Don’t forget the leaning spire of Salisbury Cathedral. The pillars at the corners of the spire bend under the stress of holding up the tallest spire in the UK.

#everystarineverygalaxy

Oh, PEOPLE. Sometimes at the theatre where I work, a performance is cancelled, for any one of a number of reasons*. It’s rare, but it happens, and we do our best to notify all the patrons if this occurs. What annoys me to no end is when a patron buys $0 tickets through a discount seller (the fee they pay goes to the…

This, times a thousand. I work at venue that has four performance spaces, the largest of which is a grand old main stage that seats nearly 1,000. We’ve presented multiple sold-out main stage shows, like Comedy Bang Bang!, Marc Maron, and several Youtube sensations. Most of the patrons for these big events could have…

(thunderous applause and all thumbs up)

#ALLTHESTARS

My sister received her BA and MA from U of C. While she emerged relatively unscathed, she had many, MANY stories about the congenital strangeness (and, let’s be honest: the massive precious ego) that affects the majority of U of C undergrads.

My parents wanted to use family names for my sister’s and my first or middle names. They gave my sister my mom’s middle name (Louise) and her first name is Cynthia. For me, they looked at both sets of grandmothers’ names: Clara Maude (maternal from the Deep South) and Bertha Catherine (paternal from Sweden). Well,…

My friend John and I had gone to see a late show of The Full Monty, and I returned home close to midnight Chicago time. As usual, I turned on the TV, and not long after, the special reports came on. Stunned, I stayed glued to the TV, and at around 1 am, John called me. We talked for quite a while and shared our mutual…

Oprah would buy up the law firm and the hospital. And the Constitution.

Years ago, I saw her father perform in Burn This on Broadway; he was taking over from John Malkovich. Holy Jeebus, he was brilliant. If she could absorb a hundredth of his talent...

This is totally my friend Sarah. She lost her father to colon cancer when she was 19, so she decided never to suffer embarrassment about pooping. Sarah makes sure that her friends staying with her, potential lovers, and any other strays* who visit her home that nothing interferes with taking a good poop.

*She is beyond…

My former coworker Kerry and I often took the same bus route home. When we’d leave work, we’d chat on our way to the bus stop. As soon as the bus arrived and we found seats, Kerry would take out her headphones and put them on, then open a book and start reading. OBVIOUSLY she didn’t want to talk to me or anyone else.…

And then how many of the must-have $15,000 dresses end up on eBay or some other resale site? This one Kleinfeld bride who had a ridiculously over-the-top wedding (enough so SYttD did one of those special shows that focus on one bride’s wedding) had a custom, gigantic, crystal-and-rhinestone Pnina Tornai dress that…

Say it! A friend lives in Edgewater in an 1920's building that recently updated the units’ interiors. The kitchen and bathroom are the same shades of gray, and the kitchen backsplash? GRAY GLASS TILE.

Unless there’s a large and secret contingent of wealthy, menstrual-age Republican Illinoisans that I’m unaware of, I can’t imagine why he signed this particular bill.

Which reality show, if you don’t mind my asking?

Clint! Yes; I think there’s some major unrequited love there.

OTOH, he makes such great tables, benches, candlesticks, etc. for the Gaines’ projects. The renovation of his and his wife’s home (now on one of the vacation rental sites) is one of the best Chip and Joanna have done.

Buy your tickets REALLY EARLY. They sell fast!

According to the author of this article, the Chicago tower also charges its residents all kinds of wacky fees: like a $900 lease processing fee.