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I hate the environment. Nature sucks.

I consider myself an anti-environmentalist.

I am the polar opposite of a tree-hugging hippie.  In fact, I go to great lengths to damage the environment by wasting resources and polluting as much as possible.

When I finish a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of water while driving, I simply fling the empty container out the window. I don’t want my truck cluttered with trash.  After changing the oil in my truck, I pour the used oil directly into the nearest sewer.  It is far too much trouble drive to the gas station.

As I write this, all of the lights in my apartment are turned on, even though the sun has not yet set.  While today has been an unseasonably cool summer day, I have my windows closed and my air conditioner on full blast, along with three large box fans generating a powerful breeze directed towards my desk.

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Sears Tower is going to be renamed. Get over it.

Last week, it was reported that Chicago’s iconic Sears Tower would be renamed Willis Tower as part of a new lease agreement with London-based Willis Group Holdings.  The announcement prompted a negative reaction among many of my fellow Chicagoans.

To those who denounce the name change as an absurd affront to the character of the city: please, get over it.

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