Maybe it will happen today, one Chicago pessimist hopes. Thousands of fans do too.

Summary

<p>It was March of 2025, and everything sucked. Finances had been tough for a few years for Chicago artist Phineas X. Jones, 53, and he was deeply troubled by the reelection of President Donald Trump. Even so, the times planted a seed for him. In spite of it all, Jones doodled some flowers and sunshine and happy little animals on his iPad, framing a monumental set of words: Maybe it will happen today.</p><p>“I’m kind of on the pessimistic side anyway, so ‘maybe it could happen today’ is as optimistic as I get,” he said. “It’s possible a good thing could happen. I won’t rule it out.”</p><p>He…

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