Cubs are from Mars

Add comment May 8th, 2008

People won’t be uttering that phrase if the state swings a deal to buy Wrigley Field, the Chicago Tribune said today.

The name likely will remain Wrigley Field and won’t take on the name of the chewing gum-maker’s new owner, Mars, the story seems to say.

Just think: We’ll be spared the “Men (in other words, ‘Cubs’) are from Mars, Women (in other words, girls/Sox) are from Venus” kind of thinking.

Bears’ Benson and boating on Rock River

Add comment May 6th, 2008

With all the hoopla over Cedric Benson of the Chicago Bears being charged with operating a boat in Texas while intoxicated, which he plans to fight, made me wonder what the laws are on the Rock River Valley, right outside my office window.

They aren’t as strict as driving a car.

Chris McCloud of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources tells me that it is legal here for the driver of a boat to consume or possess an alcoholic beverage as long as the operator isn’t over the legal intoxication limit of .08 (same as in a car).

Passengers of boats are allowed to consume alcohol, but their actions can’t endanger or disrupt the public or they are subject to fine and arrest. You can’t have open liquor in a car being driven in Illinois.

So, what do you think about all that?