Meanwhile, I Was Still Thinking...

...a decision on the 2016 Summer Games is less than a day away, and if you polled Chicagoans, it seems that more of them would prefer watching the hometown Brazilian girls in Rio going sideout on Copacabana Beach, rather than North Avenue.

It just seems more likely that the IOC will prefer to take its privileged party down South America way for the first time. Let's see how the money reacts -- will the networks and advertisers refuse to bid up for a non-U.S. Games; or will a buzzer-beating effort by Obama ensure a slam dunk victory for Chicago?

Me? I'm just thinking about Lunch...