It's September...

...which means that the draft of J5 is due to my editor THIS MONTH.

I may be the only person is Chicagoland who's happy that there's rain in the forecast for the long weekend. Four weekends to go.

Temps have been in the 70s for the past few days. Humidities have been low. The squirrels have been going insane, digging holes in lawns and chasing one another. Birds have been emptying the feeders with *vacuum cleaners*, so help me, and there's a bare taste of autumn in the air. I like autumn, but I'm not ready for it yet. Like autumn cares.

It's September...

...which means that the draft of J5 is due to my editor THIS MONTH.

I may be the only person is Chicagoland who's happy that there's rain in the forecast for the long weekend. Four weekends to go.

Temps have been in the 70s for the past few days. Humidities have been low. The squirrels have been going insane, digging holes in lawns and chasing one another. Birds have been emptying the feeders with *vacuum cleaners*, so help me, and there's a bare taste of autumn in the air. I like autumn, but I'm not ready for it yet. Like autumn cares.

This revolution is brought to you by...

In a way, this boggles me, and in another, it just seems so...inevitable.

Marchers had to duck into fast-food restaurants for water when they first took to Chicago's streets in support of illegal immigrants five months ago. At the next two marches, family-owned grocery stores offered free bottled water from trucks emblazoned with their names.

This time, as demonstrators march from Chinatown to House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-Ill.) Batavia office this weekend, they will have Miller Brewing Co., as a sponsor. The brewer has paid more than $30,000 for a planning convention, materials and newspaper ads publicizing the event.

The support of a major corporation for a controversial political cause shows how fierce the competition has become to woo the growing market of Latino consumers.

The Trib requires registration, but there are the usual workarounds.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0609010141sep01,1,4130753.story?coll=chi-news-hed

This revolution is brought to you by...

In a way, this boggles me, and in another, it just seems so...inevitable.

Marchers had to duck into fast-food restaurants for water when they first took to Chicago's streets in support of illegal immigrants five months ago. At the next two marches, family-owned grocery stores offered free bottled water from trucks emblazoned with their names.

This time, as demonstrators march from Chinatown to House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-Ill.) Batavia office this weekend, they will have Miller Brewing Co., as a sponsor. The brewer has paid more than $30,000 for a planning convention, materials and newspaper ads publicizing the event.

The support of a major corporation for a controversial political cause shows how fierce the competition has become to woo the growing market of Latino consumers.

The Trib requires registration, but there are the usual workarounds.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0609010141sep01,1,4130753.story?coll=chi-news-hed

A snippet to start the long weekend...

...during which the writer hopes to accomplish much.

( Yep, Jani's in trouble again )

A snippet to start the long weekend...

...during which the writer hopes to accomplish much.

( Yep, Jani's in trouble again )