Laughing baby video

If you can watch this without at least smiling, you're made out of stone.

My favorite joke of the year

Thanks to "AA" for sending this to me...




"A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it. The CEO takes 11 of the cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, 'Watch out for that union guy. He wants a piece of your cookie.'"

The Cubs are looking for a new PA announcer

And they're making a bit of a contest out of it.

The details are here.

In the fine print: you do need some prior experience as a PA guy, at least at the college level. Darn. I honestly thought about applying.

Theme from S.W.A.T

Thirty five years ago today, the Theme from S.W.A.T. became the first television theme song to become a #1 hit...

Oscar, Oscar

The King's Speech was a big winner last night.

The show, however, was a bit of a snooze-fest if you ask me. I missed the opening monologue/bit with the mothers, which I hear was pretty good, but there wasn't a single memorable moment in the two and a half hours I watched.

Was there something else I missed?

Mike Quade

This is a nice piece about Mike Quade in yesterday's New York Times.

Father Knows Nothing

This week's "Father Knows Nothing" column has been posted at NWI Parent. I give you three magic words that will help you through any conversation you don't understand, or don't care to understand.

You can read it here.

Chicago Radio Spotlight: Paul Barsky

This week's Chicago Radio Spotlight shines on the former host of the Z-95 Barsky Morning Zoo, Paul Barsky.

Interviewed per several requests from CRS readers.

You can read the entire interview here.

Coming this weekend

This week I had a chance to talk to former Z-95 morning host Paul Barsky. I'll be posting that interview on Chicago Radio Spotlight Saturday.

On Sunday, I'll also post my latest Father Knows Nothing column. This week I'll confess to simply not caring about one particular aspect about the lives of my children.

As an Oscar preview, I'll also be posting some of my "Brushes with previous Oscar nominees" on Sunday.

Have a great weekend!

These Boots are Made for Walkin'

This record was certified gold exactly 45 years ago today. I confess it's a guilty pleasure...



My favorite line is "You've been samin' when you shoulda been changin'" Great line.

Handy Andy Pafko

I believe he's the last surviving member of the last Cubs team that won the pennant, the 1945 Cubs.

Handy Andy Pafko is 90 years old today.

Don Knotts

Five years ago today, we lost one of the comedy greats, Don Knotts. Barney Fife could be the best television sitcom character ever.

Nine to Five

Thirty years ago today, this was the #1 song in the country. Seriously.

A present for Dusty

How bad did it get for Dusty Baker at the end of his reign as Cubs manager?

According to Dusty, somebody came into the dugout and took a crap on the place he ordinarily stood.

I kid you not.

Dempster to start opening day

Carlos Zambrano's streak of seven consecutive openers is over.

Ryan Dempster has been named the opening day starter for the Cubs.

9 million views

Not sure if this is being viewed by pro-Bieber or anti-Bieber forces, but it has more than nine million views. Justin Bieber shot and killed on CSI...

Adam Greenberg

Remember Adam Greenberg?

He's the Cubs player that faced exactly one pitch in the majors--and it hit him in the head.

He's never made it back to the big leagues since then, and it's beginning to look like he won't. Today is his 30th birthday.

Last season he played for the Bridgeport Bluefish in the Independent Atlantic League.

Presidents and Baseball

A very good history of Presidents of the United States and the national pastime, courtesy of the Hall of Very Good.

Their relationships to the Cubs are chronicled here by your good friends at Just One Bad Century.

Happy President's Day

To celebrate President's Day, please enjoy this encore presentation of my friend Dave Stern's dramatic reading of a poem he wrote as an eleven year old.

Honest Abe He Was Called

Happy President's Day.

Father Knows Nothing

This week's Father Knows Nothing column has been posted at NWI Parent. It tells the tale of my marriage proposal to Bridget twenty years ago.

You can read it here: "An Awkward Proposal."