When they talk about the second city, perhaps this is what they mean. Are all Chicago landlords just completely insane? Our handyman has been given the task this morning of removing all the vintage woodwork in the front hallways of our building. Do landlords sit around thinking of ways to spend money on projects that will actually reduce the value of their buildings? It's completely senseless. And on top of that, the heat in the building seems to be off, so I've got to get the hell out of here.

Also I just got an email with the following text from a PR person. "ATTENTION ALL FEMALES!!! the XXXXXXXX. would like to give 12 lucky females the opportunity to meet, greet, and lounge with LUDACRIS at a private location in Chicago TONIGHT for one night only!!"

Are you kidding me?

Just called landlord, they're actually going to clean up the woodwork and put it back.