a cube with a view

My "office" (a blue cube) sits directly eye-level across from the Daley Center Plaza Picasso. I was treated to the sculpture wearing a Bears baseball hat this morning. I am a huge Bears fan, so I'm a little miffed that they used a baseball hat and not a helmet. Newsflash Mayor Daley the Dufus: THE BEARS PLAY FOOTBALL!!!

btw, if anyone has an extra $12-17K they'd like to use to buy me a couple Superbowl tickets, I wouldn't say no!!! :) Da Bears!!!

nickname of the week...

I'm not joking, this is for real. Some mixed race bad ass gang banger is called "Icky Red". Light skin with a reddish hue and freckles on a six foot something drug runner is supposed to justify this. I can just see it now. "Hey, Icky, got any rock?". Or how about "Icky Red runs rock down by the rowhouses". Say that ten times fast!

comments vs. compliments

I'm carrying my second alien and have already started to show. My mother told me, "you're going to look like a boat soon, just like with the first one". Gee, thanks Mom. I realized as she looked at me all innocently that she had no clue what she just said was SO WRONG! This got me thinking to all the backwards half-assed comments I've ever been the victim of. Then I started thinking about all the real compliments I've ever received. I'd say one of the best compliments I've ever received was actually nearly a decade ago, and though I've gotten quite a few since then, this one has stuck with me. I was on the bus standing next to a man in a wheelchair. He had no legs. As we reached my stop and a got ready to leave, he tells me I have really nice feet. I smile and say thank you. Then I think, he probably looks at peoples legs/feet all the time, and he told ME that I had nice feet. That is the compliment that I'll never forget for as long as I live.
So, what kind of compliment (good or backhanded) or awful comments have you gotten?

nickname of the week...

I know, you're all dying to find out this week's gang banger winner. More probable is the fact that you think I'm strange for doing this. Basically, this is more for me than for you. Anyway, this week's winner is....drum roll..."007" . Yes, a middle-aged black man is running around pretending to be super spy extraordinaire. I'm actually going to blame the parents for this one...guess what his real God-given name is? Yeah.

2007

Happy New Year! I've noticed that quite a few people are talking about New Year's resolutions. I don't make any. It's too hard to live up to my own expectations! Oh, well! Hope everyone has a safe and happy year.