Tag: love thy neighbor
Responding to my Facebook comments troll and the irony of it all
Never ever ever have I responded to a comments troll, but this time I feel compelled to. Not because he’s worthy of a response, but because the response I started to write and the post I started to write them on made the entire situation ironically funny! On July 6th, 2016, I wrote a blog... Read more »
Genealogy: My DNA test results shocked me
With all of my grandparents gone, and with the passing of my maternal uncle over the summer, I know many of the stories I hoped to hear are lost for good. So, I did it. I purchased a DNA test from ancestry.com, the site with my family trees and where I do most of my... Read more »
The day I met Chicago Cub Ryne Sandberg
As I trolled along Facebook tonight, I spotted a post shared by fellow ChicagoNow blogger, Raining Cats and Dogs, about Ryne Sandberg purchasing a home in Lake Bluff. As a self-professed non-fan of baseball, and an especially huge non-fan of celebrities in general, I normally would have just scrolled on by without a glance. However,... Read more »
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Why John Scott is more professional than the NHL Head Office
John Scott is more of a professional than NHL head office. Why? John Scott was elected to participate in the NHL All-Star Game as a joke. Some obnoxious fans “stuffed the ballot box” with his name, nominating him for the team and ultimately making him a captain. John... Read more »
The NHL suspending Jonathon Toews for missing the All-Star Game is incredibly stupid
I am not a sports expert. I am a fan; a sports girl. Hockey, football and MMA fights are my favorites, and I watch them regularly. I understand sports and don’t need you to explain things to me; I get it. What I don’t get is why the... Read more »
There's no such thing as a white lie - it is just a lie
Tonight is Blogapalooza – the bloggers here at ChicagoNow are given a topic at 9 pm, and we have one hour to write, edit, tweak and publish. Our topic tonight is: “Write about a time you told a lie” (It can be a little white lie, a whopper of epic proportions or something in the... Read more »
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How I am keeping things in perspective this Christmas season
Perspective is everything – how we view things, how we see things, how we interpret what we see, and how our experiences influence our perspective are all important. I am a white, married, heterosexual, Christian, middle-aged mom who works full-time and loves dogs. It’s no secret that I’m married to a police officer, too. These... Read more »
When to speak and when to be still
As part of Blogapalooza here at ChicagoNow, we’re given a topic at 9pm and have one hour to write, edit, add photos if we choose and publish straight up at 10pm. Tonight’s topic is this: Share your favorite quote (or quotes) — from a philosopher, author, comedian, politician, friend, family member, movie, whoever — and... Read more »
Christmas has nothing to do with a Starbucks red cup
Today, as a trolled – ahem – I mean scrolled through my Facebook newsfeed, I started to see some of my Christian friend’s posts about a red Starbucks coffee cup controversy. My response was very literally, “Huh?” I took a bit of a hiatus from social media this past weekend; I had to have missed... Read more »
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Why I'm NOT jumping on the Cubs bandwagon
I’m really proud of the Chicago Cubs this year, but you won’t see me jumping on the bandwagon and suddenly becoming a fan of baseball. Why? Because I don’t particularly like baseball. Unless it’s nice out, and the windows are open, and a nice breeze is blowing, and it’s nap time, and there’s a baseball... Read more »
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