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Things are getting desperate on main street usa

The mayor has put up all these posters in the loop. We like how “chicago” gets higher billing than the “united states”

Liam lost his last baby tooth yesterday! He had an orthodontist appointment last week because there was some concern about the way those two big teeth are growing in outside his other teeth and the orthodontist told him to really work on getting the last baby tooth out. It really didn't want to leave! Finally, after a week of wiggling and a Saturday of Liam spinning it around and not really able to eat his favorite lunch of tamales from Junior's store, it came out last night.  The orthodontist wants to wait and see how his teeth straighten out in…

amazing first families of Illinois Here we are at Grant Park, huge crowds but it was all very calm and relaxed–I was trying to figure out what the feeling was and I think it was relief and joy, felt at a really fundamental level. This is so good.  Some things the papers may not cover (because they are trivial): there was an odd surfeit of cigar smokers, and the city's street sweepers were really out in force!  Great election results, great night. Fortunately we had a bottle of something bubbly at home to pop open when we got back at…

The younger Kennymen spent Halloween evening on the famous trick-or-treating circuit of Bernard Street in Logan Square. It was the warmest and driest Halloween we can remember and there were huge crowds, making it a really fun night. Miles dressed as a scary clown and Liam dressed as a ketchup bottle.

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Cindy and the Kennymen are experiencing some odd technical difficulties. We've had reports from all over the world that readers cannot get into our blog any longer. This is a test to see if posting a new entry will help free it up. Maybe the last post, the one about our new cast iron smoker, was too heavy for the system.  I have nothing to say except this: Vote for OBAMA! Tell your friends! Donate, volunteer, spread the word. Put an Obama / Biden t-shirt on your dog and take him for a walk.  Wouldn't it be great if this…

How do you know if you're having a great time with visitors? You forget to take pictures! Here's Granny and Granddad enjoying the long summer days in Chicago, having a coffee and reading the newspaper in our back yard. Liam and Granddad at Garfield Park Conservatory.