We’re stuck between over the river and through the woods and chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

Someone else liked that line from “There Will Be Blood,” too.

Because on a day like today, why the hell not?

I’m sorry I’m going to miss this.

Bronze Fonz, Milwaukee riverfront.

Well, that’s one way to man up a minivan.

The Johnny and Billy Blues Band, singing “I Walk the Line.”

In the People’s Republic, no one is having second thoughts about their vote.

A Cobb salad of flowers, today. This is what backs traffic up down the freeway ramps — cheap annuals.

And it’s good that it is, because this place is starting to get on my nerves.

Jason Reitman speaks today, then awards tonight and back home tomorrow.

It’s been a nice break. God bless this crazy country of ours, eh?