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A Healthy Level of Insanity

Posted at 4:34 AM, Jul. 3, 2007

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a
Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries
with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks .. Once Everyone has Gotten
Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write " For Smuggling Diamonds"

7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds
All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party
Because You're Not In The Mood.

16 . Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock
Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling
"Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To
Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......

Its Called ..... therapy

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Changes to the City of Chicago Zoning Certificates

Posted at 4:32 AM, Jul. 2, 2007

The City of Chicago has recently made a major change regarding its policies concerning the zoning certificate process for buildings containing 2-5 dwelling units. (Note: the procedures for single family structures are not affected).

Starting on May 7, 2007 the zoning department no longer allows the person submitting a certification to "sign off" as per what the city records show. In other words, if you request a three unit certification, and city records only show two, the Department of Zoning will require you to submit a Freedom of Information request to verify the number of dwelling units, or submit the property for an inspection.

The Freedom of Information request can take anywhere from 3-5 weeks to receive a copy of these records. The Zoning Department then asks seven days to complete the inspection which is dependent on if the inspector can make contact with the person with access to the property in question.

Because the city now assumes that there is an illegal unit involved if the city records show fewer units than initially requested it is important to make absolutely sure the number of units at the property or it could cause a major delay in obtaining the certification. It is also imperative that the certification is ordered as early as possible in order to avoid any delay.

Also, beginning June 1, 2007, the City of Chicago Department of Zoning will be requiring completion of a new Zoning Certification form. Along with all the basic information such as Property Address, PIN Number and Client Information, the City now asks us to list exactly where each unit is located on the premises specifically disclosing which floor in each building. If not completed in full the City may reject the certification request.

Should you have any questions please contact the City of Chicago Department of Zoning at (312)744-6317.

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