Tuesday, September 03, 2019

Happy Anniversary!

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Before I went to bed Sunday night, I learned that September 2 is an important day for Cub fans: Anthony Rizzo has been cancer free for 1...
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Sunday, September 01, 2019

That's what I want

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I had a glorious time at the TCM Film Festival in April. From the moment I got home, I dreamed of going again in April 2020. I can...
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Sunday Stealing

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MUSIC ASKS       I'm going to try to answer these only with Beatle songs A song you like with a colour in the title   "Ba...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 31

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Today's happiness -- A booth and a good book.  Everything I had on tap to do today? I did none of it. I don't know why .....

"I'm hiding out at The Hole"

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So read Thursday's text from my friend John. It annoyed me for a number of reasons. 1) That bar hasn't been called The Hole in the...

Saturday 9

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Money for Nothing 1) Sweatbands are prominent in this very 1980s video. What's the last thing you wore on your head? Probably a h...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 30

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Today's happiness -- Spaghetti pie.  There's a local Italian restaurant that has the slowest service and rather uncomfortable b...
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Thursday, August 29, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 29

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Today's happiness -- My shower radio.  As the month comes to an end, I want to take this opportunity to honor the $15 appliance tha...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 28

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Today's happiness -- A seat on the train.  Just in time for the evening commute, there was a mechanical disruption on the el. My tr...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 28

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Today's happiness -- Flying the W. The Cubs beat the Mets this evening. 5-2. The game was never close. This season has been rathe...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 26

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Today's happiness -- I found my earring! It was a small, bluish white faux pearl. I thought I lost it on the el last week, but I st...
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 25

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Today's happiness -- Reynaldo and Downton Abbey. That's what Henry I talked about on the phone today. It was such a relief to j...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Sunday Stealing

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Love Me Some Surveys 1. Has anyone ever made fun of your taste in music? Yes. A coworker disliked the Beatles because they were ...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 24

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Today's happiness -- Ladies who lunch.  I met Nancy for lunch and we lingered and blabbed for hours. She's working again. Her...
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Bad news for Bernie

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In 2016, my high school student nephew idolized Bernie Sanders. Bernie was the first politician whose words made sense to him. Because of...
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Friday, August 23, 2019

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: No One's Here to Sleep (2013)   1) This song is the theme of How to Get Away with Murder , the legal drama that premi...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 23

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Today's happiness -- An afternoon nap.  One of my last early Fridays. I had a steak sandwich for lunch, watched the Cub game (until...
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Second time this month!

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I ran into Caleb, Randi and Napoleon in the middle of Michigan Avenue. It's the second time I've seen him the month, and the f...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 22

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Today's happiness -- Easy resolution.  Lately I have felt like Calamity Jane. Just last month, my refrigerator crapped out and had ...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 21

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Today's happiness -- The kindness of strangers. The unemployed construction worker who has taken over Randi and Caleb's corner ...
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WWW.WEDNESDAY

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WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers res...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 20

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Today's happiness -- I missed the rain. It rained off and on all day, at times accompanied by thunder. Yet I lucked out of all of i...
Monday, August 19, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 19

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Today's happiness -- I don't have a black eye. I've lived to the age of 62 without ever having a black eye, and that's ...
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