First, a tiny plug: tomorrow I am running the Chicago AIDS Foundation 10K and am trying to raise a few bucks for the cause. In case you have a few dollars left over after the WBEZ pledge drive and want to feel like an extra-good person, go here.
Today’s interviewee is WGN-TV’s chief meteorologist and has been with the network for over 30 years. You can catch him weekdays on WGN Midday News, WGN Evening News and WGN News at Nine. Since 1997, he has masterminded the weather page in the Chicago Tribune and more recently readers can interact with him on his oft-updated Facebook page. His passion for weather led to a daily column and his own weather page in the Chicago Tribune and a weekly series on WGN News, "Ask Tom". Tom is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association.
My mom gave me today’s interviewee’s book, Cleopatra: A Life, for Christmas and I’m 
I enjoy beer. In fact, I’m not particularly picky about beer. Sometimes a simple Miller High Life can be as satisfying to me as a Belgian import made by special monks. It was fun when beers suddenly became the new wines, with waiters and waitresses helping you make exactly the right choice when it came to color, taste, style, what your mood was and what the weather was like outside. I like sampling and savoring my beer as I would a wine. And now that it's fall, I look forward to those tasty pumpkin-flavored brews that come out this time of year.