March 21, 2025: Happy Madness
We were all set for the start of March Madness. I took the day off work. I was going to head over to my dad’s to watch the first few hours of the tourney. I had plans before then too, … Continued
March 20, 2025: Fantasy Baseball Take One
It’s that time of year… fantasy baseball draft season! I have 2 teams that I “manage” in fantasy baseball: the family league and the money league. The family league was up first… let’s go! The draft order was announced the … Continued
March 19, 2025: Only 160 To Go
OK, round two in Tokyo… it wasn’t as bad as the 10th round for Tyson 35 years ago. Yeah, I didn’t realize it was in this same location that Tyson fought Buster Douglas back on February 11, 1990. Where were … Continued
March 18, 2025: Oh Tokyo Oh Tokyo
The Cubs and Dodgers kicked off the MLB season in style, in the Tokyo Dome, on Monday morning at about 5:10am CST. Not quite the same as Wrigley, but it’ll do. You know I got up early to watch. I’m … Continued
March 17, 2025: St. Patty’s Day
On a Monday?!?! Most celebrated this weekend from what I could see. Funny, we went to the Bulls game on Thursday night; the giveaway was a green “St Patrick’s Day” Bulls vest. Saw a lot of those in the streets … Continued
March 16, 2025: State Two
On the road again… this time we slept in a bit. Warmups were still technically at 7am, but with my son not scheduled to swim until almost 11am, no reason to be there 4 hours early. We arrived about 9am, … Continued
March 15, 2025: State One
Saturday was the first day of the Illinois YMCA State Swim Meet. My son would be swimming in 4 events on day one. Actually, day one was Friday afternoon; he was supposed to be swimming in 1 event then. However, … Continued
March 12, 2025: 312 Girl
It was only appropriate for me to end up with a 312 girl. 312 of course is the original area code for all Chicago based phone numbers; it still remains, but others have been added. Did I ever tell you … Continued
March 11, 2025: High School
Let this day go down in history. This is the first day we dropped our son off at high school. Yes, he still has about a year and a half before he officially starts those next four years, but being … Continued
March 10, 2025: The District
I love how all these cities have their “nicknames”. Chicago is known by some as “Chi-Town”, although others will say they literally have never said or heard that. How about “Cream City”? Did you know that was a nickname for … Continued