Tracey just left for work. She is happy that her parking lot is finally open again and she (and her patients) don’t have to park a couple blocks away.
Since I have sworn off watching the national news, I tried to watch the local news. It’s even worse! Crap like “the first part of a two-part series on Flax seed!” When did flax seed become local news? Or the other half dozen “human interest” stories? You can forget about any real news altogether I guess.
MjL 30 Jul 2009, 4:58 a.m.
For anyone who is interested —— here is a link to Obama’s birth certificate.
We had a great time in Chicago! However, while at Lincoln Park Zoo on Monday, a young lady zoo keeper’s can of pepper spray went off while she was trying to exit the bears’ space outside. We were standing there when it happened (down wind). WOW...that stuff is nasty! They closed the bear exhibits, had a fire truck come through, and they took her by ambulance to the hospital. I sure hope she is doing well.
So, we didn’t get to see the bears, but that’s ok as long as the zoo keeper gets well.
We watched a free Chinese music concert at Millineum Park, a bike race at Buckingham Fountain, played in the fountain at Millineum Park, visited the Museum of Science and Industry, took an architectural boat tour/ride on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, and then rode the train back to Bloomington --sitting backwards! Thank goodness for Dramamine! (for me)
Now, back to the real world....work! This is my last summer teaching day! YEA!
Smile and have a good day!
Tammy 30 Jul 2009, 6:53 a.m.
Oh, to all that wished me a Happy Birthday...Thanks! I spent it in Chicago and had a great time!
Tammy 30 Jul 2009, 6:54 a.m.
Hi Tammy! And welcome home! Sounds like you had a busy time!
Yes, I guess I am still grumpy about that stupid TV. We have over a hundred channels and nothing to watch! Its either weird “reality” tv or phony-baloney “news”.
The bear keeper thing reminded me of a joke about bears. The way to tell if bears are in the area is to look for their droppings. And you can tell what kind of bear —— brown bear scat has small animal bones, twigs, etc. —— grizzly bear scat has whistles and pepper spray canisters!
MjL 30 Jul 2009, 7:01 a.m.
Cute joke! It was kind of disappointing in that there were so many selfish people there that day at the zoo. They were ticked because part of the zoo was closed. The other zoo keepers were very nice in telling anyone who asked why the area was closed. Ugh...I feel a soap box coming about people - patience - selfishness - rude......oh I could go on and on! One “lovely” lady even went so far as to call a zoo keeper a “rude a*s” because he didn’t stop for her. There was a pregnant lady in their group, who was just fine, and we told them what had happened. This lady didn’t realize (ha!) that there were other employees at the zoo that could answer HER questions! The zoo keeper she was yelling at was running to get others out of the area and to help the injured zoo keeper. Of course, Dave had a little fun with the looks of their group! Let’s just say that they HAD to be from the south (sorry to any readers from the south) -- they looked like they needed to look outside their family when having kids! I’m sure their intelligence levels were soaring too - NOT! I had to get Dave away from that lady and quick!
Tammy 30 Jul 2009, 7:21 a.m.
Sounds like you have to keep track of Dave like Tracey does me —— she is always trying to move me along when my sarcasm starts bubbling over!
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