WGN Morning News Blog

Sorry, sorry. I apologize for not writing in a while. I've been out sick, so unless you wanted to know about all the cough medicines, inhalers and anthihestamines I'm on, plus my impending root canal, I haven't had a lot to say. One of my Around Town crew members suggested I don't visit anymore doctors for the rest of the year. Not a bad idea, unless I want to start the year still coughing.

I'll stop myself before I start giving you details that you don't need. What I really need you to know about is the Toy Drive coming up on Friday at the WGN studios. It starts at 5AM and ends at 1PM. We will all be waiting for your unwrapped toy to benefit the children at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago. Dean Richards and I will be out there the entire time, freezing our butts of for a good cause and for a chance to say hi to everyone. You don't have to worry about the weather since it's a literal drive through. You don't have to get out of your car. We gladly do all the work.

So while you are shopping for everyone on your list during the next couple of days, pick something up for the Toy Drive. You don't even have to wrap it! We would love to see you and feed you some doughnuts and coffee from Dunkin Donuts. So come on by and say hi before I leave to get my root canal that afternoon. Hurray for good health!!