Greetings from Chicago, on what I've christened "Global Warming Saturday" - it's January 5, 45 degrees outside, the snow is melting rapidly, and while it's a tinge grey, sky-wise, my fair city is thawing out and rinsing the salt and dirt off of our cars, our sidewalks, and ourselves.
Anyone who thought this was going to be just another election year is by now noshing on their words if they dared make such a proclamation out loud - amazingly, after eight-plus years of collective ADD (war? terrorism? habeas corpus? stolen election? - quick, turn on the show where they're voting someone off of an island or making some one-hit wonder into a pop tart! or just turn your living room into an ATM and shop shop shop your troubles away!), America seems to be waking up and focusing - and my what a hangover we have!
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