Tom Thayer advocates for Sammy Sosa to be embraced by the Cubs and the city of Chicago. Brendan poses with his cardboard cutout of Sammy. Tom spent the morning hanging laundry on the clothesline. Steve and Dag talk going pro as masons (mortar and pavers).

What's the deal with the House Hunters? Western Springs teens are calling for justice...for a tennis coach. Steve and Dag are consumed with home repairs and the removal of household junk. Steve takes delivery on an Enzo’s beef roll and a dry "food drunk".

Steve has a new garage door. Frosted animal crackers made little Steve puke in the family station wagon. Dag is filling a giant dumpster with notebooks. No fireworks are planned this year, unless Steve picks up his own supply at Krazy Kaplan's in Indiana.

Steve has never moonwalked. Not even when he was hanging with Murphy in the Morning at Excalibur back in the day. Janet pursues elusive grapefruit wine sold at Aldi. She recalls the countless hours Steve spent staring at the siding on their Danley garage.

Hlavs and Greese are planning a trip to Memphis, so they studied Greetings from Graceland. Steve stands by the AP report about Elvis' cause of death: straining stool. Steve took a nature whiz out on the roads, putting his life at risk for bladder relief.

Steve counts his Cheez-Its, which might be a sign of insanity. A failed sailing adventure haunts him. Tom Thayer is haunted by the 1st offensive possession of Super Bowl XX, where his screw up led to a Walter Payton fumble. He relived the mistake Sunday.

Steve rose in time to get his chores done this morning. The grandchildren are in awe of his cicada eating antics. Strawberries might have bug issues. Dag and Brendan visited establishments as Illinois entered Phase 3. An Illini player pulls a Range Rover.

Enzo's beef roll is a new item getting lots of attention in Countryside. Steve applies for membership in a La Grange foodie Facebook group. Janet and Steve had a birthday outing in honor of Mike Dahl's birthday before Brendan hopped on to the family Zoom.

Steve has a productive day of power washing and turns to seasoned power washer Brendan for advice. We place a birthday call to Mike Dahl, causing Steve to wonder where the past 37 years have gone. Also: are Steve’s hands getting, God forbid, even smaller?

Steve is in the basement after a day of playing lifeguard and faux snake handler. Opening acts can be a launching pad to new band fandom. Joe's mom is out of the hospital after undergoing open heart surgery. Steve remembers a nurse who used to weigh him.