We usually only write about music here. But the Lovely Carla and I are in the middle of watching The Bear, and it just totally rocks our world. The soundtrack is amazing too. So why not?!

There are many reasons we love “The Bear,” a series streaming on Hulu now. Don’t worry, if you haven’t seen it yet, I am not giving anything away, no plot details. You should see it all for yourself. We are in the middle of season two.

The show blows my mind, blows open my heart. It’s a love-letter to Chicago. I was born and raised in and around Chicago, and the series totally gets the quirky, gnarly, beautiful, raging beast; one of the great American Cities. I mean, it is so Chicago-smart, down to the tiniest, grimiest, of details. It totally rings true. Paints a total landscape and mind-scape.

What really resonates with me is the cast of characters, the “common folks;” deeply flawed Human Beings, scrambling about, risking everything, staring down failure, grasping at finding some meaning & purpose in their lives. There is this deep-seated, need, a fuzzy-headed quest, to find something great, something excellent, some way to expend and apply themselves, giving it all up to something bigger than themselves, a state of being, a place, where “every second counts.”

Just people, very human beings with all their foibles, doubts, worries, insecurities, addictions, madnesses, depressions, side-shows, tentatively shooting for something greater than themselves.

Oh man. It’s the narrative of a”striving,” or the falling into certain circumstances that opens the door to something amazing & great. Applying yourself, working on yourself, finding something where you can be the best, even if it’s in the service of something seemingly inconsequential, simple, mundane, tedious, odd or weird. It’s a dropping the ego thing, subsuming yourself into a greater process and flow. Yes, it’s everything. Life. So good. Inspiring. Beautiful. Hilarious. Touching. Powerful. – Jammer