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Chicago is considered a “Blue Collar” city. The term, according to a quick search, references individuals who engage in hard manual labor. I would fall into the other category. Having an office job, I would fall into the “White Collar” … Continued

The last day of April… it couldn’t end soon enough… April was the end of an almost 2 month slide in my 3rd career of professional sports gambling… haha. That just sounds funny, but hey, we’re not giving up yet! … Continued

This day would go down as one of my son’s best sports days ever. It all started with his 2nd track meet; his first event was the 4×400 relay. Last week, they finished in 2nd place. The race began, and … Continued

Time flies when you’re having fun… It was 10 years ago, that I posted my very first blog. If you don’t remember it (ha!), here it is: So here we sit, 10 years later, and what has changed? In the … Continued

Sunday fun day. The first ever track meet for my son. He didn’t participate in Track & Field last year at school, but after another solid year of Cross Country in the books back in the Fall, he was asked … Continued

April 20th… 2 weeks since my Mom passed. Now normally, April 20th, or “420”, would be a day to celebrate; this day was supposed to be no different. We had our son’s school’s fund raiser this evening; we were planning … Continued

There are signs everywhere… One of me and my wife’s favorite movie is Fools Rush In; yeah, I know… sappy. I do have to admit, I do like some sappy movies here and there, and this is definitely one of … Continued

Back to life, back to reality… Monday the 15th was my first day back at work. It’s hard enough to come back to work after the weekend. The plan was to take off the week for my son’s Spring Break … Continued

What do I know about earthquakes? Growing up in Chicago, I had zero clue. I think the first exposure to earthquakes was during the A’s-Giants World Series; that was pretty wild. Seeing the part of the Golden Gate bridge collapse… … Continued