Things to enjoy:

Sucking on lemons (and Jameson sours/Bulleit bourbon)
Springtime birds in still-stick trees
Weather
New (to stay, not temp.) work Wednesday.
Drinking double choc. stout in a stealth cup next to the police at the parade.

Pictures of the Chicago St. Pat's parade soon to follow this entry.
Living in this city is educating me:
Big Black Mariah -- Tom Waits material and colloquialism for smooth black police cars from the olden times.
Slur on Irish, e.g. they get put in the "Black Maria/Mary"
Paddywagon -- Look at this written out. Pretty grotesque.

I am off to drink coffee with milk&honey, watch Einsturzende DVDs, and edit my brains to shreds. Lots of love.

P.S. Often I want to nix the minor, peripheral stuff and open a real journalistic forum debate-focused blog environment. Today, though, not now.