I love summer. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. And again. And again. There are few things in this world that make me as happy as a hot sticky day. I absolutely adore those few nights a year when it’s so hot, the cover of the night sky cannot even bring the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Chicago’
June 26, 2010
Rivalry, schmilvary
So, the Cubs and Sox are playing this weekend in the second installment of this year’s big crosstown classic. Which frankly, lost all its allure (in my opinion) when interleague play started. Back in the day, when it was just a single game that they played for the fans on an off day for both teams, [...]
June 10, 2010
Kane and able
There’s some exciting happenings here in the greater Chicagoland area this fine June day. And all thanks to a bunch of guys collectively known as the Chicago Blackhawks. Let’s start with the obvious: I am not a hockey expert. Not even close. When I lived down in Baton Rouge, where hockey was surprisingly popular, Kayla, Nancy and I, [...]
October 2, 2009
Fail USA and woooo hooo!
I’m pretty disheartened by all the to do going on over the airwaves and on the internet today. Seems Rush Limbaugh was in absolute GLEE that Chicago lost the Olympics, he said (paraphrasing here) that of course Chicago lost, because Obama is “an imbecile.” Over at my very favorite hate speech website, Fox Nation, the [...]
October 2, 2009
Chicago loses Olympic bid
So, seems big bad Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee to host the Summer Games in 2016. Well… Dammit all to hell.
October 1, 2009
Why I support the Chicago Olympic bid
My brother Tommy posted recently on his blog why he hopes that the city of Chicago is awarded the 2016 Olympic Games. Among his reasons for supporting the games, he talked about benefits to the city’s infrastructure, the increase of revenue, a boost to the local job market, and of course, the “cool factor” of saying, [...]
