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I Love You, You Monster
On the Pulaski stop of the orange line, headed toward Chicago’s Midway Airport, a man stepped into my train car wearing no pants. From the waist up, he was quite dapper, wearing a beige sport coat, a matching button down,… Continue reading
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Legal Question: I Care A Lot – A Horror Film for the Aged
This week’s question comes from my mom via text. Yeah, I know I recently answered another question from her, but she’s my mom so she gets to the front of the line. She also tells me things like, “I brought… Continue reading
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Damn You, Billy Joel
Before the pandemic, I didn’t give a fuck about Billy Joel. I mean, I knew who he was. He’s the piano man. He plays at the bar, and they put bread in his jar. He is also the guy who really wants… Continue reading
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Legal Question: The Nitty Griddy Truth
This week’s question comes from Katie M. via Instagram DMs. “Griddy is charging customers several thousand dollars for a few days of electricity service – is that legal? I don’t understand how this happened.” Excellent question, Katie! First of all,… Continue reading
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Won’t You Be My Helper?
This week, amidst the Texas freeze, I found myself crouched in front of my house in the snow with my brother-in-law, Aaron, absolutely vexed by my water meter cover. It’s a circle of metal, about the size of a personal… Continue reading
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Legal Question: Drunk on the (Legal) Job
This week’s question comes from Nancy aka my mom. HI MOM!!!!! “Should your attorney be sober and present? What do you do if you suspect that your attorney is shit-faced?” She included a link to this article: Rudy Giuliani had three… Continue reading
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Just Desserts
This past week on the Sinisterhood Patreon, we released a new “Am I the Asshole” episode. There is a website on which users ask whether their behavior in interpersonal relationships is or is not acceptable. The other users judge their behavior by… Continue reading
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Legal Question: What’s All This Racket-eering?
This week’s question comes from Katie M. “What EXACTLY is racketeering? I hear it all the time but have no actual concept of what it is.” Excellent question, Katie. When most people hear the word “racketeering,” they think of the… Continue reading
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Mall Madness
(When I was a kid, maybe nine years old, I remember sitting at home with my mom on a Saturday night, waiting to drive back up to our local mall and pick up my sister, Shannon, at closing time. She… Continue reading
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Legal Question: What’s the Deal with Meme Stonks and GameStop?
This week’s question comes from @ellebeabea on Instagram. “Can you please explain this GameStop thing in the same way you explain all financial and legal matters on the podcast? I get it very basically: X Jerky Companies bet against GameStop… Continue reading
Heather versus the World 