A Chicagoland fake barf factory makes Internet waves
Since sifting through dull newspapers, hyperbolic blogs, and overflowing RSS feeds for meaningful news can be an arduous process, News Net catches and compiles both the amusing and the significant reports that were overlooked throughout the workweek. Here are some things to think about as the weekend begins.
• Boing Boing alerted us to an article about a Chicago factory that produces fake barf. Fun, Inc. is, apparently, a leader in the novelties market, and claims to have invented both chattering teeth and those candy-colored oversize novelty sunglasses.
• Derrick Rose’s new signature shoes, the Adidas AdiZero Rose 2.0 “Windy City” model, are—surprise!—Chicago themed. The red and black shoes have blue laces and several references to local modes of transportation on them. They even have an El map on the insoles.
• In other basketball-related news, it appears that the DePaul assistant coach who said his house was robbed was, in fact, lying. While the things he claimed were missing from his house, including an oxygen tank that his son uses to combat sickle cell anemia, are missing, the shake-up wasn’t the result of some local ne’er-do-wells, but rather a result of a “landlord and tenant dispute.” Harsh burn, dude.
• Peter Billingsley, who’s probably best known for his role as Ralphie in A Christmas Story but who is also a director and producer for more modern films, found a man dead in a hotel room in the Gold Coast this past weekend. The man, John O’Brien, was a friend of Billingsley’s, and the pair were supposed to go to the same Chicago Air And Water show party. So far, it’s not clear what happened to O’Brien, though police did say there were suspected narcotics and sleeping pills in the room.
• Noisey debuted a video about Seattle heavy rock giants Big Business that was filmed around Chicago, including at the band’s recent stop at the Bottom Lounge.
