Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
From humble beginnings as an indentured child laborer carrying 100 Lb. sacks of dynamite through the coal mines of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the heights of his current success as a mega-blogging celebrity lawyer, his story must be told.
“Inspirational.”
–Lexington Green
UPDATE: The awards ceremony!
Iowahawk uses his Midwestern sensibility – wonderful, witty, wise – on the blogosphere & academia: “The Two Minute Snark.”
If you do nothing else this weekend you must watch this masterpiece.
Do it now.
Do it often.
Make it a part of your lifestyle.
The Chicagoboyz blog: better than some other places you could be.
UPDATE: Phil Fraering asks an interesting question in the comments. I didn’t know the answer but a little googling revealed that the farm is a private establishment, and apparently quite a well known one. Here’s an aerial view of the neighborhood. (The photo was made from the intersection indicated by the red mark and looks Southeast .)