Some good and bad items this time...

First the good:  I have finally had the opportunity to sample the wares at BBQuick on Appleton Ave.  I had heard rave reviews about the food, but never happened to be in the neighborhood when the store was open. They open and close twice a day and I finally stopped to read the store's hours of operation posted on the front door. Once I got it right I was rewarded.

Last Saturday it was a change.  The experience was all that could be expected.  It was just before noon, and walking in I instantly knew that I was in the right place.  The aroma of well-prepared barbecue hit me instantly.  What I didn't expect was the welcome I got from the proprietor.  He is a vibrant soul with a lot of enthusiasm.  I will not say more - it is something that you must  experience first hand.

By the way, beef, chicken and pork all fit under the BBQ moniker and if you choose to eat there and not carry out you will find a nice sampling of down home blues to fill your ears.  Oh, baby it's goood!

 The bad:  What's the matter with the pickets at Kohl's and other stores in the area?  Apparently they have an axe to grind about horrendous corporate profits.  Is it that the corporations buy blue jeans from SriLanka?  For sure our jobs have been lost to cheap overseas labor used by companies who operate under lax environmental and social standards.

Whose fault is it anyway?  I believe that our government has the major role in creating this confusion.  Maybe I'll say more about that another time.

Nevertheless the question -  who are the the greedy bastards raking in all the money from Kohl's and others?  We are!  We have met the enemy and he is us.  We who have invested in stock securities from thousands of worldwide corporations have only ourselves to blame.