Sometimes the answers are right in front of you… Follow the squirrels, they seem to know what they’re doing.  Poco has *not* been replaced by a squirrel… I’ve just been in a squirrel mood lately.  Poco will return.

There are two great Zoos in Chicagoland: Lincoln Park and Brookfield. I took the synonyms of “brook” and “field” and came up with Meadowcreek.  Clever little shit sometimes, aren’t I?  I felt I should come up with a different name then just using the actual zoo names.  Besides, some of the employees are being depicted as less then nice people, so making up a name sounded like a good way to avoid cease and desist letters too.

The Hollies cranked out a lot of AM hits in the 60s and into the 70s, charting with “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” as the group was finally breaking up.  Lead singer Allan Clarke went on to do some great vocal work for the Alan Parson’s Project.  Today’s pop tune is mainly about a guy who marries some chick he meets at a bus stop who essentially takes his umbrella (and eventually all his cash after they wed and then divorced… but I’m reading a lot into the lyrics).

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