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Goodbye 2023: We used to love you, but it's all over now

The airing of grievances edition of the December Month in Review

“Bob and Don”: Newhart and Rickles Really Were A Love Story

Keith Richards at 80: How and why is this possible?

Neil Young's "Before & After": Neil's gonna do whatever he wants to do

Can you lift a bag of groceries over your head?

Our grandchildren's happiness at Hanukkah brings some peace in a world full of stress

What's the worst Christmas song ever ?

Could you be a juror for a Donald Trump trial?

Ten pretty good Christmas songs to get you through the holiday

The they said it out loud edition of The November Month in Review

My Uber ride hit an ambulance

Helping out those in need at Thanksgiving

Sixty years since the JFK assassination

Dolly Parton is a Rockstar?

Tommy James and the Shondells at the Genesse Theater: Still doing the Hanky Panky

Jimmy Buffett's "Equal Strain on All Parts" is part fun and part introspective

The Beatles and The Rolling Stones both have released new music. Who would have ever guessed that?

A sporty October Month in Review

Moving Day Chicago 2023: Every case is different

Enough?! What will it take before everyone has had enough?

Being a grandparent is as sweet as strawberry birthday cake

How much are you willing to spend for concert tickets?

Little Feat at The Vic: A night with the old and the new

Did Barry Melrose have to retire from ESPN after a Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis?

Who would have guessed Jim Jordan would be a voice of reason

Forty years of Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense": Same as it ever was

Who is the biggest a-hole edition of The September Month in Review

Taylor Swift is doing more to the Maga movement than writing a song about them

Does saying Beetlejuice three times make Lauren Boebert come?

September 11: Airplanes flying into buildings and a wedding anniversary

Is Merkel cell carcinoma another skin cancer I need to obsess over?

Jimmy Buffett’s legacy needs to include sun safety

Guns, Sports and Politics. The shit has hit fan in The August Month in Review

The Grassroots and The New Colony Six at the Des Plaines Theater: Sometimes less is more

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I never imagined there would be metal detectors at Highland Park High School

The week in popular music

Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Field: The summer of superstar concerts continues.

Joey Votto is my new role model

The heat is on in the July edition of The Month in Review

This should be the face of gun control in America

With cancer you need to have a little faith

Sometimes you need a kick in the head reminder about gratitude

Mass shootings can happen in your town

One arm, two surgeries, three months: It's always something

The proud and not so proud moments of Pride in the June Month in Review

Would you spend $300 or more to see Neil Young play songs you don't know?

Dr. Ruth is my new BFF!

AI helps The Beatles record a new song: Cool or Creepy?

Donald Trump and Stephen Stills have being scared shitless in common?

The only reason Donald Trump earned a trip to a federal courtroom was his ego

Five things that tell you you're officially old.

Jay Monahan showed that blood money is more important than loyalty

The May Month in Review

Yes, you can die of skin cancer!

Graham Nash is living his best life 'Now'

Tina Turner dies at age 83: She was simply the best

Mental health and the sexualization of Ms. Rachel

Should I have taken the rude comment more seriously or am I really a Commie in a tie

If you're lucky enough to be privledged, try to show some empathy

Ten years of the Hippy Shakes: Oh the Humanity

I entered the wrong car and luckily didn't get shot

It's time to Spring into the April Month in Review

Gordon Lightfoot dies at age 84: Is he Canada's greatest singer-songwriter? Is he on the Mt. Rushmore for Canadian musicians?

From Parkinson's Awareness Month to Melanoma Awareness Month

Graham Nash at The Old Town School of Folk Music: A special night of music in a special venue

Did I hear Richard Lewis has Parkinson's Disease and what do I think about it?

Trying to learn how to slow down

Guns in America 2023: Making a common mistake will get you shot

April is Parkinson's Aware Month. I hope my Parkinson's story make you more aware.

We need to stop having people fall through the cracks of the mental health system

A pitch clock for the Passover Seder is an idea whose time has come

Two days in the world of guns in America

The March madness edition of The Month in Review

I'M BACK!

We are on a break!

Fifty years of The Dark Side of the Moon

Marjorie Taylor Greene dominates February's "The Month in Review"

Where will Tiger Woods misogynist behavior fit into his legacy?

Melanoma vs Valentine's Day

Why is Jim Jordan at the top of my Twitter feed?

It’s World Cancer Day: We have to ‘close the gap’

Warren Zevon is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...FINALLY!

Bobby Hull was proof that sports legends could be horrible people

The second half of the month was even worse in the January Month in Review

Tribute bands have their purpose...I guess

I hate the win/lose language of cancer

David Crosby's musical legacy needs to include wasted time as well as his recent work

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young take their grievances to the grave

The start of the year has been so bizarre that a January edition of the half-month in review is needed

There may not always be a next time

Five years of noodles and ice cream

Was Jeff Beck the most underrated guitarist of his generation?

Georgia vs TCU: The story of a hat

Frank's Diner in Kenosha: A road trip and a meal to remember

Rolling Stone's 200 Best Singers of All-Time has some huge misses and omissions

December is the final edition of the 2022 Month in Review

Welcome 2023! A year of no resolutions!