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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

 

I spent a majority of this weekend with my folks in Chicago.  My dad was there for a conference (remember, the breakdancing).  It was really interesting to see how my parents have changed as they've aged.  When we were younger, our vacations were wall to wall activities with little or no time to rest (my dad actually said to me when I was eight and tired from a long day "You can sleep when you're dead"...I hear it used all the time now, but back then I remember thinking it was a thinly veiled threat...not cool, dads).  Anyway, now, my parents seem to want to do little to nothing if it involves walking; we essentially were in the heart of Chicago and did not leave a one block radius from the hotel.  I guess their needs have changed.  However, as part of all this, we did get alot of great eating.  Overall it was a great time.  That is, despite the enormous amount of time spent talking about the two things that I cannot stand: 1) The loss of my cutthroat ambition (I used to be a Young Republican even(!)) and 2) My inability to supply my parents with grandchildren (apparently, there's a dermatologist's mother that's gunning for me).  Anyway, I'm back to work and have a shitty week ahead.  God bless my good attitude.

 

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Great Article about the funniest newspaper this side of Pravda, The Onion ; with it's roots in Madison, but now out in NYC.  Quote of the articles "The absence of solid Midwestern comfort food has posed a challenge for the paper's art department, which requires a certain girthiness of many of the people who pose for the fake news photos.....[they] have resorted to photographing visiting Wisconsin relatives..."