WILD CHICAGO
The Chicago Tribune ran a very short piece indicating that a coyote had been captured near Navy Pier. Now, I suspect that this is the same coyote that used to lurk at the water filtration plant just north of Navy Pier. This is basically in downtown Chicago. They say that the coyote hid among the rocks on the lakefront after they shot it with a tranquilizer. How did it get there? Does it have a mate? Inquiring minds NEED to know. On the other hand, I bet it was pretty good rat control.
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS…
Last night was a cold, rainy night in Chicago. It was about 32 degrees, with a spitting, crappy rain that defied efforts to avoid it. It was also pretty windy. Just a crappy night. Naturally, this is the night that L and I went to buy a Christmas tree. We got on to the lot, and surprise, surprise we were the only shoppers! I guess everyone else decided they had 20 more days to buy a tree, so there was no reason to go out on a miserable night.
In any case, we were four blocks, or so, from home, and the original plan was that I would just walk the tree home. Evergreens are really very light, so this was not going to be a problem. Standing outside picking a tree in my new coat (see below), I realized that I was not going to walk home with a tree in the rain. It was time for THE WHITE TRASH MOVE!
Now, I have white trashed things before. I like to use that term because it really makes L crazy. In any case, for those of you who are white trash, and don't realize this is non-standard behavior, white trashing in this context is sticking something in the truck of your car with securing it in any way and driving around with it like that. I once took a chair to my cousin's place like that. It was beautiful because the chair did NOT fit in the trunk, so over half of it was hanging out and it was not secured at ALL. Still, people tailgated my all the way up Addison. In any case, this time we had a Christmas tree perched precariously in the trunk. We were also on Western Avenue, which is three lanes in each direction there, and facing north, while we live south. I did the obvious thing. I made a 6 lane u-turn (which might actually be legal. I'd have to check) and headed towards home at a very reasonable rate of speed. When we got a block from the house, a guy road so close to me that I couldn't see his headlights in my side mirror (the rear view has obscured by the trunk door and the tree). Sadly, the tree did not flip off the back of the car, pivot and skewer him through the eye. Maybe next time.
DECEMBER IN THE CHI
As mentioned above, L and I were in Boogie for Thanksgiving. When we left there were snow flurries and cold in the Chi. When we arrived, it was 55 and sunny. When we left, I was wearing my winter jacket. When we arrived, I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt. Being the tidy person I am, I put my jacket in the coat closet in Boogie. As L tells me, this is much better than draping it over the furniture. My jacket still sits in that coat closet. I may leave it there as a testament to the dangers of tidiness. Still, I thought I would just get it at Christmas. I could make it through December without a heavy, informal winter coat (as opposed to the wool overcoat from my former life as a suit wearer).
HA! I am the proud owner of an olive green barn jacket that is much warmer than the jacket in Boogie, and has more storage space to boot. Also, as I discovered last night, it is water repellant.
The Chicago Tribune ran a very short piece indicating that a coyote had been captured near Navy Pier. Now, I suspect that this is the same coyote that used to lurk at the water filtration plant just north of Navy Pier. This is basically in downtown Chicago. They say that the coyote hid among the rocks on the lakefront after they shot it with a tranquilizer. How did it get there? Does it have a mate? Inquiring minds NEED to know. On the other hand, I bet it was pretty good rat control.
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS…
Last night was a cold, rainy night in Chicago. It was about 32 degrees, with a spitting, crappy rain that defied efforts to avoid it. It was also pretty windy. Just a crappy night. Naturally, this is the night that L and I went to buy a Christmas tree. We got on to the lot, and surprise, surprise we were the only shoppers! I guess everyone else decided they had 20 more days to buy a tree, so there was no reason to go out on a miserable night.
In any case, we were four blocks, or so, from home, and the original plan was that I would just walk the tree home. Evergreens are really very light, so this was not going to be a problem. Standing outside picking a tree in my new coat (see below), I realized that I was not going to walk home with a tree in the rain. It was time for THE WHITE TRASH MOVE!
Now, I have white trashed things before. I like to use that term because it really makes L crazy. In any case, for those of you who are white trash, and don't realize this is non-standard behavior, white trashing in this context is sticking something in the truck of your car with securing it in any way and driving around with it like that. I once took a chair to my cousin's place like that. It was beautiful because the chair did NOT fit in the trunk, so over half of it was hanging out and it was not secured at ALL. Still, people tailgated my all the way up Addison. In any case, this time we had a Christmas tree perched precariously in the trunk. We were also on Western Avenue, which is three lanes in each direction there, and facing north, while we live south. I did the obvious thing. I made a 6 lane u-turn (which might actually be legal. I'd have to check) and headed towards home at a very reasonable rate of speed. When we got a block from the house, a guy road so close to me that I couldn't see his headlights in my side mirror (the rear view has obscured by the trunk door and the tree). Sadly, the tree did not flip off the back of the car, pivot and skewer him through the eye. Maybe next time.
DECEMBER IN THE CHI
As mentioned above, L and I were in Boogie for Thanksgiving. When we left there were snow flurries and cold in the Chi. When we arrived, it was 55 and sunny. When we left, I was wearing my winter jacket. When we arrived, I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt. Being the tidy person I am, I put my jacket in the coat closet in Boogie. As L tells me, this is much better than draping it over the furniture. My jacket still sits in that coat closet. I may leave it there as a testament to the dangers of tidiness. Still, I thought I would just get it at Christmas. I could make it through December without a heavy, informal winter coat (as opposed to the wool overcoat from my former life as a suit wearer).
HA! I am the proud owner of an olive green barn jacket that is much warmer than the jacket in Boogie, and has more storage space to boot. Also, as I discovered last night, it is water repellant.
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