zbrodnia katyńska by Schmutzie 04/11/2010, 1:09 PM # On September 1, 1939, just a week after the Molotv-Ribbentrop Pact, the Germans invade...

The Key Passage by Schmutzie 03/03/2010, 9:38 AM In the middle of one of his multi-purpose Fraywatch gang replies, our intrepid moderator sq...

"Flaming Posse" by Schmutzie 01/23/2010, 3:33 PM # A screenplay by Schmutzie. Directed by Alan Smithee. Setting- Fairplay, Colora...

[click image for a better view] The Fray Mutiny by Schmutzie 08/06/2009, 11:03 AM # What a vile creature. What a snake in the grass, that Lt...

Stimulus by Schmutzie 02/25/2009, 3:46 PM # I posted this earlier, but pulled it because I felt like I paid too much attention to Bobb...

Da Machine by Schmutzie 12/17/2008, 12:22 PM # As I read yet another reference to "the machine" in Chicago politics yester...

Royko rolls over and smiles by Schmutzie 10/18/2008, 8:36 AM # When Rupert Murdoch bought the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, Mike Royko, my hero...

Fray Bash: 2011 by Schmutzie 10/08/2008, 3:18 PM # Wrigley Field Chicago,Il Right Field Bleachers above the 368' mark ....around tea tim...

Mexican Truckers and The Big Hurt by Schmutzie 09/06/2007, 1:17 PM # I first met Rick the Truck Driver in the early 90s. We were both limo ...

A Year in the Fray by Schmutzie 06/07/2007, 2:10 PM # Just about a year ago, I stumbled onto this message board called "Fighting W...