Prices on things are up across the board, Illinois' job market is one of the least recovered since COVID-19, and 330,000 Illinoisans are still out of work due to state-mandated lockdowns which have caused more than 1 million Illinois residents to lose their jobs.
I once worked for a local political campaign, and while my candidate didn't win the election, he won my enduring respect for insisting that the campaign staff quickly remove all of his many yard signs from wherever they'd been placed. I can think of many other candidates over the years who didn't make that a priority.
At the risk of coming off like an unromantic, uncaring, unaware, and clueless excuse for a husband...I kind of forgot until this morning that Sunday is Valentines Day. I suppose that's better than remembering it late Sunday night as I head for bed...
You may or may not have seen the video of a dugout fight yesterday between Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon of the Washington Nationals. Apparently, there was a heated discussion over Harper's lack of effort in running out a flyball, which then led to this:
Ah, very nice...
Whatever your romantic plans are for Valentine's Day, they pale in comparison to the 40-year effort put together by 74-year-old Bill Bresnan.
The New Jersey resident has written a love letter to his wife Kirsten every day since 1975. And she's kept them all...