I've never been good at building things. When I was a kid, I’d pour out the box of Legos onto the ground and just stare them, impotently. Which is why 1989’s Girlfriend Construction Set for MS-DOS didn’t seem like it was for me. A deeply embarrassing game from a time when it was just immediately assumed that if you even glanced at a computer you were a vile person, as opposed to now, when it’s just likely you are.
Read MoreReunion Rules by Stephen Winchell
The Telethon was a long-running sci-fi/comedy/variety show I was a part of. It ended. Done. Gone. Kaput. wrote about it on this very blog right before we closed up shop for good. Goodbye, Chicago. Goodbye, cruel world.
Read MoreSean Rose says goodbye to The Telethon
My name is . I've been living in Chicago for almost three years. For all of those three years, I've been in a show called every first Saturday night of the month at the Playground Theater.
The Telethon is ending this Saturday. One last big fun celebratory final episode, and then it is over. The last episode of a show that has been with me since I moved to Chicago. An inseparable part of my Chicago life will be gone. I don't know what I am going to do.
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