Chicago Tribune's Front Headline (12/28/08) :

WET. WARM. WHAT'S NEXT?

DEADLIEST DAY IN GAZA IN DECADES.

The past days Chicago and its surrounding burbs were covered with snow to the point that they became like a white mountain of hard rocks. Now the snow thawed due to the advent of the pouring rain. And now officially 2008 is the wettest year in Chicago history.

Meanwhile, around the world - the Israeli airstrikes that killed hundreds sent Hamas to vow for retaliation.

On the homefront. We were privileged to have visitors from Canada who were from our hometown. Over pan pizza, we dined, talked, reminisced, joked, and laughed.