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Retired special education teacher, married 42 years and counting to love of my life. Common Variable Immune Deficiency, severe asthma and allergies. MI by way of IL and AZ. Lifelong Dem. RESIST!
Retired special education teacher, married 42 years and counting to love of my life. Common Variable Immune Deficiency, severe asthma and allergies. MI by way of IL and AZ. Lifelong Dem. RESIST!
That's not Andrew Weissmann, he is an older man.
This is Andrew Weismann
This is Andrew Weismann
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
That's not Andrew Weissmann, he is an older man.
This is Andrew Weismann
This is Andrew Weismann
The ones in the White House are straight out of Home Depot:
Here they are on the fireplace😬, 1/2
Here they are on the fireplace😬, 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The ones in the White House are straight out of Home Depot:
Here they are on the fireplace😬, 1/2
Here they are on the fireplace😬, 1/2
I like to look at places with Google satellite maps--because I'm homebound with complicated medical issues, or because I grew up with a dad who always had a roadmap or atlas spread out on our counter, I don't know why. Look at what I found parked at LaGuardia! He won't need this, he's got a 747 now.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I like to look at places with Google satellite maps--because I'm homebound with complicated medical issues, or because I grew up with a dad who always had a roadmap or atlas spread out on our counter, I don't know why. Look at what I found parked at LaGuardia! He won't need this, he's got a 747 now.
Every time I see Trump's mug shot, I think about how he must have stood in front of a mirror, practicing different looks. This isn't a pose he'd have come up with on the fly. It was important for him to look powerful, menacing. I think he made himself look pompous and foolish, like Ted Baxter.
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Every time I see Trump's mug shot, I think about how he must have stood in front of a mirror, practicing different looks. This isn't a pose he'd have come up with on the fly. It was important for him to look powerful, menacing. I think he made himself look pompous and foolish, like Ted Baxter.
I watch Mary Tyler Moore reruns each a.m. to escape. This is from a show that aired 2/28/76. Georgette wore a rented tux to an event because Ted didn't want to buy a gown for her that she'd wear only once. She said they looked like "the top of a gay wedding cake," 49 yrs ago--remarkably prescient! 🏳️🌈
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I watch Mary Tyler Moore reruns each a.m. to escape. This is from a show that aired 2/28/76. Georgette wore a rented tux to an event because Ted didn't want to buy a gown for her that she'd wear only once. She said they looked like "the top of a gay wedding cake," 49 yrs ago--remarkably prescient! 🏳️🌈
Last evening's MD DC-11 crash reminds me of the American flight 191 crash of an MD DC-10 in a field just beyond an O'Hare runway on May 25, 79. I flew to Phoenix out of O'Hare 2 wks later, flew right over the blackened field left from that crash where 273 died, 271 on the plane--it was unnerving.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Last evening's MD DC-11 crash reminds me of the American flight 191 crash of an MD DC-10 in a field just beyond an O'Hare runway on May 25, 79. I flew to Phoenix out of O'Hare 2 wks later, flew right over the blackened field left from that crash where 273 died, 271 on the plane--it was unnerving.
This is the dining rm in a Zillow listing for a $900K house built in 2017 in suburban Chicago. It has a traditional buffet, and a picnic table w/a banquette. Nope, nope, nope. Kitchen, maybe (although I'm not a banquette fan), not in a formal dining room. Granted I am old, but give me a chair, pls.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is the dining rm in a Zillow listing for a $900K house built in 2017 in suburban Chicago. It has a traditional buffet, and a picnic table w/a banquette. Nope, nope, nope. Kitchen, maybe (although I'm not a banquette fan), not in a formal dining room. Granted I am old, but give me a chair, pls.
Have you seen the "cover page" of the USDA website? It's been Trumpified.
www.usda.gov
www.usda.gov
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Have you seen the "cover page" of the USDA website? It's been Trumpified.
www.usda.gov
www.usda.gov
I was a special education teacher for 26+ years. Most funding for education in my state comes from state and local taxes, but not special education--that comes from the federal government, dispersed from the Department of Education. WWF/Secy McMahon has been dropped on her head one too many times.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I was a special education teacher for 26+ years. Most funding for education in my state comes from state and local taxes, but not special education--that comes from the federal government, dispersed from the Department of Education. WWF/Secy McMahon has been dropped on her head one too many times.
Here's a photo taken at Mar-a-lago in 2000. No wonder Trump is frightened of the Epstein files. Look at who Melania is with--Epstein, and the man who just lost EVERYTHING due to his association with Epstein, Andrew (formerly known as Prince)..
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Here's a photo taken at Mar-a-lago in 2000. No wonder Trump is frightened of the Epstein files. Look at who Melania is with--Epstein, and the man who just lost EVERYTHING due to his association with Epstein, Andrew (formerly known as Prince)..
Watching Lucy Dacus perform her song Modigliani on the Daily Show. Of course, the set has reproductions of Modigliani's portraits. This one is included, and I am familiar with it--friends of my parents had a reproduction over their fireplace. We'd visit when I was very young, and I was fascinated.
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Watching Lucy Dacus perform her song Modigliani on the Daily Show. Of course, the set has reproductions of Modigliani's portraits. This one is included, and I am familiar with it--friends of my parents had a reproduction over their fireplace. We'd visit when I was very young, and I was fascinated.
Continuing my rant against the removal of larger plate glass mirrors in bathrooms, I submit this, from a Zillow listing of a local home: I'm 5'2'', could I see my entire face in this mirror? Could a child? I think not. I HATE this trend! It's absolutely impractical. Hang this mirror upright instead.
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Continuing my rant against the removal of larger plate glass mirrors in bathrooms, I submit this, from a Zillow listing of a local home: I'm 5'2'', could I see my entire face in this mirror? Could a child? I think not. I HATE this trend! It's absolutely impractical. Hang this mirror upright instead.
Impressive! Wondering what's going on in the minds of those ICE fools, thinking they are more superior than the hero they are arresting. My husband is only 81 but out there protesting wearing his Vietnam Veteran cap. Although ICE has been in neighboring towns detaining people, they've left us alone.
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Impressive! Wondering what's going on in the minds of those ICE fools, thinking they are more superior than the hero they are arresting. My husband is only 81 but out there protesting wearing his Vietnam Veteran cap. Although ICE has been in neighboring towns detaining people, they've left us alone.
PS Maybe I should have said I spit with your mom! I'm sure I told you about the little yard gnome that sits on the shelf my tv sits on. He looks so traditional, except that he has his little arms out and his two middle fingers deployed. He's facing the screen, waiting for Trump to show up.
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
PS Maybe I should have said I spit with your mom! I'm sure I told you about the little yard gnome that sits on the shelf my tv sits on. He looks so traditional, except that he has his little arms out and his two middle fingers deployed. He's facing the screen, waiting for Trump to show up.
The East Wing was built in 1948. Asbestos was widely used in construction up until the 1980s (and wasn't even outlawed then) for insulation, and incorporated into cement for roofing, siding, plaster, floor tiles. Did ANYONE think of that before they started chomping away with a back hoe??? Shameful.
October 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The East Wing was built in 1948. Asbestos was widely used in construction up until the 1980s (and wasn't even outlawed then) for insulation, and incorporated into cement for roofing, siding, plaster, floor tiles. Did ANYONE think of that before they started chomping away with a back hoe??? Shameful.
1959 Mayor Daley, Governor Stratton greet Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip in front of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. Photo from Growing up in Chicago Facebook page. This is exactly what I remember the skyline to be when I was 5 and Mom took me to Bozo broadcast in the Prudential.🤡❤️
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1959 Mayor Daley, Governor Stratton greet Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip in front of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. Photo from Growing up in Chicago Facebook page. This is exactly what I remember the skyline to be when I was 5 and Mom took me to Bozo broadcast in the Prudential.🤡❤️
My 81 yr-old husband will join his 76 yr-old best friend at our local No Kings Protest tomorrow. He has his "weeping Lady Liberty" sign I ordered for him. I can't join them due to medical issues, but I'll be wearing my "nope nope nope nope" hat and put out my own "Resist!" yard sign. ✊
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My 81 yr-old husband will join his 76 yr-old best friend at our local No Kings Protest tomorrow. He has his "weeping Lady Liberty" sign I ordered for him. I can't join them due to medical issues, but I'll be wearing my "nope nope nope nope" hat and put out my own "Resist!" yard sign. ✊
Whoa, that's Dmitry Medvedev? A life in Russian politics ages you badly. Dmitry about 17 years ago.
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Whoa, that's Dmitry Medvedev? A life in Russian politics ages you badly. Dmitry about 17 years ago.
Here you go.
October 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here you go.
I do have my "nope, nope, nope, nope" hat. I can wear that to protest all by my lonesome!
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I do have my "nope, nope, nope, nope" hat. I can wear that to protest all by my lonesome!
Sometimes curiosity isn't a good thing. I've been purposely avoiding news/Trump overload, instead watching Mary Tyler Moore reruns. I was curious about the real house that serves as the exterior views of her first apt--2104 Kenwood Pkway. This is the room behind her theoretical living room windows:
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes curiosity isn't a good thing. I've been purposely avoiding news/Trump overload, instead watching Mary Tyler Moore reruns. I was curious about the real house that serves as the exterior views of her first apt--2104 Kenwood Pkway. This is the room behind her theoretical living room windows:
Found this photo on Facebook's Vanished Chicago. This is the way I remember the former Prudential building, taken in 1964 or later (mid-60s Chevy). Five yrs before that, Mom took me to see the Bozo show in the Prudential. I think we parked in a lot where Millennium Park is now--can anyone confirm?
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Found this photo on Facebook's Vanished Chicago. This is the way I remember the former Prudential building, taken in 1964 or later (mid-60s Chevy). Five yrs before that, Mom took me to see the Bozo show in the Prudential. I think we parked in a lot where Millennium Park is now--can anyone confirm?
This is me at 14 in 1970 with the only dog I was ever blessed to have, Pepe. He was smart, funny, clever. He was also gay (ignored the poodle next door when she was in heat), which just added to his charm. He knew who he was. This framed photo is always on my bookshelf. He was the best boy. 🌈 ❤️
September 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is me at 14 in 1970 with the only dog I was ever blessed to have, Pepe. He was smart, funny, clever. He was also gay (ignored the poodle next door when she was in heat), which just added to his charm. He knew who he was. This framed photo is always on my bookshelf. He was the best boy. 🌈 ❤️