My story about how 924 sailors died of influenza over the course of a month at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

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Cover of The Frugal Gourmet with that one guy.

Holy crap this jerk was younger here than I am now.

Old: Wrigley Field's Billy Goat

New:

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Well that chapter talks about sacrificing 22k head of cattle and 120k sheep and goats… but nothing about bunnies so I guess she’s in the clear?

“Bunni Pounds?”

Got me curious, listening now

Yeah…. “Never put your own money in a show.”

I know he doesn't know what it is, but I'd love to see Bovino walk into the actual Liar's Club in Chicago now that he's "retired." Seriously. Please do it. Also, what a fucking loser.

That’s midrash

“There’s very little meat in these gym mats.”

Virtual Tour: Gangsters of Chicago - Capone, Mt Carmel Cemetery, & Beyond A dive into the early 20th century gangland Chicago, with live narration over video, pics, & ephemera.

Tonight's 8pm virtual tour: Gangsters of Chicago, Capone and Beyond (and their graves!) Tune in free: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...

Well, they WERE top secret installations til he posted about them.

Sounds like he’s about to say it has stainless steel appliances, storage space, and room to entertain close to DC nightlife in a gated community.

I remember that up til about 2004 we weren’t sure of Tom Waits’ politics; given his “old curmudgeon” persona, the sense on raindogs-L (which I’ve been known to since 97!) was that he might be kinda conservative. Some on the list were shocked when said “I hope they vote the bastard out!” re W.

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865)

Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways Worldwide tour (2021-2026 so far)

Back when we rewound our ataris in cursive and played in the street lights until the hose came on? I always wonder if my old classmates who post that stuff realize that they look about 100.

Before Jackie: Baseball's Color Line, with a photo of baseball and civil rights pioneer Octavius Catto, who founded the Philadelphia Pythian Base Ball Club in 1866.

Before Jackie Robinson, dozens of Black players appeared in major league and minor league games during the 19th century — before the color line was officially established in 1887. From the SABR archives: sabr.org/jackie75/seg...

Rosehill Cemetery Tour with Author Adam Selzer A stroll through history, art, and incredible stories in Chicago's historic Rosehill Cemetery

This weekend - my first Rosehill Cemetery walking tour of the season! (Sometimes I think this tour is my best one) www.eventbrite.com/e/rosehill-c...

“I won’t waste your time with praise. You don’t need it and I don’t trust it. But I will say this: men like you don’t come along oftenX a when they do, the world violently rearranges itself to deal with them. Decide how you want that rearrangement to end. - Marlon”

From Bob Dylan’s new imaginary letter from Brando to Malcolm X on his Patreon. (Again, this is definitely not AI slop.)

Yeah I try again now and then but it hasn’t clicked for me.

Those of us who lived through the 90s ought to be over cries of “sellout” or “industry plant.” It’s a safe bet every band you’ve heard of, or any book you saw in a store, wasn’t just out of nowhere. There was a campaign.

Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time" The Tonight Show - March 1st, 1984 YouTube video by George Jetson

I’ll bet there were people who saw Cyndi Lauper do “Time After Time” on the Carson show and didn’t like it. What a bunch of maniacs those fuckers must have been. youtu.be/4G7SEL4zwy8?...

I did “Sophisticated Lady” but I was really singing about myself

I swear the bartender here at Le Piano jazz club could make a drink out of milk and raisins and it would not only be delicious it would get your trashed. And I mean non-alcoholic milk.

Anyway im gonna sing some Duke in a minute and hope to acquit myself well enough not to feel shitty doing taxes.

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Many of the catholic school groups I take around nyc do mass at a big cathedral. I usually don’t join, being Jewish and all. But today I did (nothing else going on and hey, how bout that Chicago Pope?) and realized that if you know some Hebrew there’s a dad joke in the resurrection story (1/)

The woman on the left is praying for normal fingers.

I ain’t picky

Nah, that’s not the angel Statue of Liberty. It’s the angel bad guy from the Dungeons and Dragons Saturday morning cartoons.

Ghost - The Future Is A Foreign Land (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Ghost

A song for the victories we achieved this week...and the ones we know we can achieve together going forward.

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