I Saw You

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Steal your love

Posted by Sam Worley on 04.17.12 at 04:07 PM

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A particularly good entry for the I Saw You files:

Shoplifter for former Park Ridge Walgreens clerk

You had black hair, black painted nails and a sharp demeanor. I shoplifted from the store frequently, wore sunglasses and suspenders. You never mentioned my crimes when I came in with my mom the next day. We made eyes once when I walked out with a collection of shoe products and a tub of ice cream in my messenger bag. The statute of limitations is up on the crime, but not my intentions. Hope you're doing well.

When: Saturday, June 30, 2007. Where: Park Ridge Walgreens. You: Woman. Me: Man. #904417

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Bobby Rush: fashion-forward freedom fighter

Posted by Asher Klein on 03.28.12 at 11:51 AM

Aint nothing but a tragic thang
  • Ain't nothing but a tragic thang
Like an old and doddering—yet still heroic—Superman, Bobby Rush, U.S. rep for Illinois's First District, stripped off his suit jacket as he spoke on the House floor today to reveal a hoodie—a statement of support for Trayvon Martin that got Rush kicked out of our nation's legislature like it was some kind of common gated community.

"The chair must remind members that clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session," [presiding officer Gregg] Harper [(R-Miss.)] said after Rush left. "The chair finds that the donning of a hood is not consistent with this rule. Members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor."

Rush is lucky he wasn't shot!

Meanwhile, down the road, any prospect of reasonable, affordable health care was being dismantled by another set of old dudes in funny costumes.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

More I Saw Yous!

Posted by Sam Worley on 02.09.12 at 04:00 PM

For this week’s cover story we sifted through about a year’s worth of I Saw Yous, and we found some real gems, a few of which we persuaded Johnny Sampson to illustrate. We also did a little embroidery of our own, and responded to the ads in whatever way felt most appropriate—emoticons, light verse, heavy sarcasm. Now, as Kevin Warwick explained yesterday, we’re inviting you to do the same in the comments section. I started to dig through the archives but realized a couple of recent I Saw Yous were as intriguing as anything we’d seen—here’s a back-and-forth that revolves around some dude’s mustache. You’ll notice that the location listing for the second one is “The Reader.” This Reader? I dunno! Are the calls coming from inside the building?

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I saw you respond to an I Saw You

Posted by Kevin Warwick on 02.08.12 at 06:15 PM

Go ahead and tell me that you've never trolled the Reader's I Saw Yous or Craigslist's Missed Connections, and I probably won't believe you. What if the attractive girl sitting across from you on the Blue Line happened to notice your rugged good looks and wanted to offer a suggestive glance or two over a cup of coffee? It would be a shame for you not to know.

Or maybe you're not even searching for Internet love but simply playing the voyeur and dreaming up responses to side-pocket attempts at romance. Either way, I bet you've clicked through posts that are set in your neighborhood.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

This is how the Internet is supposed to work

Posted by Kevin Warwick on 01.31.12 at 04:34 PM

This is not Lauren
Last week, my friend Lauren lobbied via Gchat to have her recent I Saw You posting make it into print. (The Reader culls the online I Saw You submissions each week, adding only two or three to the issue's hard copy.) Apparently, she had partnered up with someone in a CPR class and regrettably walked away without a number or even a name—and she felt like this was worth fixing. Check out our conversation after the jump:

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