Ian Penrose | ian.penrose@thedailyblank.com | 13 posts
Ian Penrose is a Saint Louis native who has been living in the Chicago area since 2002. He currently resides with his cat in Wicker Park. While still a devout Cardinals fan he has been known to cheer for the White Sox from time to time. His fiction has been published in local literary magazines including MiddleWestern Voice and 10,000 Tons of Black Ink and was voted best columnist in Illinois by the Illinois College Press Association in 2006. He understands these boasts mean nothing to you. He just hopes you don't think his articles suck - he has a fragile ego.
An Irish national is asking to not be identified in an early morning incident in which he was robbed and subsequently physically accosted by an 18-year-old cross-dressed male. The incident took place at the Belmont “L” stop around 4:40am Wednesday. The victim’s wallet was allegedly picked from his back pocket by Faison Hicks, who was reported [...]
According to sources inside the Greenpeace organization, Greenpeace members are scheduled to protest a Greenpeace protest. Eleven members were arrested on Wednesday after they scaled Mount Rushmore and unfurled a banner decrying President Obama to push for initiatives to decrease global warming. The banner read, “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming.” It had a [...]
An estimated 700 people attended the Chicago Young Republicans party on Monday, and while it was lost on those in attendance it was considered one of the whitest functions to be held in the city this year. The event was held at Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville, much to the delight of a great number of party [...]
The world was stunned yesterday to hear of the death of Michael Jackson as well as the death of Farrah Fawcett. Globally the world is mourning and news outlets from the Associated Press to ESPN have been covering both the Jackson and Fawcett stories. It would seem though that in some circles Fawcett’s death is being [...]
The officers who took part in that violent clash with young protesters are welcoming the planned demonstration with an eerie fervor not seen since, well, since the original riot.
If you come at my grandma you better bring nothing short of a goddamn bazooka
On Thursday NBC reran one of the most inspiring episodes of its half-hour version of Deal or No Deal ever recorded.
Humble suggestions on how to handle broken parking meters in Chicago
The fourteen year old boy whose father tried to hire him a prostitute can't understand why he just can't catch a break.
Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher refuses to fall back into the fold of the regular people from which he leaped
The price of a single stamp went up a whopping two pennies, bringing them to $.44 a piece.
Fugazi surprised to find out how often “Waiting Room” is played at a local bar in Wicker Park.
