About that Speech

 Didn’t watch. 

No it’s not about Trump. I haven’t watched a SOTU speech for a couple of decades. For me it is akin to watching a company PowerPoint — a big yawn. 

If you have never sat through a company slide show then consider yourself lucky. 

Sorry Paul, I’m Not Amazed at All

 Looney lefties are telling us that when they get back in power the Trumpists are going to pay. One deranged liberal on LinkedIn stated every person who voted for Trump should be tried for treason. 

First, she needs a dictionary so she can look up treason. Second, why is it the very people who insist upon groupthink label the rest of us fascists? 

Again, a dictionary might be indispensable 

Get ready

 Before the war

Before the medals

Before the Greatest Generation became great

—there was a boy on a dusty Indiana backroad with a truck full of moonshine and everything to lose

*thank you Nathan

A Dad Joke Riddle

 I am between 4 and 6.

I am not Five.

What am I?

Using Your Money to Bribe Billionaires

 There are murmurs, whispers, and threats the Chicago Bears might move to NE Indiana.  I am beyond skeptical. 

Fuzzy has a great breakdown at his place. The Mayor of Hammond (the basis for the fictional town in the movie A Christmas Story) thinks the stadium will generate significant new business, a “Bearsville ” outside the stadium. 

Does he realize the team will only play 8 or 9 games a year in that stadium? No Ruth’s Chris nor high rise hotel can survive on traffic from game days only. Has he driven to Chicago and looked around st the entertainment offerings right around Soldier Field? 

Exactly, and Chicago has far more going on than Da Region. 

I think the Bears are using this offer as a velvet hammer to force Chicago and  Illinois to a weaker negotiating position. 

I’ve run across this strategy more times than I can count in negotiations. “We.don’t want to change, but your competition has a better deal on the table…”

If I was a betting man…I am pretty sure who is getting played here. 

Don’t Panic, Have a Cigar

 I took a late lunch yesterday afternoon and smoked a small cigar out on the patio. With the temperature in the upper sixties, I perfectly comfortable in a sweatshirt. Are those things bad for me? Yes. Do I care? No. I’ve been smoking cigars since I was about eight, so I think I’ll be okay. 

Yeah, I worked late to make up for it. 

No Friday music because Google is being a jerk. 

Definition of schizophrenia

 Temperatures will push the 60s for the next couple of days before snow flakes fly this weekend. 

'Nuff said.

Boo Radley is dead

 

I read Robert Duvall has died. I believe he is one of the best character actors to grace film or stage. 

From Thhe Godfather to Lonesome Dove he was excellent.  I particularly liked him in Open Range. 

He may have appeared in an occasional bad movie, but he was never bad in a movie.