2008: 328 Chicago Murders, 247 U.S. Troops lost in Iraq
9/5/2008. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.An interesting statistic on today’s morning news: 328 people have been murdered in the Chicago area this year. 247 U.S. Troops have been killed in Iraq this year. The thing is, the south-side of Chicago suffers a lot of gang … Continue reading
Check out my photos (and a video) from the Chicago Air & Water Show! Continue reading
Yesterday evening we started to get severe storm warnings coming up over the programming on TV. This is quite normal, we get bad storms here (though usually they’re only really bad far away from the city). But when the weather … Continue reading
Why don’t Politicians try working for a living?
8/3/2008. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.This is the single most annoying thing to me about Politics and Politicians. It happens at every level and it allows these departments and people to take our tax money and effectively burn it away. Have you ever heard on … Continue reading
Ever since Sheila and I went to the beach the other week, my skin has been slowly peeling. It’s kind of hard to evade the baking sun here (it’s out all damn day), and I’ve probably had a whole Summer’s … Continue reading
Unlimited International Calls, $9.95 per month
5/7/2008. Listed in the Internet Services category. Leave a reply.Well, thank you Skype! I just signed up for one of the new subscription packages the guys at Skype are offering. It allows me to call any landline in 34 countries for nothing more than the $9.95 per month from … Continue reading
A Trip to the Social Security Administration Office
5/2/2008. Listed in the Family category. Leave a reply.So, it’s 5:20am and Sheila and I leave home as normal. Sheila starts work at 6am and I usually walk her there then just walk back – but not today! Having just gotten my Permanent Resident’s Card I am now … Continue reading
Sheila and I went to the Museum yesterday. It’s free after 5pm. :) I wonder how many will get the movie reference…? I’m not talking about Family Guy!
Sheila and I went for our interview at 9:30 this morning. We went in prepared to wait for three hours or more (like our Lawyer had warned us), went in with a mountain of evidence, but when it came to … Continue reading
Things got a little wobbly here in Chicago this morning as the ground started to shake and I heard a little rumble of noise. Nothing fell over though so I doubt it was a very big one, not here at … Continue reading
