February 13, 2021

 The older I get it becomes easier to figure out “how” to live... the question on “why” changes daily.

Today, why I’m living is to raise strong children and be a strong friend in return. “Living by example” is why I live!

Saturday is Rugby day.... Play well today England and Scotland

2020

Baby it’s gonna be cold outside! Wear the long johns tonight and tomorrow

2019

Hump day! Today is a good day for A Gyros!

2018

Do you know what it means to Miss New Orleans?

February 12th, 2021

 Mardi Gras weekend and the last

Friday the Catlicks can eat meat until Spring... going to miss “Look at Me” Wednesday on the trading floor this year!

Some of the biggest scumbags would walk into the pit with a big old ash cross on their forehead! So it was only fair I enjoy my Ricobenes in front of them!

“That’s me in the spotlight!”

2020

19,584 days since July 1st, 1966! I always like to keep an eye on how many days I’ve been around!

Here is the page! Go see your stats!

https://imrodmartin.com/my-days

2019

Real simple today! Be safe and help others! My dad told me one day, “Son.... it’s real simple! Don’t be an asshole! Treat people like you want to be treated and don’t put ketchup on your hot dog!”

It’s gonna be a real MO FO on the roads today.... lean on your Guardian Angels and use your directional!!!!!

2018

Don’t buy into “I hate Monday’s”. Go get it today!

February 11th, 2021

 The cold snap has dragged us all down... our skin itches our tempers are short!

I woke up on a balcony on a February morning in the French Quarter with a Mardi Gras bead pillow. The bar across the street opened the doors at 7:00am and “Honky Tonk Woman” started blaring loudly!

On that day I vowed I’d never allow a February winter chill bring me down. For I know a warm memory, albeit clouded by sazarac and hurricane. A happy place that strengthens my heart on a cold Chicago morning.

It’s peppermint patty day! Because of my father it is my favorite candy bar. No trip to the White Hen exists without one in my hand!

2020

My oldman would go into WhiteHen and grab the Saturday papers and a coffee... when he’d walk out and get

In the car usually a peppermint patty would land on my lap.

2019

It’s a new week. We are halfway thru February this week... Blackhawks are playing well! The days are getting longer...

2018

Big week ahead! Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday! Valentine’s Day and National Manscape day on Thursday! Have a great week!

February 10th, 2021

 I’ve accidentally chosen “Path” as a chalkboard subject lately! Most

Of our paths haven’t been shoveled very well this month.

There is a thick layer of salt on the windshield and our coattails are tediously bunched in the drivers seat.

Fifty days and we can all be fools on the hill! Let’s hope the sun has melted all the snow so we can sit on the grass and look at Spring!

2020

It’s a Monday! It’s February!!!

Pretend it’s Saturday in June or Friday in July or Sunday in August..... whatever works...

2019

In 28 days the sunset will be after 7:00pm... though it seems like it’s been a long winter... they really don’t last as long as they did in the 1970’s... Smile Sunday!

2018

Happy Saturday!

February 9th, 2021

 National Pizza Day! My belt loops say it’s been National Pizza Day everyday since last March!

This should be fun...... What is your favorite pizza joint? What do you put on your pizza?

If anyone says pineapple I will defriend you immediately!

2020

Pizza Sunday! I can dig it! It’s also National Lox and Bagel day as well! Little bummed the cloud cover hid the full moon earlier this morning.

2019

Eat pizza today with friends and family! The sun might be bright, but the air is cold! Don’t be fooled, but go splash both sun and air on your face today!

2018

It’s only snow! Wish I could go bumper tagging on 60th and Norwaldo with the CKS boys!

February 8th, 2021

 When my dad was my age he always opened the Irish Sportspage to see who he lost. I couldn’t understand how often he knew someone in the obituary!

Now I’m that age and I’ve lost my parents, my friends are losing their parents. Colleagues from work are passing away.

One day you’re drunk at your college graduation, then you are going to a bunch of weddings, then you attend a boat load of “One Years Old!” Parties and suddenly you’re going to wakes and funerals!

Life is fragile and the time we have together is limited! There is a reason we are on each other’s path... sometimes it’s to late to figure out why! Don’t let it be late!

2020

Looks like the clouds are hiding the sunrise.... let’s hope they clear for tonight’s Snow Moon!

2019

Happy Friday..... it’s gonna be windy enough and coincidental that today is National Fly a Kite day!

2018

Winter is ripping thru Chicagoland! Big deal! Baseball starts next week!!! GoGoSox.....

February 7th, 2021

 It’s a cold Superbowl Sunday and the cold snap looks to have a grip well into the middle of February.

The good news is the daylight is shining more and more each day.

2020

Happy Friday! Try to live life like a tree that gives shade on a warm summer day!

2019

I think my math was off this year?!?!

2018

Took day off to nurse George and Fritz to health! Midweek sleepover with good bonding!

I feel real weird not going to work though! Those jag offs usually order one of my favorite sandwiches when I’m gone just to rub me raw!

February 6th, 2021

 Saturday is Rugby Day!

I know it’s cold outside this weekend so keep your cheeks warm!

Make chili in the crockpot and love in the bed!

2020

Plan on pleasing these guys and pissing those guys off.... but if you did what you believed in... those that are pissed don’t really matter!

What poem does today’s quote come from?

* "I, To" Langston Hughes

2019

Music makes life better! quote from Nietzsche

2018

February 5th, 2021

 Yesterday I told a buddy at work, “I have a serious fucking amount of prayers going these days!”

People are having tough days around us and sometimes all we can do is pray!

So to quote the great Stanley Kirk Burrell, “We’ve got to pray just to make it today!”

2020

Many of us wake up in the morning in hard times! Our country went to bed last

Night reminded the difficult days upon us!

Get up and when you put your feet on the bedroom floor let the devil know you are awake by making him shit his pants!

“Oh shit, that John Shepley is awake! That fat prick always does something to ruin my day!”

I just need to make sure Satan is the only one to murmur that.....

2019

Little colder today, but still great for early February! I have a long time before I move to New Orleans! Do the day right!

*3,820 days until NOLA

2018

It’s cold! It’s Monday! Somewhere far a bar is open... the band is playing “Honky Tonk Woman!” And the Hurricanes are sweet!

I do have a story about this.....

February 4th, 2021

 Everyday I wake up a with a different person... sometimes the person is grumpy, sometimes happy, sometimes Forgetful, sometimes humble, sometimes confident, sometimes confused, sometimes horny.... always older, always faithful and always full of love! JUMBO LOVE!

If you know Billy Hamilton wish him a happy birthday!

2020

We come into Tuesday with some February weather forecasted for midweek! Who cares!

Today is Billy Hamilton’s birthday! A dear friend who has been in my corner a long time!

2019

Happy Monday! Today a dear friend celebrates his birthday and I have a big afternoon today! Enjoy the spring day....

2018

Snow and wind is what those squiggly lines and shapes represent! A very good man has a birthday today..... Happy Birthday Biiiiiiiiiillllly! England v Italy in Six Nations and M*A*S*H* marathon tonight at 5:30pm if you don’t watch the Justin Timberlake concert!

February 3rd, 2021

 Gonna be awhile before I draw a circle with a smile... get out and get your face shined on Chicagoland!

What kind of family were you growing up? The Dominicks or The Jewels?

Knowing from my Friendscape your parents taught you to bring the shopping cart back to the rack!

Today if you go to the grocery make sure to pick up whiskey, rye and some American Pie!

On a side note for my Indianapolis friends... My Gramma went to the Kroger’s in Broad Ripple!

2020

Never was a big fan of the Don McLean song, but today is the day the music died. Yesterday was a gift seeing the winter sunlight on the Shepkids faces.

Tough ride home from West of Mannheim...

2019

Good weekend with the Shepkids! Great weekend for Rugby... England won! Eagles won! USA 7’s claimed another silver!

Last weeks weather is over and it’s time to groove towards Mardi Gras!

I won’t be watching the NFL game tonight. Instead I’ll be watching Masterpiece Theater on channel 11!

*I don't know why the chalkboard says 2015 it was 2019

2018

It’s Saturday! Three people who love me are under my roof! It’s gonna snow and we have sleds! Not watching the Superbowl!

February 2nd, 2021

 This week is moving with a bit of trepidation. Like a dentist appointment we await a weekend with an Arctic blast!

Not Looking forward to a Sunday high of ONE!

Anyway it’s Groundhog Day and I got you babe!

2020

Hello Sunshine my old friend! Your shadow was shorter since the last

Time you graced our lives!

Get some Vitamin D and smile your ass off!

LeCrunch.... Carry them

Home England! Beat France!

2019

*wrong year?!?! 2019 not 2015

2018

At the end of the month the day will be an hour longer! Spring training will be well underway.....

February 1st, 2021

 Last weekend snow, next weekend frigid temperatures are in the forecast! Hell, you’d think it’s February in Chicagoland??!!

Less than fifty days until spring... until then crank up the crockpot and enjoy the cold on your face!

2020

On the first of the year I said it could be symbolic that it was bright and sunny! Since that day it’s pretty much been cloudy which seems more appropriate for the near future!

Today: Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and England begin a new era! God Bless!

2019

I’m gonna be a rebel today and not wear long johns! It’s like going without Gold Bond on the Fourth of July!

2018

New month! Fresh moon! Strong Heart!