drum circles – especially incessant public ones – are annoying as hell. I feel bad for the neighbors who have to endure hours of drumming as an intrusion to their own choice of sound (or lack of it) in their home for that time period.

it's unclear: are they widening the street? why did the trees have to come down? where the in the way????? seriously. it's not clear in the article.

What else goes into the storm sewers and, ultimately, the lakes or our water supply? toxin-saturated cigarette butts that people thoughtlessly toss onto the streets. We need cigarette butt disposal boxes in public places. Let's start with the NFTA…

Couldn't agree more, Jim! It's downright crazy that some circles have stop signs and others, yield (in some cases just blocks apart, with different signage!) I was trained in Drivers Ed that the car entering the circle yield to cars already in t…