Sunday, June 07, 2020

Speaking of Profiles in Courage ...

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I recently read Profiles in Courage , John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning study of Senators who took principled and politically fat...
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We should do this more often

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I took Reynaldo to the park. We sat on a bench for half and hour, looking at this bush. He also came nose to nose with a red cocker spani...
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Sunday Stealing

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FROM FACEBOOK * Would you rather work in a group or work alone? Alone. I'm a writer, which is a rather solitary profession. I...
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"I like to take showers every morning and I don't like the panties drying on the rod."

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I just channeled my inner Richard Dreyfus from The Goodbye Girl . Yesterday was a busy day and I went through three cloth masks. This morn...
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Saturday, June 06, 2020

I can't believe we're still having this conversation

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Six years ago, Laquan McDonald was shot by a cop . There was video. Chicago was repulsed. It was the first time I heard the phrase, BLACK ...
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Friday, June 05, 2020

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: When Love Goes Wrong (Nothing Goes Right) 1953 Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here .

 

1) This is from th...
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Born to Run

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Reynaldo had a trip to the vet. He enjoyed it thoroughly. So much, in fact, that he's taken to sleeping in his carrier near the door....
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June 5

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"Now it's on to Chicago and let's win there." Those were the last words Bobby Kennedy ever said from a podium. June 5, 196...
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It takes a village to raise a MacBook from the dead

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My work computer crapped out completely as soon as mandatory work from home began. It caused me enormous stress. The idea of the virus was ...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2020

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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WWW.WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt us to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click ...
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Sunday, May 31, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 31

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A song you love to sing loudly. (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Sunday Stealing

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CONVERSATION STARTERS 1. What do you think is the greatest television show of all time? My opinion on this changes, but right now I'...
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Systems overloaded

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My heart hurts. My soul hurts. Downtown is being looted. Macy's State Street windows shattered. Dumpster fires outside the Hyatt. Police...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (1971) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) The lyrics tell us Paul believes ...
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Fell asleep proud, woke up relieved

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Yesterday, Chicagoans took to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd. At first, when I saw this, I was frightened for my city. W...

May Music Meme -- Day 30

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A song that reminds you of yourself.  Actually, my friend Henry told me this song reminded him of me. •  Loves her mama (check) •  Loves ...
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Friday, May 29, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 29

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A song you remember from childhood.  (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Thursday, May 28, 2020

I wish today's kids had him

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In 1994, when the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, my oldest friend's son was in Kindergarten, going to school half days. Because the b...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 28

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A song by an artist whose voice you love. She is known as a leather-lunged lady who can belt, like Judy or Whitney. But singing softly she...
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Cautiously hopeful

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I spoke to Henry so long, and so loudly, Monday evening that I woke up hoarse. He called to, of course, complain about his husband, Reg. Co...

May Music Meme -- Day 27

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A song that breaks your heart.  (Play along! Click here for prompts.)
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

May Music Meme -- Day 26

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A song that makes you want to fall in love.  The video for this song has been removed for some reason. Here are Don Henley's lyrics. ...
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Monday, May 25, 2020

Feeling grateful and respectful

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To those who gave all

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This memorial is tucked in a corner of the River Walk. It's a respectful distance from the bars, the hot dogs and the ice cream stands. ...
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