Slog - Comments on When Slog Worlds Collide http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide OK, normally I handle the Sports-slogging along with Brad, and my brother takes care of the Smoking Ban Updates in his crusade to never have to change his clothes after a night out boozing. But sometimes, worlds collide. Several suburbs near Chicago that recently banned smoking in all public places, including taverns, are reconsidering because of the success of the Chicago Bears. Seems business was waaay down last week when the Bears snuck past the Seagulls. In yet another demonstration of the fact that the most effective smoking bans would be state-wide, smokers would abandon their regular haunts to go... Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:44:24 -0800 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:40:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by dewsterling With the caveat, that I've recently quit again after falling off the wagon for a couple of months and cannot stand to be around cigarette smoke and I realize that it's an extremely unpopular opinion, but I sympathize with the smokers. It's so freaking cold in Chicago that if another bar is willing to let them smoke inside, well...

]]> dewsterling http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c591999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c591999 Sports Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:13:50 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO According to Artie Lang of The Howard Stern Show, the lock of the week is the over. Which, as anyone listens to The Show regularly knows, is a giant red flag to take the under.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c592030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c592030 Sports Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:49:22 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Yeah, yeah, we all know smoking is stupid. Especially while WATCHING sports. That's some cynical smoking, pallio.

That makes MY favorite smoke the one right after playing sports. Pairs well with beer.

The upside (albeit pathetic) for the smoking athlete wannabe is that there's automatic improvement in your game when you quit. Ace in the hole.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c592083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/when_slog_worlds_collide#c592083 Sports Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:40:42 -0800