Brain Shuffle, 10/12/08

-- Kudos to John McCain for telling his supporters that Barack Obama is a decent man and good citizen with whom McCain just happens to have some disagreements. Funny thing is, that also pretty much sums up how I feel about John McCain.

-- Hey, Tom Dart, if the courts tell you you're in contempt for refusing to evict rent-paying tenants whose landlords had their mortgages foreclosed, just tell the courts they've given you so many eviction notices that you haven't quite gotten to all of them yet.

-- I understand parents who condone drinking among their teenage kids. But I also understand adults who don't condone it. And I really, really don't understand parents who would get upset at an adult who doesn't condone it. If you think it's such a great idea, you drive your kids' dumb asses around.

-- Not that I condone this sort of thing, but if you had asked me which American city was most likely to boo Sarah Palin or any other national candidate, I would have guessed Philadelphia even before it happened.

-- Don't look now, but Billy Mays is this generation's Ron Popeil.

-- If only the Blackhawks could have played as well as Pat Foley sounded broadcasting Saturday night's game on WGN.