Mr. Dan Kelly
@mrdankelly.bsky.social
Chicago Writer from Oak Forest Living in Highland Park
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
Michigan Avenue is "the Magnificent Mile." The Miracle Mile is in LA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Michigan Avenue is "the Magnificent Mile." The Miracle Mile is in LA.
Me, with the Edmund Fitzgerald’s anchor. RIP
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Me, with the Edmund Fitzgerald’s anchor. RIP
Fifty years ago, the good ship Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands. It’s one of my bigger obsessions. Here’s an article I wrote long ago during my zine years. Excuse the callow writing of my youth.
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Fifty years ago, the good ship Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands. It’s one of my bigger obsessions. Here’s an article I wrote long ago during my zine years. Excuse the callow writing of my youth.
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
www.mrdankelly.com/blog/?p=2792
Watching The Blue Gardenia on Criterion Channel and HOLY SHIT, IT’S NAT KING COLE.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Watching The Blue Gardenia on Criterion Channel and HOLY SHIT, IT’S NAT KING COLE.
Mamdani is going to implement Shazam law. Everyone will turn into their squinty super-powered alter ego.
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shazam law. Everyone will turn into their squinty super-powered alter ego.
This would be one of those “fuck you, make me” situations. They don’t seem to grasp the amount of enforcement and buy-in this would require.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This would be one of those “fuck you, make me” situations. They don’t seem to grasp the amount of enforcement and buy-in this would require.
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel
Bovino is from California, but he sounds exactly like a white owner of a roofing company from the southwest Chicago burbs who thinks if he stops for gas and Slim Jims in Markham, IL, he'll be beset by Black people whose hobbies are mugging and being on welfare.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bovino is from California, but he sounds exactly like a white owner of a roofing company from the southwest Chicago burbs who thinks if he stops for gas and Slim Jims in Markham, IL, he'll be beset by Black people whose hobbies are mugging and being on welfare.
This is crazy talk. If Elon was homeless or standing on a crate in Bughouse Square, no one would take him seriously. Money and power have turned his brains to garbage.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is crazy talk. If Elon was homeless or standing on a crate in Bughouse Square, no one would take him seriously. Money and power have turned his brains to garbage.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In a few years, after his trials and losing his "Commander at Large" gig, he'll start several businesses dealing in nutritional supplements...emergency food kits...that sort of shit...which will fail. Then he'll turn up at gun shows shilling a 95-page autobiography before having a heart attack.
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In a few years, after his trials and losing his "Commander at Large" gig, he'll start several businesses dealing in nutritional supplements...emergency food kits...that sort of shit...which will fail. Then he'll turn up at gun shows shilling a 95-page autobiography before having a heart attack.
Joe "Fingers" Carr's real name was Lou Busch. But he's still outdone in innuendo by the fact that "Knuckles O'Toole" was really Dick Hyman.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Joe "Fingers" Carr's real name was Lou Busch. But he's still outdone in innuendo by the fact that "Knuckles O'Toole" was really Dick Hyman.
Imagining private citizen Greg entering a Canaryville bar and proceeding to swing his dick. The next day he's found stripped and shivering beside a canal or in a forest preserve, if he's lucky.
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Imagining private citizen Greg entering a Canaryville bar and proceeding to swing his dick. The next day he's found stripped and shivering beside a canal or in a forest preserve, if he's lucky.
Douthat is ahead of the curve, of course.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Douthat is ahead of the curve, of course.
Cheney's circumspect and low-key evil allowed him to depart this world without the spontaneous street celebrations that will erupt when the tangelo passes away. Now that he's returned to Hell, we'll not see his evil mastermind like again, thank God.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Cheney's circumspect and low-key evil allowed him to depart this world without the spontaneous street celebrations that will erupt when the tangelo passes away. Now that he's returned to Hell, we'll not see his evil mastermind like again, thank God.
Ofrenda in Highland Park
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ofrenda in Highland Park
I’m not going to reveal what we call it in Chicago, but what do you call this space between buildings in your town?
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m not going to reveal what we call it in Chicago, but what do you call this space between buildings in your town?
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe - living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe - living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.