The Good, The Bad, The Confusing

Bad News: Wisconsin blew a late lead and ended up losing to Illinois last night by ten points. Fiddlesticks!

Good News: My friend Richie arrived in town yesterday. I enjoy his company.

Confusing "News": On the subway yesterday I saw a sign for a law firm called Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald, PC. Above the name of the firm, in yellow print the ad boasted: "we fight for kids with brain damage." To the left of where it said that, also in yellow print, was a drawing of a profile of a fightin' Irishman who had boxing gloves on and his dukes up. I'm not quite sure what Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald are trying to say by the juxtaposition of this fightin' leprechaun and their claim "we fight for kids with brain damage." Are they implying that they will go after abusive Irish fathers who wear boxing gloves and beat their kids causing them brain damage? Or is this mascot representative of the way that they fight for kids with brain damage-by sparring with the perpetrators of child brain damage while wearing leprechaun outfits? Either way I think it's safe to say that you shouldn't rely on the subway to find legal representation for your child's brain damage case.

The slush puddles in this city are out of control. Snow's never known a filthier form. My pant-bottoms have never been so stained.

I think it's somewhat surprising that the childhood taunt "na-na-na-na boo-boo" caught on. I bet whoever first said that didn't in his (or her) wildest dreams imagine that he'd be coining an enduring expression. I wonder if it originally came out in the heat of a game of tag or if he settled on it beforehand after considering other similar options such as:

foosti-roosti-don don

docky-docky ba ba

shulee-shulee-nu-nu

cashew-face/otter-tits

I don't know why he separated those last two with a slash as if they're somehow connected. Go figure?

Hope you're Wednesday was memorable for all the right reasons.