How does it feel to have the ol’ Idea of Progress back? Come on, you can be honest– I can take it.
Since I’ve been gone for so long, and I switched over to Wordpress, I don’t even have the blog updated. I can’t figure out how to change the strange pictures of Italy [...]

Big news everybody! Gather round, gather round…The Idea of Progress has moved from page four of Google when you search for The Idea Of Progress all the way to page 2!!!
There’s a certain wikiality to this. You see, “The Idea of Progress” is actually a philosophical term. I didn’t know this when [...]

The following is the first in a series of groundbreaking interviews with the reclusive genius known to his public only as “The Idea of Progress.” The interview was conducted by reclusive genius The Idea of Progress.–
-Your post, The Forevertron, or The Idea of Progress Hits the Road, redefined the entire concept of blogging as [...]

Associated PressCHICAGO, IL- Folks in Logan Square usually lead a quiet life. Aside from the random rock concert or occasional gang shooting, all is usually quiet along these city boulevards. Until recently.
“He was 100 feet tall, I tell you!” local hipster Jack ‘Green’ Beane told the Associated Press on Monday. “He was [...]

If you don’t live in Chicago, or near Chicago, I’d suggest you steal a car and start driving right now. An unprecedented event will occur tonight: The Blogarrific Blogstraviganza 2007 ™. I haven’t cleared this name with the others, but I’m sure that they would endorse it.
Tonight, meet your favorite authors (and [...]

The Idea of Progress can best be compared to Skynet from The Terminator. Do you remember Skynet? It was the computer system that destroyed the world. The military spent a lot of time and money getting the thing to work, and when they turned it on, it quickly gained so much power [...]

Have I mentioned that an article of mine was linked to a fine blog named Adventures In himself Self Loathing? I did? I just wanted to make sure. This was the first time I’ve been linked to outside of a blogroll (some fine blogs, such as Save Your Generation, have included me [...]

The Idea Of Progress has been linked in someone else’s blog (visit the excellent Adventures In Self Loathing for more details. Did I mention it was an excellent blog with impeccable taste? Because it is). And so I’m replying with a link to that link. And you know why? Because [...]

-John Mark Karr is getting some.
–What the hell is a fuck lion?
–Grant Miller Media discusses a possible candidate for President: Princes Christina Gerasimos Billings-Elias. In case you’re wondering, she’s a Democrat.
–Is jatropha going to be the next cheap biofuel? (It’s a weed, but not that one)
–It’s Xenu vs. Tom Cruise. Who will [...]

It’s about time, I think. Love it? Hate it? Accept it? Pity the fool?
Onwards and upwards.
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