Our local classic rock station, 97.1 - The Drive, perhaps the best radio station I have ever heard (and I've heard quite a few), featured The Monkees this morning. It's amazing how such simple music can't change you from a very sullen mood into a happy one.

Have I mention that I approve of state-sponsored assassination? Well, generally I don't, but I certainly make exceptions when it comes to dangerous lunatics (no, Cindy Sheehan is just not worth it). I'm talking of course about the jackass in Tehran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (PMA - pre-menstrual asshole?) spewed his filth again, calling on the West to "Do the removal of Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional nations."

Hey, f**kface, do us all a favor. Kill yourself and save us the cost of a bullet.

I'll tell you what. It takes a different breed to make Kim Jong Il look moderate.

It's apparently snowing in the Northeast. Damn. Here is Chicago, if it doesn't snow 12", life goes on as normal. It's just an annoyance. I remember being in Baltimore (visiting) exactly 23 years ago and being caught in the Blizzard of 1983. I want a storm like that here. The kind of storm where you can't do anything but sit and watch the snow fall while drinking something hot, while lying under a warm blanket.

That would be nice.