Sunday, April 26, 2020

Sunday Stealing

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FILL IN THE BLANK 1. Right now I'm _____. in my jammies 2. _____ is my well known quirk. Sloppiness 3. Are you _____? fucking kiddi...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Me and Dad and Frank

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There's a game on Facebook where you tag a friend, asking him or her to share the 10 albums that had the greatest influence on their m...
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I wonder which is more tiring.

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Ignorance or paranoia? Now the live-free-or-die, fight-the-tyranny, I-blame-Obama's-deep-state crowd is questioning why states are ...
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Friday, April 24, 2020

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: All Right (1983) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) This song has an optimistic message about love: ...
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Farewell to an American original

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Peter Beard is dead. He was 82. After a recent stroke he developed dementia and wandered away from his Montauk home. His body was found i...

Who's a HAPPY girl?

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Yesterday was one of the best days of my cat's little life. A big box arrived -- cause for celebration right there -- containing her ...

American values

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An anti-vaxer in Idaho took her kids along to closed playground.* She and her friends removed the yellow police caution tape and refused ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

When smart girls do dumb things

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I'm worried about Joanna. Since October she's been seeing Sid, a 70-ish businessman who retired for health reasons. I can't rec...
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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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