Posted by Gmoney on Mar 12, 2010 in
Chicago Bears,
Chicago Blackhawks,
Chicago Bulls,
Chicago Cubs,
Chicago WhiteSox,
NHL hockey,
aging,
alcohol,
authors,
baseball,
birthdays,
books,
drug abuse,
family,
fantasy baseball league,
football,
health,
literature,
organ donation,
sports,
suburbia,
trends,
unemployment Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
So as I announced Wednesday, yesterday was my 40th birthday.
I made it.
Sometimes there was some question as to whether that would happen. But over the last four or five years, I increased the chances quite a bit by settling into a more sedentary lifestyle. That certainly helped.
So where am I at as I [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Mar 9, 2010 in
Brian Urlacher,
Chicago,
Chicago Bears,
Chicago Blackhawks,
Chicago Bulls,
Chicago Cubs,
Chicago WhiteSox,
Derrick Rose,
Illinois,
Jay Cutler,
Julius Peppers,
Lou Piniella,
Lovie Smith,
Lyons Township High School,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
NBA basketball,
NFL football,
NHL hockey,
Olympics,
Ozzie Guillen,
Super Bowl,
Tommie Harris,
baseball,
fantasy baseball league,
football,
media,
predictions/prophecies,
sports,
suburbia,
unemployment Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
A couple of things have happened in the sports world with a local flavor.
On Friday, the Chicago Bears signed free agent Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers to a huge contract. They also signed running back Chester Taylor away from the Minnesota Vikings where he’s been a pretty decent back behind mega-stud [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Mar 1, 2010 in
Boston,
Boston Rob Mariano,
Chicago Cubs,
HEROES,
Hollywood,
Jeff Probst,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
Richard Hatch,
Rupert Boneham,
Samoa,
Shambo,
Survivor,
baseball,
media,
sports,
television,
trends,
villains Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
This past Thursday’s episode of Survivor was pretty good. They had a good reward/immunity challenge on the surface, but in the end, it wasn’t much of a challenge. And the tribes are really starting to identify the people they don’t exactly like within their own ranks.
The show started with JT offering up an [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 24, 2010 in
Chicago Blackhawks,
Chicago Sun Times,
Chicago Tribune,
Eddie Van Halen,
Elin Nordegren,
Goodfellas,
HEROES,
Lyons Township High School,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
NBA basketball,
NHL hockey,
Olympics,
ShareMyShot.com,
Southern Illinois University,
Tiger Woods,
US men's Olympic hockey team,
West 34,
baseball,
bullshit,
celebrity,
classic rock,
fame,
infidelity,
local band scene,
mafia,
movies,
music,
predictions/prophecies,
sports,
suburbia,
television,
trends,
winter/weather Dude, I’m tellin’ ya………..
Thought it was time to take a quick look at the world around me lately and tell you what I see.
First off, the hard chargin’ band West 34 is ready to jam out again this Saturday night at Rolling Lanes (bar) bowling alley in Countryside. If you missed them at this same [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 18, 2010 in
Chicago,
Chicago Bears,
Chicago WhiteSox,
Dick Butkus,
George Carlin,
Illinois,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
NFL football,
Peter Sellers,
Pink Panther,
Riverview,
Sherlock Holmes,
Studs Lonigan,
Walter Payton,
amusement parks,
authors,
baseball,
books,
comedy,
family,
football,
humor,
literature,
movies,
music,
pizza,
sports,
suburbia,
trends Dude, I’m tellin’ ya………
I’ve been back from Nevada for a week now and it’s been almost two weeks since I lost my dad.
I have to say that I’ve been totally floored by the number of friends that have reached out, called, sent notes and messages. A few years ago, I was basically underground recovering from [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 17, 2010 in
Chicago,
Chicago Bears,
Chicago Blackhawks,
Chicago Bulls,
Chicago Cubs,
Chicago WhiteSox,
Elin Nordegren,
Ft. Hood,
Hollywood,
Juval Aviv,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
NBA basketball,
NFL football,
NHL hockey,
Nidal Malik Hasan,
Nostradamus,
Super Bowl,
Tiger Woods,
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab,
baseball,
celebrity,
corporate,
divorce,
economics,
fame,
football,
government,
health,
industry,
media,
money/finance,
music,
national security,
politics,
predictions/prophecies,
sports,
terrorism,
trends,
unemployment,
winter/weather Dude, I’m tellin’ ya…………
Well, it’s been another 7 or 8 weeks since I last reviewed my Dirty Dozen prophecies that I made on 11/5/09.
I last checked on them 12/23/09 and a couple had already come true. And I know that another one came awfully close since then—but failed—so I thought perhaps I’d take another look [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 16, 2010 in
Alex Rodriguez,
Archie Bunker,
Barack Obama,
Bill O'Reilly,
Goodfellas,
Grammy awards,
HEROES,
Jon Gosselin,
Kanye West,
Kim Kardashian,
Michael Jordan,
NBA basketball,
Paris Hilton,
Rush Limbaugh,
Sarah Palin,
Terrell Owens,
Tiger Woods,
awards/prizes,
baseball,
celebrity,
crime,
fame,
government,
infidelity,
mafia,
media,
movies,
music,
sports,
television,
trends Dude, I’m tellin’ ya………
As I see a couple of the biggest back-patting pageants on full display lately, it reminds me of how much we over-glorify those that don’t deserve it. People who have no business being celebrated in the overblown manner in which these shows do it. They are not deities. A good deal of [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 3, 2010 in
AC DC,
Atari,
Buddy Guy,
Buddy Guy's Legends,
Carbondale,
Chicago Bears,
Chicago Blackhawks,
Chicago Cubs,
Dick Ourada Band,
Family Guy,
Las Vegas,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
NFL football,
NHL hockey,
Southern Illinois University,
Survivor,
West 34,
Wrigley Field,
alcohol,
baseball,
blues,
colleges/universities,
family,
fantasy baseball league,
football,
local band scene,
money/finance,
music,
sports,
suburbia,
toys,
trends,
unemployment Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
I’ve extolled the virtues of family on some of my posts here a few times. My dad is battling some ill health right now and the whole family’s thoughts are with him constantly. My mom is the rock of the family. The epitome of a classic mom. Marian Cunningham from Happy Days. [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Feb 1, 2010 in
December 21 2012,
Haiti earthquake,
Hurricane Katrina,
Mayan calendar,
Nostradamus,
Super Bowl,
baseball,
catastrophes,
crime,
disease,
football,
health,
national security,
natural disasters,
predictions/prophecies,
science,
terrorism,
trends,
winter/weather Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
As you watch the endless parade of doomsday shows that they air on the History Channel, some of them really get you thinking that we could be in trouble. And others just seem pretty dismissable. At least compared to the ones that sprinkle a little science in ‘em.
Seems like just about everyone [...]
Posted by Gmoney on Jan 25, 2010 in
Aerosmith,
Alex Rodriguez,
American Idol,
Chicago,
Chicago WhiteSox,
David Letterman,
George Clooney,
Haiti earthquake,
Hollywood,
Madonna,
Major League Baseball (MLB),
Metallica,
New York Yankees,
Oprah,
Steven Spielberg,
Steven Tyler,
Tiger Woods,
baseball,
celebrity,
classic rock,
economics,
fame,
family,
money/finance,
music,
sports,
television,
trends Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….
A couple of things had me thinking lately about the measure of wealth among celebrities and other people.
First there was the telethon for the victims of Haiti on Friday night and all the celebs that appeared and appealed for donations on behalf of the people hurting on the island nation. And then when [...]