Gaad Damn that Chicaago Winner!

I left my house at 7 today. I got to work around 9:15. That’s more than an hour more than usual, but I’ve come to expect it. For those of you who aren’t commuters, here’s how it go:
Leave the house walking to the train station in Lisle. It’s a 1 mile walk, usually takes me 15 minutes or so, more in the snow because exactly one family the entire way shovels their sidewalk.
Take the Train from Lisle, express from downers. Usually about a 35 minute trip. Today a train hit a plow in Brookfield, so we were delayed 40 minutes. Luckily it was ON the train, so I went to sleep!
Midway through my nap, some asshole who’d been coughing so loud that I’m SURE he wasn’t covering his mouth gets on the phone and has America’s loudest phone conversation about family Christmas plans and how he can’t believe how people can’t adapt to a little slush.
Assface.
Then I usually walk to work from Union station. Again, about a mile walk. I got to Wacker Drive, the first street over the river and there was about 6 inches of what looked like Coke Slurpee in the streets. An aside about Wacker Drive: a few years back, the revamped Lower and upper Wacker, but only the east-west portion. The north-south is like the gutter of the whole city. It does not train properly, and it’s dimples with potholes that show through to lower Wacker. While most streets are cleaned and sidewalks shoveled, Wacker N-S is left a mess. It’s a damn shame.
So, instead of taking my chances in the slush I got on the el and that took me to State & Lake.

I must be dreaming

I just witnessed the finest rendition of “White Christmas” by three black men, an acoustic guitar, and one of those egg maracas. It was on the red line station at lake. I tipped them.

Colicky

So, Sam started out Colicky like his big sister. Bad bouts of screaming in the evenings. He had a 6-week doctor appointment and I told Kiki to ask the doc if there had been any advances in the field of colic…
He said we had tried pretty much everything and recommended that we try eliminating dairy from Kiki’s diet as a last resort. Like even eliminating cream from her coffee.
I am pleased to report that it worked! He no longer has those bouts, and by 2 months he was smiling and doing his gaspy baby laugh, which has made things even better.

In other news, We had to go to DC because my wife works on the committee that develops the writing portion of the GED. It was a very fun trip and I got to see one of my best friends while in DC. Miette loved exploring the city and staying in the hotel. It was a pretty swanky one with a humongous bathtub that filled in seconds due to the hydrant-like water pressure. We also got to the natural history museum where she was awed by the dinosaurs and bewildered by a group of like 100 people in santa suits.

How ‘bout that Illinois Governor? What I find most appalling is that he hasn’t bothered to say a damn thing to the people that elected him. 99% of politicians represent one thing. Their own interests. I have experienced it in little ol’ Lisle and seen it on a national scale. The 2-party system is broken, right along with Healthcare, Insurance, the court system, and most bank accounts.

Be of good cheer, right?

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Gold coastin'

I just saw Brian Dennehy and Clinton from "What not to wear" in the gold coast (not together). I managed a nod to Clinton and I'mm mad at myself for not trying to get him to critique me. I at least should have said, "Get more dudes on that show!" I don't seek it out, but my wife watches it all the time. Anyway, he looked like he'd spent too long at the tanning bed.
I didn't want to say anything to Dennehy. He looked like a big old crank as you might expect.