Okay. My most recent entries are all stuff like "crap," "sad day," "grrr," and "bob barr." Even the "teehee" was more bemused than amused.


Fear not, for all is not doom and gloom up Chicago way. Among the positives:

- Aidan, my soon-to-be-stepson, arrives for the summer on Thursday!
- my new neighbors seem cool
- the Weird Chicago book is going to rock!
- I'm feeling good about the proposal for my fantasy book, which is like Faust for kids. With all of my usual smart-assery.
- I got a really cool bandana promoting Roosevelt and the Progressive Party for president in 1912. They had a heck of a platform, and the bandana looks great on my wall.
- someone actually booked the Chicago Political Tour for a private outing, so I'll get to try out that route! Featuring SEVERAl sites of interet t Roosevelt fans (mostly Teddy, some FDR).
- The Pinball Hall of Fame for Wii ROCKS. The games are great, and the between game scenes in the arcade make it look JUST like you're in an Aladdin's Castle in the 80s. I think they even got the carpet right.
- My efforts to clean have been met with great success and have been praised by leaders throughout the free world.
- The weather is great for grilling lately.
- Found a picture online of a tub toy I had as a kid that I'd been trying to remember. It was called Tub Town. All I could remember was that it had a Fish n Chips shop. I remembered the rest clearly when I saw it.
- Digging Spider-man lately. A lot.
- Having some great meals lately - in addition to grilling, we've lately hit Nookie's twice and 11 City Diner once.