If you have the ability, please continue to get vaccinated. It was super easy to get the appointment scheduled, there were no questions about preexisting conditions, if you're worried about that. A quick appointment can spare you or those close to you illness this flu season <3

Love our orchestra brothers and sisters joining in the Friday night fun.

President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 11, 2002 for his work advocating for human right, among other things. Pictured during the ceremony in the Oslo City Hall in December that year.

OTD in 1973 Spiro T. Agnew became the only vice-president of the United States to resign from office, stemming from numerous criminal acts while he was Maryland governor. Republicans used to have shame.

DePaul: Our uniform patch deal will actually provide jobs in marketing for our students to help them prepare for their next stage in life! ALSO DEPAUL:

Has to be BYU

With the Cubs’ season officially over now that Jed Hoyer held his annual year-end presser, just wanted to say I appreciate all the Cubs fans who followed along and read my work this season. More to come in the offseason!

Better yet, let’s vote.

2026 Regular Season Streak Extenders by batter: 1. Alex Bregman (27) 2. Pete Crow-Armstrong (24) 3. Seiya Suzuki (22) 4. Nico Hoerner (21) 5. Michael Busch (17) 6. Ian Happ (10) 7. Carson Kelly (7) T-8. Michael Conforto (6) T-8. Pedro Ramírez (6)

PCA's 10.6 fWAR is 2nd in Cubs history behind Rogers Hornsby's 11.0 fWAR in '29. Only 8 MLB CFs with better fWAR: Willie Mays (10.7 in 1965), Ty Cobb (11.0 in 1911 & 11.5 in 1917), Stan Musial (11.0 in 1948), Aaron Judge (11.1 in 2022 & 11.2 in 2024) and Mickey Mantle (11.4 in 1957 & 11.5 in 1956).

Pete Crow-Armstrong finishes with a .280 BA, .372 OBP, .570 slug, 45 home runs, 31 doubles, 8 triples, 41 stolen bases, 107 RBIs, 119 runs, 156 wRC+, 10.6 fWAR. PCA is one of 4 in Cubs history with 30+ 2B, 45+ HR, 105+ RBIs and 115+ runs, joining '05 Derrek Lee, '01 Sammy Sosa, '30 Hack Wilson.

Here’s a memory: I loved going to The Will Rogers on Belmont when I was a kid in the 60s. It was Art Deco & the lobby had murals of Will Rogers. Beautiful theater seating. I still have dreams about it. In its original glory (before my time) & when it was to be demolished in 1990 for a strip mall.