I woke up in a winter fog
to sobbing girls and a dying dog
poor bull had ate a pair of tights
vet said at best he had two more nights

CHICAGO, IL (AP): The confetti was light and wet and eerily-sticky, but it fell hard and true nonetheless from the darkened rafters of Melnicks, of Snickers, of Rockit, of Stout. It fell in Echo Hill and in Medford, in The Mission and the East Bay, upon the carpet of the JCA Hebrew School and Amherst Regional High, on the Isle of Enchantment and the City of Dreams, in the western 'Burbs and in River North. From the shores of Lake Merritt to the Frog pond and Oak Knoll, from the mighty Atlantic to the over-sized Pacific, from the Asbury kitchen sink to the fresh and delicious winter waters of Lake Michigan.

MY little brother grew a goatee. He got promoted. Twice. He got a new job–with new power. He grew a full beard and was made president. He married a famous chef. He bought his old company and slowly built a scattered empire. He ate well.