Fart Pedal / Michael Jordan / E-Scooter Comeback? / Keep La Russa

Farts. That's what inspired the latest unlikely business success story from serial silly-idea man Steve Gadlin, who once charmed $25,000 out of Mark Cuban on "Shark Tank" to launch a custom cartoon cat drawing business, I Want To Draw A Cat For You.

So far, Gadlin's Kickstarter fundraiser for "The Fart Pedal" — a guitar stomp box that offers "dry" and "wet" fart sounds that really bring out a guitar's "low-end" — has brought in nearly $60,000. For $165, you to can play ripping guitar solos that don't stink.

KONKOL COLUMN: Fart Pedal Is Perfect Christmas Gift For Crappy Guitar Players

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• White Sox manager Tony La Russa says he wants somebody else to decide if he should return to the South Side next season. If it was up to Patch's Jeff Arnold, the septuagenarian skipper would get one more shot at winning a World Series. (Patch)
• "Bring it." That was Mayor Lori Lightfoot's response to Chicago police union boss John Catanzara's threat to sue the city for mandating coronavirus vaccines for all city workers. (Patch)
• Remember those electric scooters that once littered city sidewalks? They're poised to make a comeback. A City Council committee forwarded an ordinance that would make scooters a permanent part of the city's transportation system. Look for a vote by the full City Council today. (WTTW)
• Michael Jordan is still breaking records — at auction houses. A bidder paid $2.7 million for basketball card made of a game-used jersey that was a signed by the NBA's greatest player. (Patch)
• A West Side man was charged with murder Wednesday in connection an early Sunday mass shooting on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park that left one person dead and four wounded. (NBC5)
• Civil Rights leader Timuel Black — a confidante of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an early adviser of former President Barack Obama — died. He was 102. (ABC7)

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• "A Nightmare on Elm Street" at Lincoln Yards (6:45 p.m.)
• Comedian Chris Fleming at Thalia Hall (8 p.m.)
• Gabriel Iglesias at the United Center (8 p.m.)

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