Thursday, June 18, 2020

Why is today not a holiday?

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Happy birthday, Sir Paul McCartney.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

I simply don't believe him

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We've been trying to sell our condo building through deconversion for more than a year now. I dearly wanted it to work. It would give m...
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Such a silly gal!

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I am, generally, a good cyber pen pal. It's a nice talent to have in these days when we aren't congregating like we used to. Fortuna...
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Sunday, June 14, 2020

Sunday Stealing

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THE HOUSEHOLD MEME Stolen from the Royal Household at Bloggingham 1. How many gravy boats do you have in your kitchen? I ...
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Muttering as I muse

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Unconscious Mutterings   I say ... and you think ... ? Dish :: Washer Crunch :: Cheetohs Fire :: Place Alaska :: Pipleline Hei...
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Friday, June 12, 2020

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: The Rain, The Park, and Other Things (1967) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here .

 

1) The Cowsills were...
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June 12, 1929

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Happy birthday, Anne Frank . She received a fabric-covered diary for her 13th birthday. At that time, she was a young girl who enjoyed kn...
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You can take the girl out of the White House ...

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... but you can't take the White House out of the girl. Now for the MAJOR disclaimer: I have no idea if this actually happened, but it ...
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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Whee!

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I went downtown yesterday! The first time since mid-March. I haven't been away from downtown for this long since I was in my teens. I...
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Monday, June 08, 2020

Are your neighbors OK?

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Click here to find your local food bank I just saw a photo of empty shelves. Our local food bank is almost, literally, out of canned goo...
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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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