Petes Bologna

Editors note: I wanted to publish this on Monday during the snow storm but I snow plowed all day and then slept all day Tuesday... So yeah.  To quote Bart Simpson " I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." A pretty accurate way to describe the weather in Chicago if you ask me. Blizzards, thunder snow, and polar vortexes in the Winter. Tornadoes, flood watches, and heat waves in the Summer. Not to mention all of the above during the Spring and Fall.  As someone who works outside, I'm at the mercy of Mother Nature. That manic hooker of a woman. These poor saps have the unenviable job of telling me when she's on her mensies. As stated before,  I watch a lot of local news programming.  Enough to make me want to power rank local weather personalities for fun. ( There are varying degrees of fun. Stop judging.) Here we go... 1.) Skilling: I dropped the Tom because Skilling is an icon like Prince or Madonna. The...

I'm sorry Chicago but cancel the parades, put away the jerseys and send Mikita and Hull down to Del Boca Vista for a while. The Blackhawks are done for. I hate to be the one to break the news but I got some juicy information this week from an inside source that will bring tears to Tommy Hawks big old creepy eyes. Typically the first rule of journalism is never reveal your sources. Makes sense, but Bologna doesn't play by the rules! Also, 7 blogs in 5 years doesn't even make me a blogger let alone a journalist but I'm getting off topic. My source is an old man that walks his dog around my neighborhood and we tend to cross paths rather frequently. He knows I follow sports and hockey in particular because of the Hawks flag that waves from my front stoop. So here is our conversation.  Old man: I'm not liking what I'm seeing with the Blackhawks. Me: NO? They seem to be playing alright Old Man: NOPE! They don't got it this year.  Me: Really? ...