2023
This is the first Monday in three weeks that I have to work. Next Monday the markets are closed again for a National Holiday.
I don’t hate Mondays, I just hate Sunday night anxiety. If I hear that stop watch on “60 Minutes” I go into a state of anxiousness.
I’ve got these bills to pay this week. I’ve got a meeting after work on Tuesday. Do I have bread to make George a sandwich for his lunch? Betty the Green Blazer needs new tires. I’m standing in the hall at Cathedral high school in my underwear. My tuxedo will be too tight for Hazel’s wedding next weekend….. on and on!
This morning at 2:46am I was running down Indianola Avenue towards 61st street. It was a sunny afternoon and George was with me. We suddenly left my ex in laws at my Gramma's house, with my Gramma! Indianola is in Broad Ripple, a neighborhood in Indianapolis.
I’ve been up ever since…
All night as I tossed and turned, David Bowie was having a concert in my noggin. I shouldn’t complain… on a Sunday night early Monday morning last October it was Christopher Cross. That was not an exceptionally fun night as I was taken away in a sailboat.
George’s lunch is packed, my bowl of oatmeal is ready and the chalkboard will be done by 4:00am.
I looked at a couple of the text chains that I muted on Sunday. The common theme was Lovie Smith should be credited with one more victory as head coach of the Chicago Bears. Another chat was about a kid on the Go Go White Sox with cancer. No Sunday chat is ever complete without one of my buddies calling someone a C word. I’m all caught up.
I must end this anxious ramble on the Monday morning Chalkboard…. Enjoy the above average temperatures in Chicagoland this week. Believe me, we will pay for it sooner than later.
2022
Today's quote is on that The grass is always greener, the glass is half full theme……blah, blah, blah!
Here is what’s going on in our neighborhood today.
The grass is covered with snow, the coffee cup is full of strong and black and the sidewalks and streets are covered with ice!
So….. when the sidewalk is icy the crockpot will simmer!
Today is the last Bear game of the Nagy era. They’ve got to do something really insane to perk my interest again.
You’ve heard stories of bad tattoos of old girlfriends?
I have one!
Just after SBXX I went and got a Bears tattoo on my right shoulder blade. I don’t regret it, but I’d be happier if it was a Moon or a tree or a mermaid!
Alright… lay low and keep warm on this Sunday Funday! We bring in the middle of January this week and soon we will see sunsets after 5:00pm.
So roses on thorn bushes baby!
2021
Up early on a Saturday morning in the early 1970's with a bowl of cereal and the TV guide! I’m marking my cartoonie schedule. Starting with “Hong Kong Phooey” on channel 7 at 6:30am and “SoulTrain” on channel 9 at 11:00 am!
Hopefully mom won’t make me do stuff and dad won’t turn on shows in black and white!
2020
Full Moon tonight!
2019
Well hello Winter! I welcome you... my fear is that 55 degrees on January 7th means 42 degrees on May 7th!
I’m dreading conversation today regarding our horrific government situation brought on through 25 years of partisan bickering!
