I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV.

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.

Equilibrium is enjoyably classy trash.