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Patty Kimerer

Odder jobs than newspaper columnist, Part I

So, we’ve been doing this for how long now … I’d say at least a few decades or so, no? If memory serves — and to be quite honest, lately it’s been offering worse delivery than this year’s least reliable internet provider — it has been quite a while that I’ve been making meager, ...

Pet peeves are disturbing Patty’s peace

As you all know by now, I’m a pretty open book to those around me. And maybe strangers, as well, since sometimes my bad poker face gives my emotions away quicker than Usain Bolt runs a quarter-mile, yo. I’m Italian, my friends, what can I say? And while I try to be happy and agreeable ...

Ol’ PK turns the clock to year she launched

Well, here I am, y’all — a couple weeks into yet another trip around the sun. Yes, yes, your old pal PK is getting, well, old. Fifty-five rings around this tree, yo. So this fossil did some digging on the year 1968, the year when a wee little Pats came to be, as it were. And I unearthed ...

Thief on cross stole Christ’s heart

There once was a man named the Christ Who brought to this earth peace and light. And redemption of sin He was there, thick and thin! To give mankind some real great insight... On just what it means to forgive And how it’d be best if we lived Showing kindness to all Whether ...

Older, not wiser, when it comes to this stuff

Well, folks, six days ago, I turned the old double nickels. So now that I’m older — and presumably wiser — I thought I’d visit some things that old geezers like me simply just don’t get. I searched “new inventions” on the internet and found these gems, which I feel compelled ...

Post-party question: Was St. Patrick Irish, Italian or Roman?

Was St. Patrick Italian? It’s a question that pops up every year around this time. With folks near and far winding down from a festive few days last weekend full of shamrocks, leprechauns and you know, lots and lots of green beer, the matter remains — well, as murky as the Chicago ...