Happy Amateur's Day!

April Fools!

What a great start to the baseball season. The Cardinals won and the Cubs lost. The Cubs are used to last place so... I hate trash-talking in sports by fans but all of the crap I have caught over the years from Cubs' fans over the years has broken me down and this is about the only place I talk sports garbage unless in defense. In all honesty, I respect the fans for sticking with a team like the Cubs (sorry that seams like a back-handed compliment but, it is sincere). I just wish they (a great many of them) could just root for their team and not talk smack when they have a two game lead in May. I will just say - stay undefeated all season Cardinals and I am fairly certain you will win the division!

I heard that it's Cheap Trick day in Illinois. I have always liked Cheap Trick. Maybe we should start an Illinois Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (patent / copyright/ trademark pending). That actually is a great idea - Cheap Trick, Muddy Waters, Styx , Buddy Guy, Herbie Hancock, Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Benny Goodman, Smashing Pumpkins, Bo Diddley, Survivor, Ko Ko Taylor, Head East, Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, Pearl Jam, Kanye West, R. Kelly, The Buckinghams, Ides of March, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Miles Davis... I know I am probably missing a lot but, that is a hell of a start though. A lot of them would not make first, or even tenth, ballots but, we could have a lot of very good years in hopes that some other big groups make it big from Illinois. What town would it be in? Chicago? NO! It would be nice to bring some revenue to a different place in the state. Close to Chicago would probably be a good idea though so it's easy for world-wide travel when it starts getting world-wide attention. Rockford has a pretty decent airport (ironically, Cheap Trick is from there and they are the ones that made me have this thought). I bet Rick Nielsen would help make this happen! Maybe here in DeKalb so I would have a short drive to work as curator. I am friends with the Dean of Music at Northern Illinois University and I know he would love to help. Okay, I don't KWOW that but, I would say I am 97% confident he would want to be part of it. Maybe just Illinois Music Hall of Fame would be better?

If all-sized cities counted the top 100 would certainly be here

I guess the world knows the answer to How I Met Your Mother. I do not know the answer and I don't really care to know the answer. I saw part of one episode and, based on that, decided to see zero more episodes. I like most of the actors that were members of the main cast well enough but, from what I saw, it was not my cup of urine sample.

MSN Money came out with their list of the top five happiest and five most miserable cities.The five happiest are: 5) San Jose, California (sunshine and close to Tijuana codeine, marijuana...) 4) Honolulu, Hawaii (marijuana growing everywhere and duh! - it's Hawaii) 3) Fort Collins, Colorado (recreational marijuana) 2) Boulder, Colorado (see #3's reason) 1) Provo, Utah (brain-washed). The most miserable ones all make sense too.

When did winter return to my part of my MIDDLEwest? Last night - that's when. " 2013/2014 The Winter that Would Never Leave!"

Have I missed something or did the all of the news about Malaysia Airlines flight 370 just disappear too? Seriously, did I miss any news about it? They covered "no news" for so long I got used to the "no news cycle." People must have grown tired of the non-stories and the advertisers decided to back-out of supporting this idiocy. Damn vulture news media. I know it is we, the people, that are driving this maniacal behavior or are they telling us what we want to be interested in? Maybe they just gave up on all of the money that they were spending on a lost cause (accidental pun).

I saw a guy checking out some girls' butts last night and thought to myself, "self, why do humans check-out people's butts?" I know dogs are pretty interested in butts (smelling, humping...) and maybe it is innate in mammals. The rump is where some of the most disgusting things occur from our body. What information are people trying to gather by looking at cabooses? I know women do it too - I have seen it happen. Don't deny it - I observe; I am a trained professional!

Thank you, as always, to the very talented Lost Sock!

Hey, I made it all the way through the blog on April first without one April Fool's trick/joke/prank... That's because this is amatuer day. I lie all year long and get no credit for it and today people tell stupid little jokes/lies and they are geniouses. Bunch of hacks! Speaking of April Fool's Day, this is the start of our fourth season of Dirty Laundry Podcast (no joke) and the new show was uploaded yesterday. If you haven't already listened there are a few ideas for harmless April Fool's gags at the beginning and the end of the show - it's not too late to make your friends look like a bunch of morons. 59 people already listened yesterday so you had better get on that! (TWSS)

Thanks a lot for dropping by. I always like you stopping in. Have a great rest of your day and night and time between then and when I blog again tomorrow. TTT then...MITM (in - April Fools - out) TA!