Allan Johnson

When you think about the places to go in search of Mr. or Ms. Right Now, the names immediately pop into your head: Excalibur, Crobar, the Cubby Bear, Woodfield mall,...

"Who wants to be a success in a failing society?" --Actor Hector Elizondo tells Q that he can't judge himself accomplished when his own neighborhood is in disrepair. In a...

Three cheers for the jerks and the wackos, the heroes and the questers. In a network television landscape that becomes more formulaic by the day (is it us, or are...

I'm a fan of the CBS crime series "Cold Case" because the lead character, Philadelphia homicide detective Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), is a fearless, tenacious pursuer of the truth. I...

When upscale barber shop Truefitt & Hill hit Chicago 15 years ago, it became a unique place for guys--not one of those cheapie quick-cut joints and not a "salon" with...

"Don't be afraid to lay an egg." --"Sesame Street" star Big Bird tells Q not to worry about the mistakes you make in life. Of course, literally speaking, "I can't...

"God brought you to it, God will bring you through it. No matter what you're doing and how bad things seem, it seems that there's always a way around it...

Why do people in "before-and-after" pictures look so sad "before" and so "happy" after? "I don't know about that one," Chicagoan Mark Stach said with a laugh. "I was like,...

"Don't ever think that one person can't change the world, because that's the only thing that ever has." --"Stargate SG-1" co-star Amanda Tapping tells Q about one of a "bunch...

Which fake NASCAR experience do you prefer: getting tossed around--and maybe a serious case of the dizzies--in a racing simulator, or being bombarded with images of speed--while suffering slight visual...