Schadenfreude

You, Schadenfreude.net Reader, you’re just a Schadenfreude.net Reader.

The world’s smartest Schadenfreude.net Reader poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite.


No such thing as a free lunch…

No such thing as a free lunch...

At least where Chicago Public Radio is concerned! CPR hired us to write/direct/shoot/produce/art direct/cast/envision/market/edit/set build and deliver these shorts showing people the failures of getting something for free…
Sure, we may have gotten Steve Delahoyde to do the shooting, editing, a tad of the directing and most of the art direction, but the rest of it [...]


You Be the Judge Schadenfreude.net Reader

You Be the Judge Schadenfreude.net Reader

You know how to play Apples to Apples, right?  Choose the red card that goes best with the green card. Today.


Schadenfreude.net Reader! I Love You!

But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!


Dear Schadenfreude.net Reader,

Dear Schadenfreude.net Reader,

On the night I travel back in time you will be shot by terrorists.  Please do whatever is necessary to prevent this terrible tragedy from occurring.


What’s the matter Schadenfreude.net Reader? You gonna cry?

What's the matter Schadenfreude.net Reader? You gonna cry?

Look! You’ve heard enough! I have answered your questions!

Look! You've heard enough! I have answered your questions!

Now I have to see Schadenfreude.net Reader!


So Jewel-Osco is downsizing…

So Jewel-Osco is downsizing...

According to Tribune/ChicagoBreakingNews.com –
Tribune staff report | Jewel Osco, the Chicago area’s largest grocery chain, will shed 110 store management jobs in an effort to be more competitive.
Jewel has traditionally operated its stores with two managers, one for the Jewel food business, the other for the Osco pharmacy operation. Going forward, the company will [...]


“We’re gonna draw a little bit of everybody’s blood. Because we’re gonna find-out who’s the Schadenfreude.net Reader.”

"We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood.  Because we're gonna find-out who's the Schadenfreude.net Reader."

I thought we agreed on total body prosthesis, now lose the Schadenfreude.net Reader.

I thought we agreed on total body prosthesis, now lose the Schadenfreude.net Reader.

Ever thus to deadbeats, Schadenfreude.net Reader

Ever thus to deadbeats, Schadenfreude.net Reader

We’re not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe, Schadenfreude.net Reader

We're not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe, Schadenfreude.net Reader

That was me. Ex-Cop. Ex-Schadenfreude.net Reader


Try to read Schadenfreude.net, but don’t LOOK like you’re trying to read Schadenfreude.net

Try to read Schadenfreude.net, but don't LOOK like you're trying to read Schadenfreude.net

You’re gonna be a great writer someday, Schadenfreude.net Reader.

You're gonna be a great writer someday, Schadenfreude.net Reader.

You might even write about us guys if you ever get hard-up for material.


I was hard on you when you was growin’ up, Schadenfreude.net reader.

I did things that made you hate me. Now, you can see why I did.


Don’t try and frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways Schadenfreude.net Reader

Don't try and frighten us with your sorcerer's ways Schadenfreude.net Reader

Hang on Schadenfreude.net Reader, we’re going for a ride


Thank you for doing this, Schadenfreude.net Reader


I’m going to count to three, Schadenfreude.net reader. There will not be a four.

Give me the code.


I don’t know who you are Schadenfreude.net reader – I don’t know what you want.

If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.


Happy Birthday Andrew!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Today my son Andrew turns the big 0-1.  Yep. Today.  SEPTEMBER 11th.  To all those out there who say “Whoa!” or make this face when I say his Birthday is SEPTEMBER 11th I say this –> I get it.
When is your Birthday?  Let’s say June 28th, 1975.  You can say “June 28th” or “Six, twenty-eight, [...]


Human Experimentation Not Just For Nazis Anymore

In what may be one of the most revolting developments yet concerning America’s “War on Terror,” Physicians for Human Rights is claiming that US doctors–working in conjunction with the CIA–may be guilty of engaging in unlawful human experimentation.  The Guardian reports:
“The most incendiary accusation of PHR’s latest report, Aiding Torture, is that doctors actively monitored the [...]


Everything’s under control, Schadenfreude.net Reader. Situation normal.

We had a slight weapons malfunction, but everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you.

How are you?