Fat in Indiana

Hey! It is summer. That means reruns. Yeah, I reran it in 2019 too. The blog was better in those halcyon days. June 30, 2011 It would be coo...

My little hometown went all out for the Bicentennial celebrations back in 1976.  The big city park was filled with people as bands played in...

  Looking west from the roof of the Londonhouse Hotel, Chicago, IL.

It is good to be home.  Rolled in around 8 Friday night. It was great to lie down on my old lumpy mattress.  Clearly the photographer can’t ...

  Sure it is cute and fun. Didn’t its creators ever watch The Terminator?

  I saw this was my view every day as I walked out of my hotel this week. 

  Yes that's Dixie McCall (Julie London) of "Emergency" smoking up the airwaves.

 

to all you dads out there. I miss you Dad.

Posting will be light next week. I'm heading out in the morning for the big robotics show in Chicago.   woot Can you feel my excitement?...

 

If this agreement with Iran is the results of a master negotiator, then I need to apply for the job.  The reported terms of the Memorandum o...

We avoided the nasty weather that raced across south central Illinois and Indiana last night. The big red scary "you might die" bl...

 

 The youngest called in a panic very early this morning. A couple of what he called meth-heads tried to break into his apartment this mornin...

 Watching the grass seed sprout that I planted in a bare spot interests me more than the World Cup.  Frankly, I'm not too invested in th...

 It is a beautiful Saturday here in Mudsock. We are heading off this afternoon to have a beer or two, smoke some fine stogies, and hangout p...

  Once more we step into the 1970s

 Many reports claim black families feel like they need to have a talk with their sons after the Karmelo Anthony guilty verdict. They should....

I've been reading about the histronics from fired journalist Scott Pelley. Things may be different inside a newsroom (I doubt it), but t...