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'A Back Garden in Islington, London' (1960s) by Susan Shipp (Garden Museum)

Street Scene, by John Marin American, 1870-1953 1910 More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2902

We got cable early in our little municipality inside of Houston in the mid 70s when I was 10 or so. WGN was part of the base package. The ads confused me so much. “How the heck is Chicago different from Chicagoland?”

Let us pray . . . Sorry, I will show myself out.

Weather is entertaining.

7+ years in my place with an east-facing porch under roof, and I always come out for t-storms. Apart from 8/10/20 Rogers Park tornado, today was the first time I had to retreat indoors.

Could you do a blow-up addition and move basement archives to new attic?

Don’t have a rain gauge, so cannot be more precise than “a lot.”

This would be a good prompt for 20 x 2 or Tuesday Funk. Except that Tuesday Funk doesn’t have prompts. Never mind.

Yep. The huge tree knocked down in Rogers Ave. Park was definitely caused by strong east winds, which drove me off my porch. The combination of prevailing winds shifting around can lead to seiches. Assume the Quantum Campus will build a Levee.

Keep the bow handy.

Nobody. Denial is a branch of the Chicago River. Deep Tunnel was ahead of its time, but is already insufficient, and the money it would take to address 100 year storms coming 2 or 3 times a year will never be forthcoming.

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Spike will know.

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

Analysis | To revive their political party, Democrats must reject the wishes of Democratic Party voters.

Have done business with them. Would recommend if you need a new screen front door, to replace the original on your 1953 ranch house. Speaking of which, anyone know if there is a market (apart from metal scrappers) for such doors?

Modern warfare is full of consequences that continue to exist even after the president says they do not. Fortunately, the Pentagon has begun replacing outdated military doctrine with a simpler system that should feel familiar to anyone who has ever lost an argument near a swing set. buff.ly/bf8t2xx

Why didn’t they change their name to the Dick See Chicks? It’d probably really piss off people who are into “Dixie” crap. “Look away” is right. Damn this bartender pours stiff drinks.

Well, which is it? Rogers Ave. Beach or Rogers Beach Park? Asking for no one but myself and folks who dig old fonts and oddly shaped signage.