The Reading Journal of Data and Stories

03/10/2026

Sad news to report:

The body of a Chicago father who went missing in November 2025 has been found in Blue Island, his daughter said.

07/18/2025

LIVE THE WHO performs “Boris The Spider”, who could have requested such a song??!?

05/20/2025

Damn, RIP Norm Petersen & Bob Swerski.
Another one from the 10/17 club gone 😢

George Wendt, the Chicago native who starred in the long-running NBC sitcom 'Cheers' as Norm Peterson, has died, according to multiple entertainment reporting outlets.

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02/15/2024

Random moments from a unique Ash Wednesday/Valentine’s Day

12/23/2023

Great story about Cairo Santos!

Cairo Santos looked to be on his way to a lengthy career with the Chiefs up until 2017. It appeared the NFL had moved on until the Bears gave him a second chance

12/21/2023

Congrats, Jo Koy!!

09/29/2023

He wasn’t happy about this one being taken. Oh well, Happy National Son’s Day!!

09/25/2023

That look on Kelce’s face tho.
Credit to Jarrett Payton.

09/25/2023

TheRJDS Pics of the Day 09/22/2023: After my best showing in the Saturday NTT game in months (a very Rare win, I came in 2nd twice earlier in 2023), I had to join my friends as the Driver Nation Lager Party in St. Charles, IL was winding down, hosted by and held at , then wound up staying longer than expected. It really was so good to see the friends featured here, and several others I didn’t get pics of. Just good to finally get out for a few hours & be in my element…

09/08/2023

And the NFL Season has begun!

FINAL: The Lions open the 2023 season with a win.

08/28/2023

I show up for my interview with Bob Barker at the Waldorf-Astoria bar in New York and challenge the host of TV's highest-rated game show to guess the “actual retail price” of six household items I pull out of a shopping bag. He misses every single one by a mile, pleading: “I haven’t been to a market for at least five years, you see. So I was giving you prices from years ago.” But he takes it all in such good humor that we stay in touch for years after that. Rest in peace to one of daytime’s greatest stars. (Chicago Sun-Times, August 6, 1985.)

08/19/2023

TheRJDS IG Pics of the Night 08/17/2023: “My Generation” and several other fans of had a “Bargain” of an evening listening to Live The Who, as they covered very faithfully the music of The Who from their 1964-1975 era of music. So great to run into friends, and talk to my friends in the band, before, and after, the concert. Part of Rosemont’s annual Concert in the Park series, so glad to witness finally in-person in 2023. Though this might be my last hurrah of doing anything fun on a weeknight for the rest of 2023. But, you never know…