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My beloved pooch is 6 years old today! I love my puppy!

Feel free to post him well wishes here & I’ll be sure to pass them along (ya know, since he can’t read…).

Over the years, I have biked many times along our fine city’s lakefront. Yes, the natural and man-made scenery is exceptional, especially on picture-perfect days like today. But I would gladly trade that all in, along with the ever-growing crowds and chaos, for some peace and serenity. That is why today Mark and I opted instead to bike one of the Cook County Forest Preserve’s bike trails. Bikers, joggers and walkers can enjoy over 100 miles of paved bicycle trails and over 200 miles of multi-use trails in the Forest Preserve. Mark and I chose the Tinley Creek Trail System which runs through the towns of Crestwood and Orland Park. For almost ten miles, we did not have to worry about head-on collisions with other bikers, or confrontations with angry runners. It was nothing but paved trails, lush greenery, and even a centuries-old cemetery. Just off the Red Loop Trail near 135th Street and Harlem Avenue, we stumbled upon these gravesites. I thought it was kind of random and somewhat creepy but that’s not enough to keep me from using these trails again. And as long as all the city folk keep flocking to the lakefront and clogging the trails, I will have the Forest Preserve trails in the south suburbs all to myself.

Dear Dusty, A big thanks to you and Mr. Hendry for taking our suggestions seriously; although, I'm sure trading LaToya Hawkins had more to do with your diminishing job security. Now can you start working on getting us ... [Continue reading this entry]

This just makes me sick. Utterly disgusting. Yet another lame brain with a bright idea to come out of Texas. If you feel so inclined, visit the whacko's website and look at all the different animals ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Boot Boyz just launched the official Mt. Kilimanjaro blog in preparation for our trip at the end of this year. Sean advises that it is not in its final form but I think it is still worth ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Cubs and Swedish Covenant Hospital have teamed up once again for the Heart of a Cubs Fan Essay Contest. I entered this contest last year with what I thought was a pretty decent essay about watching ... [Continue reading this entry]

On the sign at McNally's pub in Chicago: "Cubs sweep Sox - 5 cent beers here Monday". We know the offer is void now since the Cubs suck and they lost miserably to the White Sox today, ... [Continue reading this entry]

I was browsing the hundreds of photos I have stored at Snapfish and came across a few that are my all-time favorites. They were all taken in different places, some close to home, others far away. Each ... [Continue reading this entry]

Today we learned of the deaths of three langur monkeys at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. The zoo has been in the news a lot lately and not in a good way (see the bottom of the page in ... [Continue reading this entry]

This has been such a crazy week. Felicia and I are both going insane, she with her new position at work, and I with work, school, and interviewing. I wanted to post a few pictures from Mother's Day ... [Continue reading this entry]