my divorce party. jan 6, chicago

anybody interested in coming by to help me celebrate my freedom, please hit me w a pm, and i will give you the scoop.
live music, vintage whiskeys, and food, good food.
tours of the farm for the early birds.

please kick this up for visibility.

help me pick my next car. i need safety gizmos.

so, i am in a position to buy a new car. i am 61, and have never been the worlds greatest driver. i am not going to get any better. but i have another 30 years or so on this rock, and i dont want to be stuck without wheels.
i do a lot of city driving. occasional road trip, but not that often.

i would like a small, economical car, but something sporty would be nice. i like the little beemer 2 seater, and my all time fave car is the old benz 2 seaters from the 70's.

but above all, what i need is a good collision avoidance system.
solid warrantee service is also a must. i know that goes dealer to dealer, but want a good plan. intend to drive this car into the dust.
price matters, but long term value is more important than a low price.

whatcha think lounge?

5 more days

of being a smoker. i am really ready to quit. just turned a cold into a fairly major medical event. sick of that.
sick of the cough.
sick of the smell.

and of course, sick of waiting for the divorce to settle.

but thursday is the big day.

doctor doom has a new hip.

spent most of last week up in madison wi, getting my bubba a new hip. he has a congenital defect, where he has basically no sockets. so his femur is battered, his pelvis is deforming, and he is in constant pain.

when i first took him to an ortho-vet, i was told that in a young dog, there were only 2 places to take him, ohio state, and uw madison.
so, madtown it was, even tho we got off to a bit of a rocky start.

the surgery went very well, he is using his leg appropriately, and they think he should do well in the long run.
we have to keep him under control for THREE FREAKIN MONTHS, which will be a bit the nightmare, but compared to the nightmare of watching him slowly become old before his time, and crippled w pain, we will take it.

tho he has gone to live w my daughter, only 2 doors down from me, he needs to stay w me through most of the rehab. he has a half dozen stairs in and out here, but a flight and a half there. doc said after first month, he could make that trip once a day, so he will be able to go sleep at her place. if he is doing well he should be able to do the last month back w her.

have high praise for the care he received. they took great care to make sure i understood everything that they were doing, and everything i needed to know. pretty amazing what they do there. if we all survive the rehab, he will likely be back to get the other hip replaced. after a break to just be a dog again for a while.

happy to be back home.

Madigan Calls for U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to Investigate Chicago Police Dep

Source: nbc chicago

In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference in Chicago. The Illinois Attorney General's Office is asking the Chicago Police Department In a letter released Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015, to release the video that shows an officer fatally shooting a black teenager last year. A Cook County judge is expected to rule on a Freedom of Information request tomorrow. The video has been of intense interest after it was revealed that the officer shot McDonald 16 times.

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hey, who's from wisconsin here?