And Just Who The Hell Is Ed. Note?

Ed. Note (but you can call him, "Ed.") is a veteran Chicago newspaper reporter/investigator/editor who spent decades covering the daily dramas of that great Midwestern city. This blog is his way of presenting news and opinion to readers without the tyrannical, oppressive meddling of (mis)managing editors and assistant flunkies. Oh, the stories I could tell! But he has some good ones, too, that he'll share with you from time to time. ... Like the time he scooped the esteemed cop beat reporter from an opposing paper while taking a whiz on a bush one night when he was out covering a hostage story. A cop had taken his wife and his partner hostage over some perceived ill turn of fate, but he let the partner go. Once outside, the partner had to "go." And when he went, Ed. was going too. Well, the two guys sharing the bush began bantering about the freezing winter weather and the nearby unfolding drama. People are funny with reporters: either they won't talk, or you just can't shut them up. So, the liberated gendarme filled Ed. in on every little detail involved in the hostage-taking incident (which ended peacefully). Admittedly, sometimes news is like a hotdog ... you do NOT want to know how it was made. But the Windy City has more than 3 million stories. This has been one of them.