Coldspring

After a few nice weekends with warmer temperatures, we were treated to a cold spell. The camera got a break...sort of. For lack of any interesting subject matter:


Nice Try, buddy. A bunch of friends went to NYC and tried to scare up some trouble back here with "shocking" messages. I advised the sender to not be a 'jive turkey.'

Chicken King / Burger Delights


The real-life McDowell's apparently has spun off it's own McDowell's. Just kidding. I heard somewhere that Burger King was suing this local franchise (comprised of former Burger Kings). They didn't spend much time thinking of a new name.


America demands consistency. It looks as if an employee gave up on tearing the former name off. They probably didn't have a replacement sticker.

Not Pictured: the empty parking lot. I couldn't tell if the restaurant was open...but the lights were on inside.

Des Plaines, IL


Growing up, my parents used to drag me to this city to visit relatives. This is the image I think of when I remember these monthly visits: few trees, plenty of asphalt, and dated apartment architecture. This strip of Golf Road always seems depressing to me...even when it's sunny.

Miscellaneous

- During a late evening workout, I caught about five minutes of Cheaters. Reading the closed caption text was a treat. The host and the subject were on their way to confront the cheater at a trailer park, but there were tornados in the area. The host was trying to discourage the pregnant woman to postpone the confrontation. Every few moments, the host was giving her weather updates about tornado touchdowns and such. It turns out the scumbag was cheating on her with a woman in a wheelchair. He asked for another chance...then literally ran away. It doesn't get funnier than that.

- For fifty cents, you can add salami to the turkey subs at Subway. Turkey and salami is such a good combination...it should be an advertised sandwich.

- The Bulls are in the playoffs for the first time in seven years and nobody in this city really cares. They're still waiting for Jordan to come back.

- Mikey and I were behind a car at an intersection and Mikey predicted that they were both strippers. The driver had a small frame with ruffled sleeves and her passenger featured platinum blonde hair. They were both smoking cigarettes. I pulled around them a few blocks later and it turns out it was a mother and daughter. The fantasy was killed, but the question still remains: What do strippers do during the day?

- Waking up with a pounding headache after a night of only four beers and a vodka drink = sign of living healthier. My distaste for alcohol grows by the week.

- This salsa is on sale: 2 for 1 at Jewel. I picked two for myself. The New Lady pounced on the same deal as well with plans to give me the free jar. I declare my world Salsariffic!

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