Sunday, October 27, 2024

Sunday Stealing

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15 More of the 200 Questions   What’s your guilty pleasure? There are some genuinely awful 70s pop songs that make me happy when I hear them...
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Friday, October 25, 2024

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Me and Bobby McGee (1971) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) The song begins with Janis telling us about a...
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Three years, thirty years

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So much good food, good conversation and good feelings this week! First, I reunited with friends from my last agency job. It was me, my art...
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Get ready

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On November 4, I'm joining in Mimi's Blogblast for Peace . Why don't you do the same? It would be lovely if we filled the b...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #383

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  My last 13 texts.   I don't like texting. I can't touch-text like I do on this laptop keyboard, and I get frustrated. So I use the...
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Tuesday, October 22, 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, click  h...
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Monday, October 21, 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 ...
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Upon Closer Examination

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 I know I tend to examine photos of my favorite ballplayer, Anthony Rizzo, as though they are frames of the Zapruder film. But I found somet...
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As MAGA clutches their pearls ...

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Oh, the hypocrisy gets thick! I read all the time in blog posts, tweets, etc., that "libs" are vulgar and have no class. We swear ...
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Sunday, October 20, 2024

All Is Right in My World

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Anthony Rizzo returns to the World Series! Notice how his right hand is all taped up, except for his thumb. That's because he has two fr...
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Saturday 9

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  Saturday 9: Autumn in New York (1947) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Frank Sinatra sings that autu...
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Frown turns upside down

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I admit it: I've been struggling more than I imagined I would. Losing my dear friends, John and Henry, has broken my heart. Yes, it is ...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #382

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  13 ways to prepare chicken.   I admit it: I don't cook. But I do dine. I was recently at an upscale restaurant and noticed four differ...
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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 ...
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Monday, October 14, 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 ...
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Sunday, October 13, 2024

I watched. I learned. I do better in his memory.

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My friend John died last April. He was 68, but his body and spirit were so much older. He had congestive heart failure and diabetes. He walk...
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Friday, October 11, 2024

Saturday 9

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  Saturday 9: Jolene (1973) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Dolly Parton sings about a woman with gre...
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Sad and scared

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That's the kindest way to describe the poor people who believe Donald Trump and not the government when it comes to FEMA and Hurricanes ...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #381

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Regional dishes . I learned during last summer's DNC that the "Chicago Dog" is considered rather exotic. Having grown up here...
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