I was reading the other day when a guy looked over and asked what I was reading…
“Ms. Magazine,” I said, “It’s really good.” All I got in return was a funny look. I think I tried to justify it, but nothing was going to convince him.
Ms. and B**** and other magazines like it our written off as “feminist propaganda” and they receive a slim readership because of it. Instead of being the often informative piece of journalism that they could be, they end up preaching to the choir. …

Photo of Cabrini-Green being demolished
After doing a little searching around for stories of gentrification I came across this photo and an article about Cabrini-Green. Anyone who has previously heard that name most likely knows it as Chicago’s most infamous housing project. Known for it’s crime and gang activity. Well, what you might not know is that that Cabrini-Green no longer exist. In it’s place are expensive condos and townhomes, and some affordable housing. The Chicago Reporter did a great article about the change in Cabrini-Green which I’d encouraging …

To start here’s a pretty good definition of gentrification:
The rehabilitation of a deteriorated neighborhood by new residents who are wealthier than the long-time residents. This can cause an increase in housing prices and lead to displacement of the long-time residents. via
Recently I’ve been looking at houses in the nearby neighborhood, helping our friends search for a potential home to buy. Every time I turn my eye to real estate I’m flooded with an overwhelming feeling of a need to do something about gentrification.
I first noticed gentrification when we were in …

My co-host Zach has been quite busy in the recent month or so and though this is no excuse, we have been unable to do a podcast for quite some time. Fortunately, this dark period of audio silence might soon be coming to and end. The school year is almost over and that means a little breathing room for both of us.
We’ll see how full force the podcast returns, but at the least you can expect one this summer. Lately, we’ve been talking about finances and I’m sure that conversation …

Call me a frugal or call me a scrooge, I don’t like spending money often, and thus I always like getting things for free. One thing I like collecting, and don’t seem to use very often is free song downloads. So there are two recent findings that have made me particularly happy.
First, This website is giving away ten free song downloads from Sony Connect. 10 Songs are quite a bit and might be worth it to some of you to download the SonicStage program and get the free songs. If …

I’m not sure why, but I’m sure some folks are stopping by the site. Currently though I have no stats, nor comments to prove it. Somethings not right…