Scene from Abu Burnstein

Pile on Mom!

...and yes, that is a pull-up on Oliver's head.

How abortion is costing the Democrats voters--literally

The Wall Street Journal contends that abortion is reducing the number of Democrats voters - believe it or not, in the literal sense - in that more of the "missing voters" would have been Democrats than Republicans.

Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution handily disposes of this bullshit argument. It is an interesting response. Go read it!

First Baptist "Wee Care"

I dropped ODB off at school today, and decided to take a few pics.


The first thing he goes for when I drop him off is the puzzles. And every morning on our way to school he tells me "Daddy, I'm going to play with the puzzles." I think it is somehow a soothing transition or maybe he is just compulsive.


Are not 2-year olds fricken cute!

Don't worry, be happy

An interesting editorial by economist, Richard Epstein, in the LA Times. Here is the kernal of the issue:

My question is this: Why worry about the persistence of inequality in the face of such massive improvement across the entire spectrum? And why worry when, in absolute terms, the improvements are far greater for the least-fortunate classes than for the rich?
...
The threat of skepticism to human progress must be rejected. In its place I would adopt what might be termed a "non-envy principle": If there are two states of the world, such that everyone in state A is better (or at least as well) off as everyone in state B, then choose world A, even if the resulting inequalities leave some people envious. Don't grouse because Bill Gates is richer than the average Microsoft employee — instead, celebrate the productive processes that continue to bring substantial benefits to all of us across the board.

Ok, before you throw flames, please note that this guy is smart. I'm talking super-freaky smart. Read: if you disagree with him (I'm talking to you, Euge), chances are you misunderstand his point or you're wrong.

College students and construction workers

After a weekend scouting out the grounds of our potential new apartment, the Treasure Island condos, we are sad to report that the place is not as "family friendly" as we'd hoped for.

It turns out that the condos are adjacent to a hotel now in receivorship that caters to the youthful singles crowd and a very large group of construction workers doing contract work. I must say the melding of these two groups of exuberant individuals, along with facilities that are in severe disrepair, and a large pool-side bar serving two-for-one "sex on the beach" is entertaining... for Sam and Oliver. The boys loved the excitement. Mom and Dad were totally grossed out.

The most depressing part of this experience was the realization that 10, maybe even 5 years ago, I would have paid extra to stay at a place like this.

Errors on Terror

Krugman Op-ed:

[The adminstration's "Terrorist Threat Integration Center's] latest report, released in April, claimed to document a sharp fall in terrorism. "You will find in these pages clear evidence that we are prevailing in the fight," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage declared. But this week the government admitted making major errors. In fact, in 2003 the number of significant terrorist attacks reached a 20-year peak.

DOH! So who uncovered this massive mistake? An economist, of course, Alan Krueger. Dr. Kreuger attributes the mistake to incompetence.

The always objective Dr. Krugman concludes:

Maybe...In any case, the incompetence explanation is hardly comforting....Think of it as just one more indication that Mr. Bush isn't really serious about this terrorism thing. He talks about terror a lot, and invokes it to justify unrelated wars he feels like fighting. But when it comes to devoting resources to the unglamorous work of protecting the nation from attack — well, never mind.

The Best Free Software

This article seems to offer some pretty nice tips. I only got a third of the way thru it before getting distracted. In fact, the distraction was a pleasant one; an email from my previous boss, Debra.

I'm off in 15 minutes to show Steph what I think may be our new apartment. Its only a two bedroom (which I suspect will be a bummer for Kath) but it does have an extra bed in one of the bedrooms and a fold out (queen sized) couch. It overlooks the most magnificant pool I've ever seen and its right on 7-mile beach. and most importantly, its no more expensive than what we're currently paying for the Newlands home. Come visit one and all and experience paradise! and if you get bored, there is a burger king, pizza hut, and huge obnoxious movie theatre just down the street.

MUZZY

The BBC Language Course for Children, that is. Euge recommends we get a course for Sam and/or ODB, which target their "Window of Opportunity years to learn a second or even a third language."

"Schoolgirls sniff gold"

That is the title of the article (in part). And it goes to show you, there is an economic market for practically any and everything you can think of. It is not, however, to be confused with "digging for gold," which is a seperate activity, one that unfortunately for Sam and Oliver, an economic market does not yet exist...to my knowledge. The article's opening paragraph reads as follows:

Naughty Japanese schoolgirls lost one of their greatest sources of pocket money earlier this month after the Tokyo Metropolitan Government outlawed the trade in...

Baby Superman

Excerpt from the article (that includes a photo of the baby's lower torso):

Not yet 5, he can hold seven-pound weights with arms extended, something many adults cannot do. He has muscles twice the size of other kids his age and half their body fat.

Guess that tune

Kath and I had a good time with this earlier tonight, so I thought I'd continue it here. Whoever thinks they know the tune, post a comment..(that includes Lesley and Laura, if you're out there). Unfortunately, given the following selections, I don't think Mom or Dad are going to have any clue. One hint, the theme is rap music. Here goes...

Mystery tune #1:
"Monkey tastes Def when you pour it on ice
Come on y'all it's time to get nice"

Mystery tune #2:
"Bro, I got to maintain
Cause a [insert "n" work here] like me is going insane"

Mystery tune #3:
"Laid back...with my mind on my money and my money on my mind"

Mystery tune #4:
"We gotta give 'em what dey want (What's that, G?)
We gotta break 'em off somethin' (Hell yeah)
And it's gotta be bumpin' (City of Compton!)"

Mystery tune #5:
"Fellas (yeah), fellas (yeah)
Has your girlfriend got the butt (hell yeah)"

Mystery tune #6:
"Go, go, go, go, go, go, go Shawty,
Ish ya birfday,
We gonna party like ish ya birfday,
We gonna sip Bacardi like ish ya birfday"

and my favorite, Mystery tune #7:
"With a bottle of scotch and watch lots of crotch"

Freedom, Safety, and Hygiene

What the hell? This must be a joke:

Once you have used it, you can't do without it.The P-Mate gives you more freedom, safety and hygiene. It is developed in connection with the experiences of thousands of women who have tested the P-Mate at grand events, both nationally and internationally.

No toilets available when in desperate need of one?
Dirty toilets?
Always standing in the wrong line?

THE P-MATE OFFERS THE SOLUTION!
P-MATE.... YOUR LITTLE TRAVEL-DATE!

We gonna party like ish ya birfday

Thank you, Grandma! We received the cards, my bday present, and most importantly the tattoos. Thank you for the generous bday gift. Sam and Oliver absolutely looooove the tattoos. And by the way, I made that correction you requested.

Mark Cuban's take on the Piston's victory

For the uninitiated, Mark Cuban is the loudmouth owner of the Dallas Mavericks. His assessment of how the Piston's pulled it off is kind of interesting, if not entertaining.

Those who say that money can't buy happiness don't know where to shop

Mahalanobis has an interesting post on money and happiness. And if you feel like it, peruse his blog. It is full of interesting stuff, some technical, but most not.

So whats new, Hebrew?

One last post before I head off to bed. Steph had her first spanish class today. It is a five week excelerated course offered by the International College of the Cayman Islands. The College is across the street from our house. The class meets everyday (except Friday) for two or three hours. Steph missed the first week and there is an exam this Wednesday. Hence, Steph is hunched over the dining room table making flash cards and trying to catch up. I think she is crazy. But I do admire her focus. When she fixes on something, there is no stopping her.

Sam and Oliver are over the colds they came down with this weekend. (However, their dad is still feeling its effects.) The boys are now attending First Baptist "Wee Care" on the mornings of Steph's class. This is four mornings a week, up from their previous two mornings a week. One of the fun aspects of their going to a religious daycare is that from time to time, prior to a meal or snack, Sam will ask to say grace. He begins by requiring all in attendence to clasp their hands below their chin and close their eyes. No peeking! He then says his prayer: "thank you god for our snack, amen." I suppose you have to be their, but its really sweet.

What are economists learning about religion?

More great stuff over at Marginal Revolution. The following is an excerpt that presents some of the results of a study on the economics of religion by economist Robert Barro:

1. Religious participation is negatively correlated with economic growth.

2. For the most part religious belief (as opposed to participation) is not correlated with economic growth. Belief in hell is positively correlated with growth, however.

3. Religious pluralism makes people more religious. In other words, the more options available, the more likely that religion will be found appealing.

4. As a country becomes wealthier, its people tend to become less religious (the U.S. is an outlier here; we are remarkably religious for our level of wealth).

"Lost in America" on This American Life

Thanks to Lesley Bates, a former co-worker, and good friend of Steph, I just finished listening to a nice edition of This American Life. The topic deals with people and things lost in America. Doesn't sound particularly compelling but give it a chance. It is an enjoyable listen.

The opening seven minutes are interesting, but then skip ahead to the third and final piece on the show (which begins at minute 42:00 of the 59:00 minute show). It follows a fella named Davey Rothbart, who reads from letters, notes, scraps of paper and school papers which have been lost by their original owners. He collects and publishes things like this in his magazine, Found. Steph, isn't this the magazine that Karyn Clark raves about?

Size matters

What's huge, slow, and capable of hauling up to 400 tons of bullshit? That would be the Liebherr T 282B truck, a 224 ton monster with a massive 3650-horsepower diesel engine. New Scientist has an interview with Liebherr R&D head Francis Bartleby in which he drops a load of tasty T 282B trivia, like the fact that the huge diesel engine actually generates electricity to power two electric drive motors, and the story about the time a driver of one of the big trucks accidentally crushed a normal-sized service truck and didn't even notice.

Goosen wins US Open

An interesting hubbub is brewing as a result of this Sunday's USGA tournament. Quoting from the article:

Tiger Woods, after a 76 left him 10 over par, said, 'This is not the way it's supposed to be played.'

The problem?...

The U.S.G.A., the golfers said, mishandled the greens, allowing shots to trickle into the fringe, into the rough and into the bunkers - all to protect par.

The outcome?...

None of the 66 golfers broke par Sunday, the first time that has happened in a final round of an Open since 1963.

What I want to know is what the hell happened at the 1963 Open?!

NYT review of Sedaris' 'Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim'

The final paragraph of The review kind of sums it up:

As we learn in ''Dress Your Family,'' he is now routinely asked to address college students, and a Hollywood director has optioned the story of his life. His French has improved, his backstory is now pretty well picked over, and a third linguistic childhood -- in Slovakia, say -- is presumably out of the question. With nothing left to bite himself with, he has resorted to his own conscience.

Check out Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a an online encyclopedia. It is a great resource, with an interesting history. It was (and continues to be) written collaboratively by its readers. The site is a "Wiki," meaning that anyone, including you, can edit/create articles on pretty much any topic you want. Give it a browse.

See, for example, "Economics" or "Psychology" or "Cayman Islands", just to name a few random entries.

If you quit smoking when young, you can regain health

The article speaks for itself:

People who quit smoking before the age of 35 can eventually live as long and healthy lives as people who never smoked, a new study shows.

"If you quit by age 35, you avoid nearly all of the harm smoking has on lifespan and quality of life," study author Dr. Donald H. Taylor, Jr., told Reuters Health.

The investigators found that people who were smokers tended to lose more years of healthy life than non-smokers. However, people who had quit smoking at least 15 years before the first interview - between the ages of 35 and 45 --tended to live as many years in good health as people who had never smoked.

Taylor explained that, in order to regain the health they had as non-smokers, people need to butt out for good before they develop health problems. "You can avoid most of the harm by quitting before having a negative health event," Taylor said. "You can't wait until you have a heart attack to quit and reap these benefits."

Arab woman, now tell me what you say-hay-hay

An excellent story in the Economist on the current situation for women in the arab world:

From kindergarten to university to the few professions they are permitted to pursue, as well as in restaurants and banks and in other public places, the female half of Saudi Arabia's population is kept strictly apart. Women are not allowed to drive a car, sail a boat or fly a plane, or to appear outdoors with hair, wrists or ankles exposed, or to travel without permission from a male guardian. A wife who angers her husband risks being “hanged”; that is, suspended in legal limbo, often penniless and trapped indoors, until such time as he deigns to grant a divorce. And then she will lose custody of her children.

What did you do today?, asked the hand

We commenced the day with Sam's gymnastics class, which he loves. It is a very nice facility, with an observation deck for parents and a play room for kids not in class or, for kids like Oliver, waiting for their brother to finish class. Oliver's class is on Friday morning and is a "mommy-and-me" format. Hence, Sam has to entertain himself while waiting for class to finish. His preference, Steph tells me, is to sit in a chair and watch ODB's class. Sam is kind of Dr. Jeykl-Mr. Hyde. He can be totally psycho one moment and then the most well=-behaived kid sitting in a chair watching mom and Oliver in class. You should, eg, see him getting a haircut or at the dentist. He just sits there like the most well-behaived kid. Little do they know what lurks below! It is nice and endearing trait, but a tad wierd. Steph can probably articulate this better than I. Anyway, I digress.

Steph was off house hunting. So it was just the boys at gymnastics class. After class I took them to the Westin, a fancy-dancy hotel with a nice pool in which they like to swim. Sam befriended an Ohio boy in town on vacation, whose name also happened to be Sam. The Sams played with their plastic boats and went snorkling, while I chatted up the mom. Oliver was playing in the fountain off to the side. After some time I notice Oliver just sitting there. I went and got him his snack, but he didn't touch it. I asked him if his tummy or head hurt, and he insisted he was fine. When I suggested we go home he told me (in effect) to buzz off. So I buzzed off, but after another half hour he was still just sitting there with a blank expression on his face. We packed it up and went home. When we got home ODB crashed out without eating lunch. He slept for most of the rest of the day. What makes Steph and me a litter apprehensive is that his fever has disappeared but he is still listless.

Steph's househunting was not particularly fruitful but she is being remarkably patient. I am confident we will find a nice place, close to town and the water that you'll all enjoy visiting. That is the news from the Cayman islands. Good night.

Talal, say hello to the hand

19 months old, just had a bath, and life is good...that is, until the hand smacked me upside me head. 

Millennium Park

The belated grand opening of Millennium Park is set for 16-18 July. This is a fancy-dancy park located adjacent to the Art Institute in Chicago. The centerpiece is the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, which looks pretty sweet. Apparently, it is "the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States." Go check it out if you're up that way and report back.

The world's 100 largest economic entities

I must say, Cowen and Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution have a fantastic blog. In this post they point to and discuss a study that compares the world largest economic entities, be they countries or firms. Their conclusion (taken somewhat out of context):

How should Bangladesh feel, 133 million people strong, with a yearly gdp smaller than the sales of Hewlett-Packard?

Goodnight Grandma Marty

We're just waiting for the old man to take the pic, tuck us in, and close the damn door. Then its time to par-T!

Any takers for "Burnstein"?

Mongolians are ordered to pick a surname. Its an interesting story:

For more than 80 years, everyone in Mongolia was on a first-name basis. After seizing power in the early 1920s, the Mongolian Communists destroyed all family names in a campaign to eliminate the clan system, the hereditary aristocracy and the class structure.

Within a few decades, most Mongolians had forgotten their ancestral names. They used only a single given name -- a system that eventually became confusing when 9,000 women ended up with the same name, Altantsetseg, meaning "golden flower."

By the mid-1990s, Mongolia had become a democracy again, and there were growing worries about the lack of surnames. One name might be enough when most people were nomadic herdsman in remote pastures, but now the country was urbanizing. The one-name system was so confusing that some people were marrying without realizing they were relatives.

Speaking of R-E-S-P-E-C-T

There is still no mention of the Piston's thrashing of the Lakers in the Cayman newspapers. The sports section for the Cayman Net News (the only Caymanian newspaper on the web) leads instead with an article about Ramon Sealy, a 13 year old cricket and soccer player. Its full of fascinating insights, such as:

“I prefer cricket because I play better in cricket than I do in football,” he explains.

Ramon’s dedication to sport has no adverse effects on his school work. “He has been having excellent reports,” reveals his dad Ricky Sealy.

Being a member of a sporting family, Ramon’s devotion to sport is understandable. He has seen his Mum Ferene, a former netball and hockey player, coaching netball. Two aunts in Barbados play netball. His father used to play cricket, football and hockey and his sister Faye plays netball.

Hockey in the Caymans? I'll investigate.

Addendum: I stand corrected. The other newspaper, Cayman Compass, has a substantive article on Pistons defeat of the Lakers.

Welecome to the Blogosphere

There is a somewhat interesting article in Time Magazine on the gaining popularity and influence of web logs.

If you are interested in exploring the realm of the blog, I can recommend a good starting point and some blogs that I peruse on a daily basis. A good starting point is Technorati. On the left hand side of the website is a category labeled "Services" and includes links to the news, books and current events that are most cited by blogs. It also provides a list of the 100 most popular (that is, most cited or linked) blogs.

The following are some links to Blogs I find interesting.

Economics blogs...
Marginal Revolution
Knowledge Problem
Cafe Hayek
Mahalanobis
Newmarks Door
The Idea Shop

I'm not sure the Economics blogs will appeal much to Steph, Kath, and Mom. However, I do think you gals will enjoy the following "Other" blogs.

Other blogs...
Boing Boing
Arts & Letters Daily
Wonkette
Bookslut
Fark

and some popular and influential political-based blogs...
Talking Points
Escheton
Matthew Yglesias

Those fucking villagers vote against name change

The spokesman for the German town, Fucking, sets the record straight:

"Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it's going to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."

He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or settlement.

This reminds me of the Johnny Cash song "A boy named Sue." Moral of the story: anyone whose name is Fuck or anyone who resides in a town called Fucking, must as a matter of necessity build a strong character and a high level of self confidence. Poor fucking bastards.

Talal In Brief

Talal has started making this sound that resembles a wooden spoon being shoved down a garbage disposal.

He made the sound yesterday at the grocery store causing the shoppers near us, and the cashier, to gasp in alarm.

I had to say "it's ok, he's fine, he's not choaking, it's just his new sound...enjoy!"

Chest hair insurance now available

This article goes to show you, there is a market for nearly everything. In case you were interested, such policies are not easy to draft:

The key thing with these sorts of policies is not the breadth of coverage, it's actually being able to justify financially that someone would suffer that sort of loss if they lost their chest hair.

Is it just me, or do you not take offense with the commenter's disregard and ignorance of the inherent value of chest hair.

Pistons get some respect

Check out the front page of the Detroit Free Press. On the other hand check out this article, which concludes that:

[D]efense wins championships, but dynasties are built by all-around teams.

Teams built solely around a defensive scheme can win a title, but seldom capture multiple titles.

Did not the Pistons of yore win consecutive championships based primarily on a "defensive scheme"? Speaking of defense, despite the glee, it seems that much of the Detroit media are inordinately insecure when it comes to their Detroit Pistons. See, for example, the always entertaining Mitch Albom:

Enough already about the team upended. Can the sports world focus on the team that did the upending? If folks watching this series weren't so busy rubbing their eyes, they might have seen more of the obvious: The Pistons outplayed the Lakers in every facet of the game. Outrebounded them, outdefensed them, outhustled them, and, yes, outshot them. Hello? If the Pistons' offense is so awful, well, it scored more points in four out of five games -- so what does that make the Lakers' offense?

You know what? Who cares? "Lakers" is now just another word the Pistons have scratched out, alongside Milwaukee, New Jersey and Indiana.

Speaking of respect, the Cayman newspapers, Cayman Net News and Cayman Compass, which do report frequently on happenings in the US, have not a single article in today's papers on Detroit's victory.

Yahoo Increases E-Mail Capacity

Storage limit for Yahoo's free webmail service just expanded to 100MB in an apparent effort to compete with Google's yet-to-be-publicly-launched Gmail service. This is a significant improvement!

Pistons go up 3 - 1

Pistons take it 88-80.

While perusing the freep for news on tonights victory (I didn't find any), I came across this memory-lane article: Where are the Bad Boys?:

Now, as many of them are graying and pushing 50, the Bad Boys are back in the national spotlight while the Pistons battle for another title. Since their playing days in short shorts ended, some members of the championship teams have remained household names; others have disappeared from public life. Many remain friends.

Whatever the outcome of this year's NBA Finals, Pistons fans never will forget the swaggering, hard-fouling, team-taunting squad of the late 1980s, especially those former players who remain in the Detroit area.

Addendum: Albom sums it up...

"Do you guys feel like it's over?" someone asked Jackson.

"They don't feel it's over," he said. "They just want a fair shake. They want an even break from the refs. They want to feel like they're not playing uphill."

Folks, when they start blaming the referees, it's over.

And Phil knows it.

The Two Things

This gets a lot of play in the blogosphere, but its still fun to contemplate additional examples:

A few years ago, I was chatting with a stranger in a bar. When I told him I was an economist, he said, "Ah. So what are the Two Things about economics?"

"Huh?" I cleverly replied.

"You know, the Two Things. For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important."

"Oh," I said. "Okay, here are the Two Things about economics. One: Incentives matter. Two: There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Ever since that evening, I've been playing the Two Things game. Whenever I meet someone who belongs to a different profession (i.e., a profession I haven't played this game with), or who knows something about a subject I'm unfamiliar with, I pose the Two Things question.

The following are some examples:

The Two Things about Teaching History:
1. A good story is all they'll remember, not the half hour of analysis on either side of it.
2. They think it's about answers, but it's really about questions.
-Jonathan Dresner

The Two Things about Art Criticism:
1. If it isn't novel, critics aren't interested.
2. If it is novel, no one else is interested.
-TheLetterM

The Two Things about Writing:
1. Include what's necessary.
2. Leave everything else out.
-Nicholas Kronos

The Two Things about World Conquest:
1. Divide and Conquer.
2. Never invade Russia in the winter.
-Tim Lee

This Halloween, I want to be Harvey Pekar

Just finished watching American Splendor on video. Well worth the 90 minutes, if you have not already seen it. It follows the life of a moonlighting comic book writer that writes comics about his life (which is the life of a lonely and depressed shlub who works as a file clerk at the VA hospital). It is a celebration of the mundane, in an introspective, interesting, and liberating sort of way. Yes, that sums it up. Mom, I think you'd like it.

Virus-proof your PC

It entails a three step process, which I found to be easy to implement. And it seems to be effective, but what do I know. I highly recommend it, particulary if you have a broadband connection (hint: that means you, mom and pops.)

This is my last post for the day. As the novelty of blogging wears off, so too (I suspect) will be the frequency of my posts. But presumably by that time, I'll have figured out how to add people to the blog. So I hope others will post over time.

We are off for dinner with a nice chap from Cable & Wireless, Erik Whitlock, and his wife, Mary. We were going to go for a sail but its been rainy all day. We have a three day weekend, no work on Monday. Woot woot!

Legalizing Torture

This is a pretty damning editorial from the Wapo:

Before the Bush administration took office, the Army's interrogation procedures -- which were unclassified -- established this simple and sensible test: No technique should be used that, if used by an enemy on an American, would be regarded as a violation of U.S. or international law. Now, imagine that a hostile government were to force an American to take drugs or endure severe mental stress that fell just short of producing irreversible damage; or pain a little milder than that of "organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." What if the foreign interrogator of an American "knows that severe pain will result from his actions" but proceeds because causing such pain is not his main objective? What if a foreign leader were to decide that the torture of an American was needed to protect his country's security? Would Americans regard that as legal, or morally acceptable? According to the Bush administration, they should.

Nifty Map of 2004 Election

Bush or Kerry?

Pistons, game 3 in two words: Rip Hamilton

MITCH ALBOM: D-STRUCTION! Bryant held to 11 points; two more wins for NBA title: "Let's see. The Pistons have now handled the Lakers in a Game 1, stared them eye-to-eye in Game 2 and blown them out in Game 3. "

Economists find no link between sex, money

Economists find no link between sex, money. Apparently, this is the first effort to study "econometric happiness equations in which sexual activity is an independent variable." woot woot!

The newest member of the Kahl clan

Steph's sister Chris's baby, Kiara. She arrived last week weighing in at 9+ lbs.

Jac Cousteau: Bathtub Exploration

Hi Grandma Marty. Don't you just love my snorkle gear!? My mom got it for me.

Blogging Baby

Blogging Baby is a blog — an online magazine — about pregnancy, baby care and parenting. By the way, Steph's latest adventure is opening a gymboree (or equivalent) down here. It does sound like a compelling idea. There are literally few if any places for children to get jiggy. I'm assigned the job of researching and writing the business plan. This is all after two glasses of wine, so we'll have to wait and see where it goes.

Chicago

An old pic from Fall 2003. A stroll along the lakeshore. From right to left, Grandma Marty, ODB, Papa Euge, and (way in the background) Sam.