Category Archives: Stuff I’m Proud Of
The Hardest Thing I’ve Had To Write
David Everett Osborn, 54, of Silvis, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill., after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer. His visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Christ the King Catholic Church, … Continue reading
To The Driver of the Red Pickup Truck: (Published August, 2008)
Hi. It’s me. You know, purple running shoes, black shorts, favorite blue tank top? Well, it’s not blue any more, thanks to you. That strawberry milkshake you threw out of the back of your crappy pickup truck really improved the … Continue reading
Graduation Column 2006
When you read this column, I will be free. Free of homework, lockers, pop quizzes, cafeteria food, and fluorescent lights—well, at least until college starts next fall. But something will be different then. The small things I take for granted … Continue reading
Being Average
Hello, my name is Catie…and I’m average. Some people think that being confronted with one’s own mortality is difficult- for me, this isn’t the problem. The problem I face is realizing that in the grand scheme of things I am … Continue reading
A Canadian-Belgian Jew, or How I met my birthmother
It all began with Lithuanians. Drunk Lithuanians, specifically. At a wedding. Well, not real Lithuanians, nor was it a real wedding, but a group of us had been portraying them for about 5 hours when I sat down next to … Continue reading
