Bill Smith's Day Off

Well, not really. More like three hours between the end of the JumpTV conference and heading to O'Hare. By the way, if one must connect through Atlanta on the way to heaven, O'Hare is the purgatory you may be sentenced to prior to getting to that connecting flight.

Ah Farris. Workday downtown Chicago retains its Bueller-like charm. The stores change -- Ernie Sucheck couldn't name off the waterfront today. But the Billy Goat is still here, and a great power walk takes me past the Weber Grill Resturant -- kind of a high alter of all that is guy with all the cooking being done indoors on, yes that's right, Weber kettles. Harry Carey's. The House of Blues. And without a doubt one of the largest mega McDonald's (I know the one on Broadway is larger, but it's not true to the arches, which are golden yellow and huge in Chi-town).

As if on cue, John Edwards has provided the Clinton-Obama drama I so expected being in the bifurcated home of these two political rivals -- sitting in the airport Edwards has endorsed Obama. A patently obvious counter to Clinton's crushing WVa win (quick, Rich Rod isn't the only connection between WVa and Michigan, the state Hillary needs back in play to keep this thing going now).

Did anyone catch the Monday reference? Bueller? Bueller?