Sitemap - 2017 - I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes

Adios 2017: You Won't Be Missed

Musicians who died in 2017

My favorite concerts of 2017

Christmas: A day of hope instead of hopelessness

For Christmas Eve: Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth

Did you keep your resolutions in 2017?

Foo Fighters SNL medley is the greatest rock Christmas song of all-time

Five years after Sandy Hook: Is it still too soon to talk about gun control?

To Doug Jones and the people of Alabama: Thank you

The irony of today's Sarah Huckabee Sanders press briefing

It's the end of an era at ChicagoNow

It's the good kind of Cancer

Your heroes are going to disappoint you

I still miss D.J. eleven years after saying good-bye

Giving Tuesday is over: What are you doing now to help?

Roy Moore is bringing the rest of us Moores down

On Thanksgiving, thank you for the privilege of your time

Donald Trump vs LaVar Ball: Who ya got and death is not an option

My favorite homeless stories of 2017

What happens in Las Vegas.....

What Jesse Jackson's diagnosis means for the Parkinson's community

They were more than just a pair of glasses

Would you spend your birthday volunteering at a homeless shelter?

The Avett Brothers at the Chicago Theater: A night of real Americana music

At what age do you stop finding new music?

Happy Anniversary, 'Merica

The Texas shooting wasn't a gun issue but a mental health problem

More thoughts. More prayers. More dead

I'm using my superpowers to impeach Donald Trump

How to get in and out of a hospital emergency room in less than two hours without even trying

A long night with Bob Dylan

The connection of homelessness, music and gratitude

How to protect yourself from dying of Melanoma

Moving Day-Chicago 2017: A little rain can't stop us

Moving Day-Chicago 2017: Overcoming all the obstacles

I feel bad for Dusty Baker

Man Up on World Mental Health Day

Take the money and run...or walk

Will a mass murder keep you from going to Las Vegas?

I didn't realize I was a big Tom Petty fan

He was just a guy

Would you play Golf with O.J. Simpson?

There once were eight cousins

Donald Trump vs the NFL owners and players: Don't be fooled by the unity

It's past time for major league baseball to install protective nets

Do you have musicians you want to see in concert before they or you die?

How would you feel if your birthday was on Rosh Hashana?

Here are the answers for some questions you're ASKING FOR A FRIEND

Stevie Nicks and the circle of life

The Texas Rangers baseball team takes advantage of the Houston disaster instead of trying to help

The week in review: August 20-27

How were you going to spend your $700 million Powerball winnings?

Everyone supports solving homelessness until it reaches their backyard

Music for an eclipse

It was a bad week in the world of Donald Trump

The week in review: August 13-18

Stop saying Nazis and the KKK are wrong BUT.....

Why can't Republican politicians say the name Donald Trump

I Hate Illinois Nazi's

The Week in Review: The Testosterone Issue

The Whorification of Wrigley Field

Glen Campbell: Hit songs on which he played guitar

The week in review: August 1-6

Life's Been Good To Me So Far: The Theme Song of Gratitude

How do you explain Donald Trump to your four year old child?

Can you tell someone is homeless by how they look?

The Week in Review: July 24-31

Don't wait to do something you feel is important because next year is never guaranteed

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones "Exhibitionism"

Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are bigger heroes than John McCain in saving Obamacare

Donald Trump: Have we hit rock bottom yet?

Spending the day with the fictional Donald Trump

I'm a "victim of Obamacare"

The Week in Review: July 17-23

It's just another Saturday with Donald Trump

Driving down I-5 with O.J. Simpson

Should Parkinson's patients be driving cars?

Would you date a Donald Trump supporter?

President Mike Pence: Be careful what you wish for

The week in review: July 9-14

Kellyanne Conway, Reince Priebus and Mike Pence: Second thoughts?

It's another Fuck Cancer kind of day

The week in review: July 3-9

How do you tell someone they might have Melanoma?

It's a great week to be Paul McCartney

My Dermatologist wants to be my Jewish mother

Songs about Independence and Freedom

How are your New Year's Resolutions doing?

The Week In Review: June 26-July 2

Is singing along at a Tom Petty concert really annoying or have I become a keep off the lawn guy?

Can Donald Trump embarrass himself and us any more?

Parkinson's Disease and those damn Urinary Tract Infections

Good decisions, bad decisions: We've all had our share

In my mind I'm gone to Carolina

Pride 2017: Chicago Style

The Week in Review: June 18-23

Songs for different types of Father's Days

Happy Father's Day to my daughters

The Week in Review: June 12-16

Donald Trump, JUNIOR: STFU!!

Things that sound good but you shouldn't be doing when you're sixty-five years old

The denial of aging or how I'm not really sixty-five years old

The Week in Review: June 4-11

Donald Trump or Muddy Waters: Who do you want on your building?

I'm sorry Jimmie Johnson: I was a cancer snob

Kellyanne Conway gets thrown under the bus

The Trump family vs Kathy Griffin: Who are you backing?

Who is a cancer survivor?

The week in review: May 28-June 2

How to protect yourself against Melanoma

Stay out of tanning beds

Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More

The week in review: May 21-27

Legendary musician Gregg Allman dies at age 69: Seven essential Allman Brothers songs

Having a Donald Trump WTF moment

I'm in a poverty state of mind

Elena Delle Donne, school kids and me: The Chicago Sky vs Washington Mystics

The neurosis of Melanoma

The week in review: May 15-20

Songs for going on a Donald Trump witch hunt

Stress over Donald Trump made me take a stress test

I got dressed up for homelessness

The week in review: May 8-14

Don't they know my mother is dead?

Can a Cubs fan have fun at a White Sox game?

I tried to take a mental health day and failed

The week in review: May 1-7

The new health care game: Guess which one of these ten pre-existing conditions I don't have?

Nobody lost their health insurance yesterday

What are your preexisting conditions?

Our government and schools are NOT keeping our children safe from Skin Cancer and Melanoma

Miguel Montero becomes an American citizen

What do you wear for Melanoma Monday?

The week in review: April 24-30

Is there a connection between sports and Parkinson's Disease?

Fifteen athletes with Parkinson's Disease

There's acting homeless and then there's being homeless

The week in review: April 17-23

Being grateful for the smallest things

My advice to politicians: stop making comparisons to Hitler

How did you celebrate "Louie Louie" Day?

I miss Kellyanne Conway

Ten artistic celebrities with Parkinson's Disease

Would you take a test that let you know you might be at risk for Parkinson's or Alzheimer's?

How do you want to die?

What kind of loser contacts the LPGA office to report a rules violation?

Opening Day 2017

What are you binge watching?

Is it old school or just old?

How can you tell someone is homeless?

The Freedom Caucus saved Obamacare

Athletes who have overcome homelessness

Is playing video games instead of writing procrastinating?

My Dermatologist wants to hook me up

The Influence of Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits

It's stressful being well informed

Ravinia Festival 2017: Summer is almost here

How can you tell when Donald Trump and his people are lying?

Sometimes it's tough to be a nice guy

Caleb Swanigan: From homelessness to Big Ten Player of the Year

Politicians plans for helping solve homelessness in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago

You never stop missing your parents

I'm banning Donald Trump from my blog

What happens in Vegas......

Signs from the Not My President protest

I'm proud to be an enemy of the American people

A look at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show

Food Drive to help homeless at the Chicago Auto Show

Surviving a Cancerversary

Donald Trump's administration is looking like Animal House

The rock band Foreigner gives back to help school music programs

What's the deal with dogs in stores?

Donald Trump turned Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer into pimps

Southern California restaurant owner continues to help feed the homeless after a devastating fire

Gratitude Changes Everything

The legendary musicians of Black History Month-Part Two: N through Z

The legendary musicians of Black History Month-Part One: A through M

Is it Parkinson's Disease or is it Donald Trump?

The City of Chicago is about to ream you for more cash

Kellyanne Conway ruined my Sunday

It all comes back to Parkinson's Disease

Why I marched with 200,000 women

Playlist for the Trump administration

My letter to President Trump

How would you feel if your favorite entertainer was performing at Donald Trump's inauguration?

Why I'm watching Donald Trump's inauguration

Should we feel sorry for people who vote against their own best interests?

One week until the inauguration: What are you scared about?

How much would you pay to see Obama's final speech?

Seven things I want to accomplish in 2017

2016: The year of musical death

Theme songs for the Medicare Generation

From "When I'm 64" to Medicare

Hello 2017: You have to be better than 2016