Monday, July 29, 2024

Teaser Tuesday

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Here's how to play. • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE ...
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Sunday, July 28, 2024

An interesting way to start the day

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I got up at about 8:00 AM. I decided to ease myself into the day by answering Bev's Sunday Stealing questions. I didn't get very fa...
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Friday, July 26, 2024

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) 1969 Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Liza Minnell...
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Time for Joy 2024

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Every year I take the August Happiness Challenge.  Here's a brief explanation of the Challenge: "Each day in August you are to po...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #369

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It was 30 years ago edition. I recently discovered Mad About You in reruns on the RewindTV cable channel. I'm enjoying it. I don'...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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, clic...
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Monday, July 22, 2024

$30 seems like a good amount

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I had lunch with my friend Joanna last Friday. We dined under an umbrella along the water at Chicago's River Walk. It was a beautiful da...
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Teaser Tuesday

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Here's how to play. • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE ...
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Roy Hobbs is a mean drunk

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Last week, my cat had two teeth pulled. This required him to be put under anesthesia. I was more worried about the anesthetic than I was th...
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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Isn't it rich?

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MAGA hypocrisy is not new, but it is getting intolerably thick. This meme is floating around social media and the people who are sanctimonio...
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Disco Duck (1976) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Rick Dees begins by describing a party ...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #368

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13 Brat Packers. I recently watched the Hulu documentary BRATS , Andrew McCarthy's reflection on what it was like to be considered a me...
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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Volunteer Day

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I clocked nearly 7 volunteer hours at the annual library book sale. First I built boxes for the book sorters to sort into, then weeks later ...
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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Sunday Stealing

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  Summer 1. What is the hottest temperature you've seen this summer so far? One day in June it hit 98ยบ. This scares me because our hotte...
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Today is a nightmare come true

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After Bobby Kennedy was shot at the conclusion of a political rally, before he lapsed out of consciousness forever with Rosary beads in his ...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (1963)   Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Nat King Co...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #367

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Thirteen iconic hairstyles and the women who wore them. Through time, the way we wear our hair has been a way we express ourselves. Women h...
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