Random Thought for Thursday 4/5/12

[I haven't added to this occasional series since last July ... but here you go ...]

ONLY IN CHICAGO ... can you be in the middle of a small talk situation and someone ask you "Did you see the fire the other night?" and you need to clarify from them ... was that the five alarm blaze in the Back of the Yards neighborhood or the MLS soccer game we won?

NOT THIS CLASSIC FIRE ...:

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/fire.html

OR THIS RECENT FIRE ...:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-extraalarm-blaze-hits-back-of-the-yards-20120405,0,7502895.story

BUT THIS FIRE!:

http://www.chicago-fire.com/