Whether you're in an office building, a grocery store or walking down the sidewalk, when going against traffic, take the right side. It's pretty easy to remember. Pretend your body is a car, and think what a psycho you'd be to speed down the other side of the road against traffic. Well, it's just as disconcerting off the roads. A Public Service Announcement from your Local Friends who don't like getting bumped by your shoulder or your grocery cart.

What would you say the most popular day to give up smoking is? Probably New Years Day, right. A resolution of health, perhaps, that usually lasts 'til they go to the bar and get a second-hand whiff of that sweet tobacco mist. Problem solved. It is now illegal to smoke in any public place in Illinois. Also, by public place, they mean any private business, too. And while I am a non-smoker against the ban for reasons of liberty and other insights previously discussed here, I have to give the state government credit for choosing January 1st as the ban date. They knew that people would see it as a good reason to try and quit.