Sunday, August 01, 2021

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 1

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Today's happiness -- Dense, leafy trees. It's 74ยบ today. Perfect weather. Too nice to waste indoors. So I took a nice, long walk...
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Sunday Stealing

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 FUN AND UNEXPECTED TOPICS 1. Have Your Ever Driven Drunk Or Even Slightly Buzzed? No. I don't have a car. Not that I would if I had a c...
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That felt good

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I was downtown, along The River, on both Friday and Saturday. I had to drop this Mac off, and then retrieve it, from the Apple Store on Mich...
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It's Who We Are

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When Anthony Rizzo was traded, I heard from everybody . Former coworkers and friends reached out who I hadn't communicated with since Ch...

Meet my new best friend

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OK, we've never met. But let's not allow reality to cloud our fantasy here. Her name is Suzyn Waldman. She has been doing Yankee ga...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

SATURDAY 9

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  Saturday 9: Dead Skunk (1972) Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here . 1) This song is about a poor dead skunk that stinks "to...
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I'll be back but not today

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I'm watching Anthony Rizzo play baseball. Only tonight he's wearing gray and black and #48. So far tonight in the batter's box h...
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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Oh, Captain! My Captain!

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 The Cubs traded Anthony Rizzo today. He is now a Yankee. I hate it. I am angry. I know ballplayers get traded. But this was sick and wrong....
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

I almost forgot my joy!

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I have been so fixated on my beloved Cubs and the July 30 trade deadline that I forgot what comes just 2 days later: AUGUST 1! Every y...
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Sunday Stealing

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 MY FAVORITE THINGS Your favorite songs: "All My Loving" by the Lads, "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire  Your favorit...
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A new career path?

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    Spending so much time on Friday with my nephew was interesting. Fun, of course. We're both rabid Cub fans, so a day at Wrigley Fiel...
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We saw this

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My nephew and I spent a very hot, humid Friday at Wrigley Field ... and had a wonderful time. The looming trade deadline changed the atmosph...
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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (1963) Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here . 1) TV writer Allan Sherman based this song on h...
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Friday, July 23, 2021

The right words at the right time

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Every month I have a project for a car client. It's difficult for me. I know/care nothing about cars. Writing to SEO interferes with the...
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I don't know why this annoyed me so, but it did

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I've been consumed by the Recurring Project, which hits every month. I hate it because, while I have been successful at it, the work pro...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Reflections on Rizzo

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  My favorite most Cub of all time, Anthony Rizzo, may be winding up his final season with the team. Nothing I do will have an impact on thi...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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 responded, click h...
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Introduced to Rob and Andy

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Sunday I finally got together with Joanna! We haven't been in the same room since September 2020. Ten months. Gulp. Damn covid! I was su...
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Sunday, July 18, 2021

Sunday Stealing

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THURSDAY THUNKS 1. Did you eat paste and/or glue as a child? No. But I can report that Play Doh has a salty taste. 2. Look at the wall to yo...
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Friday, July 16, 2021

Saturday 9

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  Saturday 9: Purple People Eater (1958) 1) When actor Sheb Wooley brought this song to MGM Records, they initially rejected it, saying i...
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