Eaglie's Aviary

I haven't written since December 2011. You'd think this was a hint that this blog is dead, but you'd be... well... right. I unkn...

Eaglie. Born December 5, 2001. Ten years ago. You argue that he's only nine years old. You also were that horrible person who insisted t...

"Ten years ago" is a sorry way to lead a post on Sept. 11th, 2011. It would've had impact nine years ago. Not today. The time ...

Never forget. Five years ago, Croc Hunter.

My first brush with Harry Potter began with someone shoving a copy of Goblet of Fire next to my face and shouting, "It's uncanny!...

Happy July 4th to anyone stumbling upon this page! Especially Americans, since it is our holiday. This holiday rings with such celebratory e...

You thought Eaglie and the Aviary was dead. (It's been since January since we've posted.) Well, we're not, which is more than I ...

Storied, storied, storied, storied! That's what this rivalry is. I mean, I've written about it before . The last time the Bears and...

Eaglie's annual Four Horsemen post will be going up soon, just... well, okay, I ask for some more slack. I mean, Eaglie didn't even ...

Repeal Day and my birthday mix well, even if I was mostly alone. I spent the day drinking hot toddies alone due to a sore throat. (Yes, bird...

The House was called for the GOP a while ago. The Senate is leaning Democratic, but barely. The GOP is probably going to take a few extra go...

This is really old news: in fact, this is really old news for the 24-hour news cycle: in fact, this is older than old because there was no c...

CNN called Kentucky for Rand Paul. Indiana was called for Coats. Let the pity party start for Democrats.

It feels weird to be disenfranchised and for it to be one's own fault. I checked three weeks ago for policy on Illinois absentee ballots...

Out of the woodworks in the past two years came the Tea Party here in America. I know this is old news, but they've been terrifying the ...

I'm going to Washington, D.C, and my preference is to keep fear alive . (As "sanity" is not in my vocabulary.) Washington is ...

I live in the Northeast, the land of autumn. Where is my instant beauty? I don't know much about this place yet, but I expected on Septe...

Me and Andy leave Chicago for one minute and everything in Chicago happens! Unless you live under a rock or somewhere besides the Chicagolan...

Sue me and donate the proceeds or something .

Andy and I are in the throes of moving, the most American of pastimes. What is more American than dangerously over-stuffing a minivan and sw...

The bans on buying handguns in several Midwest towns (Chicago and Oak Park, Il.) were essentially overturned by the Supreme Court. The Gulf ...

American exceptionalism: we take exception to the game of soccer. When the World Cup kicked off last Friday, I figured something out: there ...

It's an environmental disaster! Do something before it gets worse than the Exxon Valdez! It will lead to the destruction of the Gulf Coa...

I have nine hours in Gotham to do everything from tap-dancing on gilded streets to ice-skating on the roof of Rockefeller Center. At least I...

May 5th, 2003, was the day I first posted. I still was Andy then. As I still am, for anyone wanting to inform on me to Arkam Asylum. Seven y...