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Kelly’s friend Mike is a clown. I don’t mean that as a character judgment but as a statement of fact. His name is Mike but once he puts on the greasepaint he’s Puddles. On Thursday, on the rooftop of the Prudential, with Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue for a backdrop, Mike held my wrist, gazedContinue reading “The time I drove a clown to Waukegan”

The literal translation is round number but what it really means is a significant birthday. My mom was always talking about them when I was growing up but now it was her turn. I won’t say how old she turned but it was significant enough for me to come to Boston to help celebrate it. Max pickedContinue reading “Kruglaya Data”

Yom Kippur is the traditional Jewish day of atonement but my day of penance for the past twenty-five years has come a few weeks earlier. It’s gone by several different names and has moved locations and undergone a lot of upheaval but is currently called Expo Chicago. It’s just an art fair but it neverContinue reading “Amusement Tax”