Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Glorious!

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Last year, at the TCM Classic Film Festival, I missed seeing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on the big screen. There was a conflict. Angie Dick...

Tuesday 4

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PETS 1. What is your pet peeve of the month, year, lifetime? Protestors (in other states, thank God!) who put their police and first re...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

From the front lines

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Today I had a madcap Monday in the spring sun! The mercury topped 60ยบ and it felt so good to be out and about. I strapped on my Cubbie blu...
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All together now

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Gawd, people are dumb. Or maybe they're in love with their imagined victimization. There's a seamy underbelly of conservative blogge...
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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Sunday Stealing

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QUIRKY QUESTIONS 1.   Did you become what you wanted to be when you grew up? Are you happy with your choice? When I was really little,...
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Add Portland to the list!

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My favorite Cub has been doing us all proud ... again! In addition to Chicago and Miami, Anthony Rizzo is supporting hospital workers in Por...
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Liberate? Please!

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So now staying in the comfort of our own homes to protect our neighbors and ourselves is too much for some conservatives. (Gee, I thought we...
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Saturday, April 18, 2020

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: I Don't Care (2019) 1) This song begins with Ed Sheeran admitting he's not enjoying the party he's at. What...
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The week in captivity

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I've been moody this week. It started with the Easter-that-wasn't . I attended church online, made myself a special meal, and enjoye...
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Friday, April 17, 2020

Jake is amphoteric

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I don't know anything about science, but I know the the word "amphoteric." Back in the glory days of Big Hair, I worked for a...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

It took four months

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Last December, I wrote a post suggesting that it was time for my boss to retire. Yesterday, he did. It was a plot twist I didn't se...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

Have we gone soft?

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"Government overlording" ... "mainstream (or "lamestream") media hysteria" ... "socialism" ... The b...
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24 good minutes

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Yesterday, we had our own small Easter miracle. I called Henry, and we managed to get through the entire call without mention of furlough ...
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

"Grief into gladness"

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This morning I attended my first -- and, hopefully, only -- Zoom Easter service . We sang "Morning Is Broken," just like we do e...

Sunday Stealing

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COVID 19 Questions   1 – What is something you are doing due to the pandemic that you normally don’t do? After the pandemic will you c...
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"I hear you!"

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Reynaldo helping me with work On my way out to the dumpsters, garbage bag in hand, I ran into my neighbor from across the hall. He...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020

A lot of hurt inside these walls

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This is not Henry and Reg's home. But theirs is so similar, I bet it was built by the same contractor. Ground level is the garage and ...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: The Easter Bunny Bop (2015) 1) This song encourages little ones to celebrate Easter by doing a little dance. Do you feel li...
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Boys and their toys

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Paul's joy at owning and playing this bass is infectious.
Thursday, April 09, 2020

Not my office, but it could be

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Look at this picture. Imagine this setting when everyone is at their assigned seat. There can be no "social distancing." Everyo...
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"Is Will there?" "Betty, turn on your mic!"

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Our classic movie group met last night via Zoom.  It got off to a rocky start, as these meetings always do. But once we all got into it --...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2020

As bad as a drunk driver

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There was a Texas woman who insisted that the pandemic is not real, but "media driven, and controlled by the radical people in powerful...
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Monday, April 06, 2020

Tuesday 4

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About Work 1. Describe the best job you ever had and why was it good? (If it was awful, tell us about that instead.) I had my best job...
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Troubling times in Camelot

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Two sad news stories caught my eye this past week. Maeve McKean and her son, Gideon, were lost in Chesapeake Bay. Maeve was the daughte...
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