I stopped by Belmont Harbor on the way to work today and signed on with Noah as he is building another Ark. Don't want to miss my chance to be crew on his ship. There are flood warnings out for the area.
Our newly rehabbed office space has developed a couple of leaks this week - you just can't trust those flat roofs you know.
Trying to be supportive of the Senate Bill on Health Insurance and hope that you are too. The insurance companies will be out there spending millions to defeat this sorely needed legislation so they can continue to make obscene profits.
Now that I am writing again, I will be short since things are hectic. More again soon.
Take care.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fall
Another day in the Windy City - not so foggy as yesterday and not too windy.
This has been an unusual weather year in Chitown, starting with summer (the spring was wet and cool as usual). Summer generally was cool with only a day or two above 90 and July was one of the coolest on record. We generally have beautiful falls here, but it has been much more overcast and wet than usual. Kind of depressing for me.
The leaves have been beautiful as they are changing and the pallet of reds, browns, yellows, and oranges (and shades in between) has been breathtaking. I have laid in a supply of bird seed for my two feeders as it will be time soon to start putting it out. Even though I have not attracted a great variety of birds to my section of Lakeview, it is still fun to see the crowd that is attracted and the behaviors that they have. Pecking orders, etc.
Of course you know that we didn't get the 2016 Olympics and I had mixed feelings about that. There would have been many capital improvement completed, but probably a higher level of graft by Mayor Daley and friends. I think that it would have been exciting for the city, but the congestion for those three weeks would have been unbelievable. It was interesting to read that shortly after the award was made, a drug gang in Rio shot down a police helicopter there. It will be enlightening to see what measures are enacted there to keep the 2016 Games "safe".
The final push on the health insurance bill will bring in all of the chits. I hope that the public option stays in the bill somehow, as that is the only way health care will be available to everyone. We all have read many things about the effort from many sources, and one thing to keep in mind that change is needed. We are the richest nation in the world, still, and we need to make sure that all of our people have coverage. Won't go into all the reasons again, but they have been posted from several sources.
A tip to avid readers out there - check out Sun magazine. It is available at some newsstands and you can also subscribe online. It is a great little monthly literary mag that I have been reading this year.
Take care.
This has been an unusual weather year in Chitown, starting with summer (the spring was wet and cool as usual). Summer generally was cool with only a day or two above 90 and July was one of the coolest on record. We generally have beautiful falls here, but it has been much more overcast and wet than usual. Kind of depressing for me.
The leaves have been beautiful as they are changing and the pallet of reds, browns, yellows, and oranges (and shades in between) has been breathtaking. I have laid in a supply of bird seed for my two feeders as it will be time soon to start putting it out. Even though I have not attracted a great variety of birds to my section of Lakeview, it is still fun to see the crowd that is attracted and the behaviors that they have. Pecking orders, etc.
Of course you know that we didn't get the 2016 Olympics and I had mixed feelings about that. There would have been many capital improvement completed, but probably a higher level of graft by Mayor Daley and friends. I think that it would have been exciting for the city, but the congestion for those three weeks would have been unbelievable. It was interesting to read that shortly after the award was made, a drug gang in Rio shot down a police helicopter there. It will be enlightening to see what measures are enacted there to keep the 2016 Games "safe".
The final push on the health insurance bill will bring in all of the chits. I hope that the public option stays in the bill somehow, as that is the only way health care will be available to everyone. We all have read many things about the effort from many sources, and one thing to keep in mind that change is needed. We are the richest nation in the world, still, and we need to make sure that all of our people have coverage. Won't go into all the reasons again, but they have been posted from several sources.
A tip to avid readers out there - check out Sun magazine. It is available at some newsstands and you can also subscribe online. It is a great little monthly literary mag that I have been reading this year.
Take care.
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