Draft Changes and Unintended Consequences and Other Bullets
michael bourn bravesIn what will hopefully be the final Taylor
Family Illness 2013 introduction, it’s looking like The Wife and
The Little Girl are going to recover well from their bouts of
nastiness, and I have tentatively escaped its evil (and gross)
grasp. The BN Podcast was not so lucky, however, as the familial
illness torpedoed Sahadev’s and my reasonable recording options.
So we’ll have to punt until early next week. Many apologies to
the loyal listeners among you. And, for those who haven’t
started listening yet, use this lull to get started. BOOM: I
just used a family sickness to promote the podcast. Synergy!
(And, since everyone seems to be OK now, I don’t feel bad about
it.)    • Who owns Chicago? Well, if a sample of sales from a
particular official retailer is to be trusted, it’s the Bears,
and it isn’t particularly close. Crain’s looked at sales
from Thanksgiving to Christmas, Da Bears claimed five of the top
ten selling pieces of Chic