we had may problems because of her but she moved away so the problems went away. He really loved her and he never hid that from me but I thought it was over once she moved away. Now he made it clear that he wants the baby to have that name and I can name the second child. When I asked him why does he want that name so badly he said just because he and his ex didnt work out doesnt mean he doesnt want something to keep reminding him of her. He doesnt understand how much its affecting me and keeps saying its just the hormones. Is he still in love with the ex or its normal that he wants to name OUR child like that. Thank you!
The post stunned Redditors sparking more than 3,000 comments on the post. One saying “I knew a woman who wanted to name her baby after an ex. She ended up stabbing the current bf. Just putting that out there.”
Some even confessed on how they were named after exes and how they felt about it.
Hopefully, they can settle this matter before the baby comes into the world.
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I can’t make this stuff up. Starting this week, courts in Saudi Arabia have to notify wives that their marriage has ended — by text.
Why?
From the Guardian: “The measure approved by the justice ministry appears to be aimed at curbing cases of men secretly ending marriages without informing their wives.”
The article goes on to say that women will be notified electronically of any changes to their marital status and will have the ability to pull up any documents related to the matter through a website.
Is there something in the air in January that causes couples to divorce?
Well, maybe not but the stress from the holidays and New Year resolutions can put a heavy strain on relationships.
Divorce Day is a day that happens after Christmas and New Year’s where divorce layers see a surge in inquiries coming in.
It’s how couples avoid the messy divorce over the holidays.
Luckily not all of those that inquire go through with it, as the month goes on less and less inquires happen.
Travis is well known for his love of Cadillacs…after the band made it big, he started collecting. In other news, I collect gas station receipts….if anyone wants to bid on those, hit me up. — [e.k.]
Chicago boys done good, the pride of Zion, LOCAL H are set to play halftime at Soldier Field today during the Chicago Bears NFC playoff game against the Eagles. The band confirmed the big gig in several posts on their Twitter.
Considering the long standing friendship 101WKQX has had with Scott , Ryan, and company plus the fact that we bleed Chicago blue, this is right up our alley.
In the 1991 season, the Bears had a strong 11-5 record with Mike Topmczak filling in for Jim Harbaugh in the quarterback position while the team headed into the playoffs. Chicago-based actor Joe Mantegna and the SNL cast struck the perfect timing in January of that year with “Bill Swerski’s Superfans’. The sketch spoofed working class blowhard fans on local sports radio spouting off irrational observations and blind devotion to all things Ditka while also roasting our local indulgence in cured meats.
It was an instant hit and produced a series of sketches featuring ‘Cheers’ star George Wendt (who was never an SNL cast member) running a panel of oafish but lovable fans who oozed love for ‘DA BEARS’. It’s one of the most well-known pieces of comedy to satirize our city. It showed the unfiltered ChiKAAAAgo accent to the world. When I have traveled to other parts of the country doing comedy shows, people would ask me if anyone here actually talks like that. It made a lasting impression that goes much farther than Cook County. Below are some of best ‘Superfan’ sketches that featured some of SNL’s best all-time performers in Mike Meyers and Chris Farley.
It’s worth noting that comedy writer Robert Smigel was the real creative force and regularly appeared in the sketches himself. Here is a look at their 2010 reunion at the Just For Laughs Festival where they reveal a bit about the never-made Superfan movie.
In 1993, oh excuse me…199tree, the guys bemoaned Coach Ditka leaving Chicago.
Bill Swerski’s Super Fans Cold Open
This was one of the best. Michael Jordan joining the Superfans to celebrate DA BULLS most recent NBA Championship.
Bill Swerski’s Super Fans
Here the fellas give New York Knicks fans tips on how to deal with their upcoming defeat at the hands of DA BULLS.
In this gem, Swerski and the guys get ridiculous when they claim what the Monsters of the Midway would do if they all raced the Indy 500.
They even got to be in local TV commercials for Bulls tickets in the early 90s as well.
Still don’t know when we will see Season 4 (probably late 2019). But this short Rick And Morty may have revealed a major plot point for the next installment of the Adult Swim show. Namely — the very last image:
This video introduces you to the man behind the voice of the CTA. Lee Crooks has been the the voice of the buses and trains we ride through Chicago since 1997, and he understands how weird it is to hear his own voice when he’s on the red line. Crooks in the video above from Youtube channel Rhysvid documents his process in the studio and how he sometimes goofs around with the less formal local aaaaacents to say street names.
Block Club Chicago took Crooks’s familiar tone and had him read dramatic memorable quotes from movies and books while riding around the city.
Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller suffered a nasty shoulder in the final regular season game, with his dislocated shoulder being reset on the sideline. It was revealed this week on the team web show ‘Monsters of the Midway’ that the rookie stand out has endured two previous shoulder injuries, but is somehow still practicing this week as the Bears prepare for their playoff game with the Eagles tomorrow at Soldier Field. THREE TIMES!
“Shoulder came all the way out. I had to pop it back in” said Miller of his most recent situation in the game against the Vikings.
Man, you got to be tough to deal with that at this level. I fall on floor when I get a stubbed toe.
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has confirmed that their long-awaited album is now in the final mixing stage.
The proof came from a Maynard tweet earlier today:
