Goodbye Cookie

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Monday August 29, 2016 · 5:49 PM PDT

2016/08/29 · 17:49

Brookfield Zoo in the Chicago suburbs opened in 1934. Among the original collection of species was a Major Mitchells cockatoo by the name of Cookie. He had come from Australia and was determined to be about a year old. He lived at the zoo for the next 82 years, although he was removed from the exhibition in 2009 as he was too stressed by the daily activity of the zoo patrons. He is recognized as one of the longest living birds on record and was a full 51 years older than the next oldest cockatoo in a zoo. He fell ill over the weekend and had to be euthanized.

Goodbye Cookie, you were special.

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Cynthia Lennon has died.

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Wednesday April 01, 2015 · 9:50 AM PDT

2015/04/01 · 09:50

A quick diary as I`m at work. I just heard on the radio that Cynthia Lennon, John Lennons` first wife and the mother of Julian Lennon, has died at aged 75 after a short illness. Ms. Lennon always seemed to be a thoughtful lady.

Forget the Cheerios ad

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Sunday February 02, 2014 · 6:44 PM PST

2014/02/02 · 18:44

Remember a few days ago when Reince Pribus went into a frenzy because of a tweet? Got the poor guy/gal fired. You folks know the story. Well, there was a commercial tonight that`s going to make the Breitbarts explode. In fact I predict it will be the subject of next Saturdays Nutpick of the Week by Kos. Know which one?

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Friday October 11, 2013 · 10:31 AM PDT

2013/10/11 · 10:31

I`m at work, but I was curious to see how the patriotic Truckers for the Constitution gang were doing in their quest to do whatever the hell it was they wanted to do. So I hit the old Google and searched for the traffic report in D.C. It look like your average traffic day in Anycity USA. Looks like it`s a rainy day, which automatically slows down traffic, an accident or two, blah blah blah. Nice try dopes. Here, see for yourself. Have a laugh. I have to get back to work now.

http://www.sigalert.com/...

The (Nate) Silver Lining

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Saturday October 13, 2012 · 7:16 AM PDT

2012/10/13 · 07:16

My number 1 passion since childhood has been baseball in general and the Chicago Cubs in particular. I`ve known the name Nate Silver long before he began 538. I think he`s very good at his craft. So I have to admit to being concerned at the big drop in the Presidents chances of reelection over at 538. 10 days ago he was as close to a lock as you could get, with his nowcast in the upper 90 percentile. Now it`s a toss up. Call me a troll if you will, but that troubles me. I`ll be troubled until it gets back over 66.7%, and I won`t feel comfortable until it his 75%. However, there is one metric that is still greatly in the Democrats favor.

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Monday December 26, 2011 · 4:42 PM PST

2011/12/26 · 16:42

December 30th will mark 6 years since my last cigarette. After many years of self loathing and failed attempts, I finally got one to stick. These days not smoking isn`t even an issue. Once in a blue moon an urge to smoke will come out of nowhere, and I`ll wonder, "where the hell did that come from?" But they are rare, and I`m certainly no longer worried about acting on them. There was a time however, when I was one slip away from being a pack a day smoker again.

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Sunday October 16, 2011 · 12:32 PM PDT

2011/10/16 · 12:32

Steve Huntley is a conservative writer whose articles appear in the Chicago Sun Times. He recently wrote about the Occupy Movement, parroting all the usual talking points about the movement. He decided to toss in how the Air and Space Museum had to be closed because of the neer-do-wells in the movement. So I decided I`d write and give them a little truth. My letter is the first of the two.

http://www.suntimes.com/...

Why I Feel Discouraged

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Monday April 11, 2011 · 7:37 AM PDT

2011/04/11 · 07:37

Once again the folks here are debating whether President Obama is great, good, average, below average or just plain lousy. On a personal level, I like him. I like him a lot. But as far as what I`ve seen in policy and the direction of the country, not so much. I have a feeling of deja vu.

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Sunday April 03, 2011 · 4:38 PM PDT

2011/04/03 · 16:38

Spring training in Arizona. I could say with confidence it`important to the states fiscal health. And in a bit of an ironic twist, many of the players that bring these tourism dollars only speak Spanish or very limited English. I decided to give myself a project and record the daily attendence figures to see how they compare to the previous 2 seasons. I wanted to see if there was any evidence of Arizona losing tourism dollars with their disgusting actions. All 5 California teams train there. I don`t live in CA, but I`d guess you could do a spring training mini vacation at a reasonable price. Same for Colorado, maybe Texas too. Colorado and Arizona opened a new facility that they`ll be sharing.

http://articles.latimes.com/...

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Tuesday February 22, 2011 · 10:50 AM PST

2011/02/22 · 10:50

The governors race in my state was decided by about 19000 votes. The Republican led in the polls throughout much of the campaign. He was every bit as extreme as Scott Walker. If 9500 people had voted for him instead of the Democrat, Illinois would have Bill Brady as Governor.

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Goodbye Cookie

Cynthia Lennon has died.

Forget the Cheerios ad

Another FAIL!

The (Nate) Silver Lining

GUS: Life after smoking.

I got my letter published.

Why I Feel Discouraged

Cactus League

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