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And how did you get them BACK?
Here's a short but sweet tale, from biverson, of the Revenge of the Shorty: Uncle orders you to get him a glass of water? Hey, he didn't say WHERE to get it from...
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This question got prompted by the big immigration march in Washington, DC on Sunday the 21st. And we'll have eyewitness reports on that, from WBEZ's Chip Mitchell, and from Adriana Gallardo.
But there are a lot of other kinds of rules, and lots of reasons to break them.
For instance, The Documentarian brings us this story from a young woman who, out of friendship, broke a basic rule of common sense: Keep away from crack houses.
From Mayli2886 we get the confession of a guy who stands ready and willing to steal books to further his education:
And Skyway thinks that breaking rules is the only way to get anything done. Anything. To the point where, you could say, it's almost a rule of its own.
On the "regrets" side, smendoza brings us this story of a 21 year-old woman who decides to break her parents' curfew rules. But doesn't really enjoy her night out, because she spends the whole time worrying about being busted.
(More rule-breaking stories got called in by LilaVonHatchet, aarreg2, edgar rodriguez, and one more from smendoza.)
When have you seriously considered breaking a rule? What did you do? What were the consequences? How do you feel about it now?
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This one's inspired by Chicago Public Radio staffer Andrew Gill's trip to South by Southwest (SXSW for short), a massive music, film and tech festival in Austin, TX. The first SXSW, in 1987, drew 700 people; last year there were 150,000.
We're talking zillions of bands. (Here's a link to Thursdays music schedule, if you're curious-- more bands than I can count, just for one day.) Plus panel discussions all day long, a whole bunch of film screenings. Whew.
And we're stuck here in Chicago. So that's one outside-looking-in experience.
Andrew's adding another level, though: He's not actually going to any official festival events. But he'll be plenty busy: the number of UN-official shows, parties, etc. is even bigger than the festival itself.
He's blogging it at blogs.vocalo.org-- here's a link.
On Wednesday, Brian talked with local band Pretty Good Dance Moves, who are at the fest now. (Guest Kimbriell Kelly was in the studio, taking it all in.)
And here are a couple of quick memories from Vocalo collaborators-- both pretty happy ones:
Superfrye took her friends to see Johnny Cash but had no tickets. No worries. They watched through the window.
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Technically, Skyway wasn't even sharing a memory-- he was, at the moment he called the hotline, outside looking in:
At Tuesday evening's "play-in" game for March Madness, where he was watching outsiders Arkansas-Pine Bluff win the right to play #1 seed Duke University. (So, a memory in the making.)
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Luis and WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton planned to talk about school turnarounds on Monday's broadcast, but the story Linda's working on was so hot, they couldn't resist: Will CPS have 37 kids per class next year?
Answer: Well, they're definitely talking about it. That's been CONFIRMED. (Scroll down to page 25.)
How about with a camera? Since 2005, HollabackNYC (where you can find more on the story above) has been encouraging women to "shoot back" at guys who engage in sexual harassment on streets and subways. (A Chicago-based version has flickered on and off since 2006.)
So, OK, there's humiliating people in public. We'll talk about that. And there's seething resentment. What else ya got?
If you've got good ones, this is your shot. You could be the next Ms. Manners. Or the Lady Who Knows About Mads.
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