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This week in Chicago, the Sears Tower opened a series of glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet in the air and hovering four feet out from the 103rd floor Skydeck. I can't wait to go visit these stinking things! I'm even willing to sit through the required "Blah Blah Chicago Blah" movie to which visitors are subjected before hitting the Skydeck for 'em.

If you're scared of heights, I sincerely recommend against watching the below video, because you might actually throw up your spleen or shit out your lower intestine. But, if you're like me, and heights give you a heady rush of vertigo that's equal parts thrilling and terrifying, this video is like a drug:

Iain nearly faints when we go to the Signature Lounge at the Hancock Building and I lean my head against the glass and look straight down to give myself a delicious case of the woozies. I couldn't get him into one of these things for love nor money, and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't even be able to watch me get in one without puking or passing out.

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