Don Solomon
@dsolomonesq.bsky.social
Avid history buff, well-educated lawyer, jazz fan who believes in transgressing norms if others are not hurt. If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.
More like the Situation Comedy Room.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
More like the Situation Comedy Room.
Whether it's Miracle or Magnificent, these boosterish names have always seemed to me to carry an air of desperation at odds with their actual commercial success. Ditto for calling the metro area "Chicagoland" or the LATimes' unfortunate equivalent, "the Southland." Or this:
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Whether it's Miracle or Magnificent, these boosterish names have always seemed to me to carry an air of desperation at odds with their actual commercial success. Ditto for calling the metro area "Chicagoland" or the LATimes' unfortunate equivalent, "the Southland." Or this:
Call me crazy, but I decided to block this account.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Call me crazy, but I decided to block this account.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The tree guy wishes you a happy Post-Halloween season.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The tree guy wishes you a happy Post-Halloween season.
Now that the election is over, it's time to dust off my prediction from January 2017, delivered in the form of a Scrabble® board.
If I redo it, I'll try to add "rapist" and "thief."
If I redo it, I'll try to add "rapist" and "thief."
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Now that the election is over, it's time to dust off my prediction from January 2017, delivered in the form of a Scrabble® board.
If I redo it, I'll try to add "rapist" and "thief."
If I redo it, I'll try to add "rapist" and "thief."
Every time I hear that name ...
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Every time I hear that name ...
Thanks, Meta Privacy, for giving me one more reason never to set cursor on Facebook again.
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thanks, Meta Privacy, for giving me one more reason never to set cursor on Facebook again.
(and Gable, sans moustache)
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
(and Gable, sans moustache)
Social Security announces a 2.8% COLA increase for next year.
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Social Security announces a 2.8% COLA increase for next year.
From my collection -- copyright date 1918:
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
From my collection -- copyright date 1918:
Funny? You said funny?
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Funny? You said funny?
Meanwhile, in the land of 8 to 10 months ago:
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Meanwhile, in the land of 8 to 10 months ago:
... while falsely claiming that Chicago has out-of-control crime. It's worth noting that a few months ago, he granted clemency to a Chicago gang leader. (Credit: AP)
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
... while falsely claiming that Chicago has out-of-control crime. It's worth noting that a few months ago, he granted clemency to a Chicago gang leader. (Credit: AP)
As they kill more fishermen in the Caribbean claiming they're interdicting drug traffic, let's see if any reporters bring up any of these hot stories from EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS AGO.
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
As they kill more fishermen in the Caribbean claiming they're interdicting drug traffic, let's see if any reporters bring up any of these hot stories from EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS AGO.
What, do they think they own the company or something?
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What, do they think they own the company or something?
This would be more like it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This would be more like it.
Went to the main library to renew my library card, and at every turn was confronted by messages honoring woke Antifa mobs and social justice warriors who offended the unitary executive.
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Went to the main library to renew my library card, and at every turn was confronted by messages honoring woke Antifa mobs and social justice warriors who offended the unitary executive.
Not sure exactly which image she had in mind.
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Not sure exactly which image she had in mind.
If momentous events occur every four score and seven years, we have one year to go.
September 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If momentous events occur every four score and seven years, we have one year to go.
ABC ought to bring back Ted Koppel to fill the slot.
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ABC ought to bring back Ted Koppel to fill the slot.