Mmmm, nice guns

This story is a little disturbing. We certainly live in a gun-crazy culture when we have 2-year olds shooting 4-year olds. I have gone back and forth about gun control over the years: I certainly don't think that the 2nd Amendment should be interpreted the way that it is by gun nuts, however, the argument that we need guns as a sort of detante policy against those that use them illegally is not without its merits either. When I worked in the DA's office on the south side a few years ago, there were a ton of illegal guns and they were almost always involved when we prosecuted drug busts. Where you find illegal guns, you also find epidemic drug and gang activity. Not to imply that a crackdown on guns would necessarily curtail either of the other two, but it couldn't hurt.

And we're excited here in Chicago, as the Angels come to town for the ALCS. I am strictly a Cubs fan, so I don't much care about rooting for the Sox, but this sort of thing is good for the city and good for baseball in general. That being said, I hope that Sox fans enjoy this post-season run (but you Neanderthals are not welcome at Wrigley Field. Just kidding, sort of.).

It's Tuesday, but already the week is full. I'm shooting to hit the Death Cab show tomorrow night, and Wolf Parade plays Friday at Schuba's, but I don't know if I'm going to make it to that one. We'll see.

TheGirl is out of town this weekend, she's going out to Utah to see the family and do some more advance-team work for the Big Day. We're under the one-year countdown right now, but not close enough for me to have any full blown anxiety-fueled freak outs just yet. Although I have been thinking a lot about it lately. Marriage is a strange thing. Marriages are so universally accepted as being difficult to do really well that the difficulty is now practically a cliche, which is strange, because it's also the only lifelong lifestyle choice/big decision that people routinely make with absolutely no experience without hesitation. Think about how much marriage changes your life. Would you do anything else as similarly impacting (move to Australia, start a career in something that takes a lifetime of training and practice, adopt a few kids, etc...) with absolutely no experience in the area? Would you decide to have a roommate for the rest of your life after sharing a place with them for a year or two? I think marriage is the one "big-ticket" life decision where we make ourselves feel like we don't need experience in the area to succeed. And some people don't. Some people are great at it. It's just hard to be certain that you are one of those people before you try it out, which of course you can't do unless you are in Hollywood and you have a few starter marriages before the real one. Married people, let me hear you.

Have a great Tuesday.