Ridiculous path of the story…
TMZ Via Neatorama Via OhGizmo!

The Chicago Tribune has some great reporting on the installation as well as a wonderful time-lapse of construction that begins with demolition of the former Sun-Times building. There is also a graphic detail of the spire that was installed today.

Another beautiful building for Chicago’s impressive skyline.

One of the best things about IKEA products is being able to reinterpret those line drawing directions. Sure, it may just be an excuse for misunderstanding page four of the FJUS instructions (my ex had to reassemble the leaning tower of bookcase after I tried to lend a hand in construction) but sometimes these “hacks” lead to great, unintended uses for everyday IKEA furniture!

And that is exactly why IKEAHacker exists. This blog is a convenient forum for fellow hackers to share their latest innovations. Some of my favorites include gift tags from a biscuit box (I had to finish them all, the box was gone!), a handy dandy bike rack (which I will need if I ever replace my stolen bike), and this really nifty coffee table / fancy remote. RedEye readers know there is nothing “gayer than a Mini Cooper full of drag queens on a trip to IKEA” so the next time you need some swedish meatballs (and who doesn’t every once in a while) don your best wig, stuff your shirt, and rent a ZipCar for your day of shopping, and don’t forget to bring extra cash for home delivery because you know that isn’t going to fit in your coop…

With such a short name the account gets a lot of random friend adds, messages, and comments. Check out some of the messages I’ve gotten in the past few days:

“my god your sexy………..You look so hot in thoes jeans and high heals and your breast are so perfect. what size are you”

“Hi
Can I ask u something
OK
Can u give a message to a friend?
Her name is ***** u find she in my vlog of friends
Please she don’t have friends
She is sad”

“*gives u a BIG HUG*lol love u”

“AWW nick is so cute!!!THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!I LOVE HIM!!!!!UR AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHOS UR FAVORITE?I WANNA SEND U 1″

But overwhelmingly, the most common message or comment received is simply people saying “J.”

http://www.youtube.com/user/J

Check out this quick 60 second explanation of how the system works. Oh, and let’s talk about how hot Tom Clifton (the guy in the below video) is… damn hipsters (check out this picture if you don’t think he is hipster enough.

Here is a video of Tom talking about the service at more length:

Finally, the guys that work there seem to be pretty geeky, and their blogs are totally worth reading, even if you do think Ruby is freakin strange.

[12:28] Elliott Ramos: i think blago lost it
[12:28] Elliott Ramos: simply lost it

Thomas Walker Polk just watched the really crazy Blago press conference…what a circus! 2:18pm

Phil DaBeatz is visibly in pain after listening to this press conference. I never imagined I would need a translator to understand English. 2:15pm

Saintless: Blago says of Burris: “Feel free to castigate the appointer, but don’t lynch the appointor.” (Burris is black, btw)

dhsteinberg: Blago still hasn’t resigned and today named a successor to Barack’s Senate seat. http://is.gd/edzE This douchebag knows no bounds.

But by far the best one…

Rachelle Bowden best gawker comment re blago: “This guy has four balls. At least four. Maybe six. And they’re big.” 2:33pm

Really, the guy should just resign. Forget about whether he is innocent or guilty, he has lost the ability to govern. Not that he was getting much done before hand anyway, but now he is just useless.  At least he won’t be remembered as the governor who screwed the CTA (but he did do that).