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Dear Swami, they’re putting out the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning. Who’s in; who’s out; what’s the best picture you’ve seen this year? Signed: Lt. Sugar Plum. (that’s Leftenant, buster)

Dear Swami,
Because we all know you are a great defender of integrity and thoughtfulness, I guess you are disgusted as I am they have let that awful Don Imus back on the air, aren’t you? He is exactly what we don’t need. Just another man with foul ideas and racism in his heart. Signed: Upset in Libertyville.

This will come as a surprise, but Swami loves insults, taunts and jabs. But he hates the dull tedious fumbling that passes for word play these days. Where has the art gone? As Abraham Lincoln once noted of a political foe: "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." And more …

After considering the Gamma rays emanating from his crystal ball, The Swami has some other thoughts about how the Genesee Theatre is being run. And by the way, couldn’t they just call it Theater and leave off the artsy pretensions? For these and other answers, read on dear readers …

Dear Old Swami, now that David Rovine has left his job running the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, what does that mean for the place? Is it a big loss or will things go ahead? Or is the city going to start over with the management company that runs the place? Signed, Curiously Inquistiive.

Dear Swami, It’s Monday. Can you start the week with some bad jokes to help me out? Signed, Humor-Starved

Dear SwamI,
Don't you have any other interests besides sports and politics? Signed, Concerned.