saw a man on the street last night, said his name was Jesus.

THE SKIPPER, ALL THE TIME

Another Monday Evening Jaunt, Earlier This Month

MY FATHER AND ROBERT MITCHUM (AND JAMES GARNER)

My dad's GP's wife worked the front desk at the office and always called Dad Robert Mitchum in the 60s. I had no idea who he was, or anything about chin clefts. By the time James Garner was appearing in The Rockford Files, he and my dad looked a lot like each other, plus they were both more likely to wear sports jackets than suits. A few photos to reflect upon:

JAMES LELAND SALLEE: PUBLIC HOUSING SOUTH

Where Dad finished off his last years as a cop, working at what was the Robert Taylor Homes, once one of the biggest housing projects in the US.

JAMES LELAND SALLEE'S ROOKIE PHOTO: MARCH 1962

Lithuanian Plaza. Part of my dad's old beat. Now it's part of Englewood.

JAMES LELAND SALLEE: PARIS, 1950

JAMES LELAND SALLEE IN PARIS, 1950

ROBERT MITCHUM OR JAMES LELAND SALLEE: YOU BE THE JUDGE

Dad Would Have Been 84 Today

James Leland Sallee: Streator, 1964.

The photo says it all.

I'M GOING TO BE POST A FEW B&W PHOTO OF MY DAD THE NEXT FEW DAYS

8th District, partroling Gage Park, mid-1970s.