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Merry Christmas Eve. My gift to all of you: This is the final rant of 2025! Happy New Year!!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy End to 2025
Merry Christmas EVE!!
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December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Merry Christmas Eve. My gift to all of you: This is the final rant of 2025! Happy New Year!!
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After ten years, I'm a Melanoma graduate--sort of--maybe.
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After ten years, I’m a Melanoma graduate…sort of
It was February of 2015.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
After ten years, I'm a Melanoma graduate--sort of--maybe.
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Yesterday, @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social had a couple of responses to the murder of Rob Reiner. Has he finally reached rock bottom?
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Donald Trump: Has he finally hit rock bottom?
If you follow our current president on social media, you know he says some crazy, dishonest, disturbing, disgusting—fill in your own adjective—things.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yesterday, @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social had a couple of responses to the murder of Rob Reiner. Has he finally reached rock bottom?
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After Saturday's shooting at Brown University, this was the response of Donald Trump: "Things can happen."
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Another school shooting: things can happen
“Things can happen.”—Donald Trump commenting on the shootings at Brown University
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December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
After Saturday's shooting at Brown University, this was the response of Donald Trump: "Things can happen."
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Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of The Beatles' album Rubber Soul. It changed the way we looked at the band and popular music in general.
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Sixty years of Rubber Soul
Do you have a favorite Beatles album?
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December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of The Beatles' album Rubber Soul. It changed the way we looked at the band and popular music in general.
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Here's the untraditional Thanksgiving column. It's music to raise your spirits on Thanksgiving
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Music to raise your/my spirits on Thanksgiving
Another Thanksgiving Day.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here's the untraditional Thanksgiving column. It's music to raise your spirits on Thanksgiving
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Did you see the "Everybody Loves Raymond" special? They don't make shows like they used to.
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The "Everybody Loves Raymond"reunion: They really don't make them like they use to
I take you back to what are now considered ‘the olden days.’ It was a time when the folks who were a generation or two older would tell you stories about things that occurred when they were younger.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Did you see the "Everybody Loves Raymond" special? They don't make shows like they used to.
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The sudden loss of a friend always sends me reeling. It also eventually gets me to a state of gratitude--but not today.
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A friend’s sudden death is a sad reminder to be grateful for what you have
I don’t deal with death well.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The sudden loss of a friend always sends me reeling. It also eventually gets me to a state of gratitude--but not today.
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A few weeks ago, some folks at my local Panera gave me a small but thoughtful present. Some thoughts:
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Bee Kind, Bee Grateful, Bee You 🐝
Each Tuesday morning, I spend about ninety minutes at my local Panera Bread restaurant.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A few weeks ago, some folks at my local Panera gave me a small but thoughtful present. Some thoughts:
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Today is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social 80th birthday. A musical tribute!
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Celebrating EIGHTY Years of Neil Young!
EIGHTY!!
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November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social 80th birthday. A musical tribute!
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David Byrne finished a four-night residency at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. A quick review:
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David Byrne at The Auditorium: Same As It Ever Was!
On Halloween Eve, I had this text chat with my daughter:
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November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
David Byrne finished a four-night residency at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. A quick review:
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If you live in the Chicago area, you've probably been to Manny's. The legendary 83-year-old restaurant is stepping up to help feed people in need.
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Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen: Great Food-Great Citizen
Each day in America, many parents have to make a difficult decision.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you live in the Chicago area, you've probably been to Manny's. The legendary 83-year-old restaurant is stepping up to help feed people in need.
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Brand Carlile has a new album. The theme is getting back to being true to herself after spreading herself too thin.
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Brandi Carlile's new album "Returning to Myself" really is a return to herself
Brandi Carlile has been extremely busy working with legends.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Brand Carlile has a new album. The theme is getting back to being true to herself after spreading herself too thin.
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Happy Halloween! Have you broken into the candy you bought for trick-or-treaters? Pro tip: Don't buy Junior Mints. "They're chocolate! They're peppermint! They're delicious!"
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Did you eat your Halloween candy instead of giving it to the trick-or-treaters?
Trick or treat.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Halloween! Have you broken into the candy you bought for trick-or-treaters? Pro tip: Don't buy Junior Mints. "They're chocolate! They're peppermint! They're delicious!"
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There are protest rallies today in all fifty states. The far-right thinks we're getting paid to attend. Hmm...so where's my money?
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Hey Antifa, Where’s My Money?!
Another Saturday, another protest rally.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There are protest rallies today in all fifty states. The far-right thinks we're getting paid to attend. Hmm...so where's my money?
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Jewish baseball players who play on Yom Kippur subject themselves to what is called the 'Koufax Curse.' is this a real thing?
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Does the "Koufax Curse" really exist?
The Koufax Curse refers to the theory that a Jewish player who plays on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, is doomed to play badly that day.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Jewish baseball players who play on Yom Kippur subject themselves to what is called the 'Koufax Curse.' is this a real thing?
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We took a family roadtrip to the legendary Gene & Jude's. Great dog and fries, but beware--no ketchup!!
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No ketchup allowed at Gene & Jude’s
There are specific items that go on a Chicago-style hot dog.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We took a family roadtrip to the legendary Gene & Jude's. Great dog and fries, but beware--no ketchup!!
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It used to be easy to keep your politics and sports/musical interests separate. In 2025, it's complicated.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It used to be easy to keep your politics and sports/musical interests separate. In 2025, it's complicated.
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Robert Redford's death is a reminder that they don't make movies like they used and that the movie experience has changed--not for the better.
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Robert Redford's death is a reminder that the movie experience has changed, and not for better
The don't make 'em like they used too.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Robert Redford's death is a reminder that they don't make movies like they used and that the movie experience has changed--not for the better.
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My youngest grandchild has a 9/11 birthday. How should you celebrate on one of the most somber dates on the calendar?
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How do you deal with having your birthday on 9/11?
I’m a little obsessed with the oddity of having a birthday fall on a holiday.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My youngest grandchild has a 9/11 birthday. How should you celebrate on one of the most somber dates on the calendar?
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I spent the weekend in New Buffalo, Michigan. The town has 25 weed dispensaries, including 12 on one street. Why?
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Why does a small summer resort town need so many dispensaries?
The population of New Buffalo, Michigan, is 1,695.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I spent the weekend in New Buffalo, Michigan. The town has 25 weed dispensaries, including 12 on one street. Why?
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A review of last night's @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social concert. At age 79, he's still rockin' like a hurricane.
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Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are rockin’ like a hurricane
On March 1, 1973, I saw Neil Young perform in Oklahoma City.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A review of last night's @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social concert. At age 79, he's still rockin' like a hurricane.
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If you were around in 1970, you'll always remember Kent St.. Fifty-five years later, we're heading towards the same situation. The only questions are who, where and when.
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How soon will one of Donald Trump’s Nation Guard members shoot and kill a civilian?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
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August 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If you were around in 1970, you'll always remember Kent St.. Fifty-five years later, we're heading towards the same situation. The only questions are who, where and when.
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In the last two months, I've attended multiple"rite of passage' events. Do they happen more and seemingly faster as we get older?
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Do rites of passage events seem to occur more often as we get older?
It’s been a big past few days for big events for some of my people.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In the last two months, I've attended multiple"rite of passage' events. Do they happen more and seemingly faster as we get older?
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August is National Make A Will Month. I've started making one. Now it needs an ending--sigh.
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Where there's a Will there's a way
Did you know that August is National Make-a-Will Month? Are you surprised there is such a thing? I recently learned about this when my friends at both the Parkinson’s and Melanoma Foundations sent me ...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
August is National Make A Will Month. I've started making one. Now it needs an ending--sigh.
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