Warm Front

It's been a while; things have been very busy at work and at home. We are in the middle of an unseasonably warm week in Chicago after a cold and rainy Halloween. It's supposed to be gorgeous today and tomorrow and warm this weekend with a little rain. That's disappointing, because we Hawkeye fans in the windy city will be heading up to Evanston for a matchup against the powerful offense and somewhat abysmal defense of the Northwestern Wildcats. It's going to be a great game. After that, I'll be hosting a victory BBQ at my place for Hawk fans and in celebration of the rare appearence at a Hawkeye weekend by Offering regular Gride. It's a two-week road trip with the Hawks, because next weekend we're heading up to Madison to watch the Hawks take on the Badgers in Barry Alvarez's last home game. Should be two tightly contested ball games in a row.

The Prez is experiencing an all-time low in approval ratings, less than half of the disapproval rating. Ouch. What do you think was the primary cause of this slump- Iraq, the economy, the Miers withdrawal, the DeLay indictment, or the Libby indictment/CIA leak investigation? I'm thinking it's the Libby saga. DeLay has sort of flown under the radar as far as White House politics, and although Iraq is a sort of constant drain on approval ratings, we've been living with it for years now.

Here is a great article from the Phat Phree. Hilarious. I know people like this.
And a little jab at the Astros after not putting up much of a fight against the White Sox from the Onion. By the way, after the parade last Friday, the entire city of Chicago promptly forgot about the Sox. I haven't heard one word, seen one shirt, seen one mention on TV, seen one public appearance by a player, or heard any mention of it whatsoever. The White Sox fans just aren't very dedicated (22 sellouts this whole season?) or there aren't enough of them. I guarantee you when the Cubs win it all (next year), we'll be celebrating and reveling in it until opening day 2007.


Hopefully I'll be back with more tomorrow.
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