It's been a while and the year is coming to an end so let's get the desk cleared off so I have some room to wrap presents!
Michael Buble has a great voice for holiday songs. As does Thomas Rhett.
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When I was a kid, we had ONE string of Christmas lights on the front of the house and when I asked my Dad if we could get more, I got the standard answer he learned in Dad class 101........"Do you think I'm made of money? Are you going to pay the electric bill?" Ah, Christmas memories. FYI...Until I fell off the ladder a couple years ago, I had a thousand lights on the house every year and yes, I paid the electric bill.
I will admit that the old fat bulbs would definitely run up your bill but the new smaller lights hardly use any energy and I put 7 strings together with no problem. Back in the day, you were pressing your luck with the circuit breaker by putting 3 strings together.
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Convicted pedophile R. KELLY is complaining that "they" took away his money, his family, his kids and friends. THEY?? Enter my African-American friend Larry, who called me when that story broke and here is his direct quote: "That nigger violated his own people over and over and ruined the lives of God knows how many young black women. He screwed his own life up and he's lucky he's still alive. THEY??? Take a look in the mirror, nigger. YOU are they!" (You'll hear from Larry again later in the column.)
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Chicago Mayor? I think it's time to put your money on JESUS 'CHUY' GARCIA.
I also bet that trump will not be the Republican nominee.
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As I wrote months ago, there's just something about imaginary money like cryptocurrency and bitcoin which makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I like my money in my hand and pocket and the first leak in the dam happened this week when FTX, the second largest crypto exchange went belly up and the CEO was arrested in the Bahamas on various fraud charges and will be soon extradited to the U.S.
Losses to customers are at least 8 BILLION so the next time you see famous people like TOM BRADY, SETH CURRY and MATT DAMON touting the imaginary money, grab the remote and change the channel. FYI.... bitcoin has lost at least 50% of it's value this year. If you don't like dollars, buy gold.
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GRANDMA HATFIELD'S on Christmas eve was the best. The biggest tree in the world was in her Chicago living room and I got to put an ornament on the tree while being lifted by an adult. Later in the evening, Santa would show up. And Grandma would sneak me a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. Didn't get any better than that.
My father bought an aluminum tree with a revolving color wheel and I would sit there for hours watching the tree change from red to yellow to green to blue and then back to red.
The only tree we never had was a flock tree.
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Is ELON MUSK as weird as I think he is?
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Drug Smuggler BRITTNEY GRINER was returned to the U.S. in a prisoner swap with Russia. "Unlawfully detained" was the battle cry here in the states but she was arrested and eventually pled guilty to bringing the drugs into the country. EVERY WNBA player knows about the zero tolerance law in Russia regarding drugs and they're reminded by the league EVERY year before they leave to play in the Russian leagues. She is very lucky but guilty as sin.
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4 blacks were arrested yesterday after a string of over two dozen armed robberies all over the city and enter my buddy Larry once again: "Punk-ass niggers who I guarantee dropped out of school at a very early age to run with the gangs. Maximum sentences should be on the table for all of them. There is no rehabilitation for them because they are ghetto rats and when they get out, they'll go right back to the same life. Don't believe that any of the rehab crap because those programs never work except for an occasional lightning bolt in a bottle." Thank you for your input Larry.
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HEATHER MACK was denied bail and custody of her daughter. Mack is a dirt bag who helped kill her socialite mother in 2014 and then stuffed her into a suitcase. She awaits trial here in the U.S. following 7 years of jail in Indonesia. Screw you Heather. Rot in jail.
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Saw the MARIE OSMOND CHRISTAMS CONCERT last week at the Genesee in Waukegan. Save your money and buy one of her cd's instead. Slow moving, off key and way too slow in the middle but she did do a very nice three minute opera rendition.
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ZARI THE LION is pregnant and due in January at the Lincoln Park zoo.
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We've had a pretty mild November/December but the bottom falls out next week just in time for Santa's sleigh to make the rounds. Weather people are suggesting temps will be 20 degrees under the normal high of 38 degrees just in time for the holiday. THROW ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE!
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Hey! I just saw gas for $2.98 today on Rollins Road. It took a little while but the spike caused by the war in the Ukraine has finally started to settle down.
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When I was 8 years old, on Christmas morning my Dad asked me to go out the front door and get the morning Tribune and when I stepped out, there was a brand new bright red bike with my name on it. My Dad had to wait for the newspaper because I was riding down the sidewalk in my pajamas. Great day!
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In closing, I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays thru New Years and please remember to hug the people you care about and most important, stay out of Chicago. Don't become a statistic in that hellhole. I used to recommend seeing a matinee if you absolutely had to go to Chicago but now more than 40% of armed robberies are being committed by the ghetto rats during daylight hours. STAY AWAY AND STAY SAFE!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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