It’s unromantic to boil life down to receipts and checks, but how you spend your money reveals how you spend your time. Your expenses are a measure of your desires.
Your old phone bill tells you who you used to call. The credit card statements and check registers tell what you wore, what you drank, the sheets you slept on, the people you visited.
Blast from the past! My friend Alena found this photo of (L to R) me, her and Debbie from the journalism office in high school. For some reason, we were doing “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” That’s my handwriting on the board behind me! Too funny.
60 above - Floridians wear coats, gloves, and woolly hats.
Chicago people sunbathe.
50 above - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
Chicago people plant gardens.
40 above - Italian cars won’t start.
Chicago people drive with the windows down.
32 above - Distilled water freezes.
Lake Michigan’s water gets thicker.
20 above - Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Chicago people have the last cookout before it gets cold.
15 above - New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
Chicago people throw on a sweatshirt.
0 degrees - Californians fly away to Mexico.
Chicago people lick the flagpole and throw on a light jacket over the sweatshirt.
20 below - People in Miami cease to exist.
Chicago people get out their winter coats.
40 below - Hollywood disintegrates.
Chicago’s Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.
50 below - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Chicago people get frustrated when they can’t thaw the keg.
60 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products.
Illinois cows complain of farmers with cold hands.
460 below - ALL atomic motion stops.
Chicago people start saying…”Cold ‘nuff for ya??”
500 below - Hell freezes over.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series
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