I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"
Posts by GrrlGnag
A program for Ruthless, the stage mother of all musicals, at Citadel Theatre in front of the stage.
IF you enjoy camp and wonderful performances, you should go see RUTHLESS at Citadel Theatre. Bonkers. Perfect. I scream-laughed.
This is very cool.
Everyone is sick of this shit.
Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos? As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, Mrs. Sánchez Bezos seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologizing, and start enjoying themselves.
They really think no one can build a guillotine anymore.
Chicago skyline from a grassy hill.
A quarry lake.
Pink converse sneakers next to spray painted words on a sidewalk. We're all damaged. Its how we still love with a broken heart that matters.
C. Palmisano Park is so great and has a fantastic city view.
A brisket burrito and orange Fanta.
B. Lunch at Antique Taco. The brisket burrito slaps.
Floor icon - Chicago Muddy Marsh to Metropolis.
A model of the Lady Elgin steamship.
A teen boy among the displays at a maritime museum
A model schooner.
Spending my birthday stomping around Bridgeport. A. The Chicago Maritime Museum is super cute. <3
Science is good. We should fund it.
THANK YOU. I work with kids and cooking and we have been speculating for DAYS what sauces are on the ship. (We got 4/5 correct! The Heinz is a wildcard lol.)
Yellow mustard, gochujang, and Frank's hot sauce. <3
A red bear statue. Hello my name is Brook the Bear.
A green wolf statue.
A red deer statue.
A blue rabbit statue.
Edgebrook has several of these animal statues inspired by their proximity to the forest preserve, and they're super cute.
(Also go see a @babeswithblades.bsky.social show if you get the chance. You won't regret it.)
Abuse is not art.
This is hardly the first time bad behavior has been rewarded, and I'm very proud of the Chicago theater companies who are saying enough. <3
This one weird semester in high school where we watched Schindler's List in two classes (English And History) simultaneously in like 45 minute chunks over the course of a few days.
GO LEARN TO MAKE SOMETHING REAL.
A loose digital painting of magnolia blossoms on a branch. They are against a rectangle of sky blue that is itself outlined in a blotty, splattery darker blue outline. Some yellow scripty lettering in the top left corner of the blue reds ‘Maybe it will happen today’.
It was for Raising Change Agents by Nat Nadha Vikitsreth. Looking forward to reading it! <3
www.comebacktocare.com/book
Colorful Andersonville mural.
Chicago style hot dog, fries, and an orange crush.
Flowers painted on the side of a building.
A paperback display at a bookstore.
Scenes from an evening in Andersonville. Devil Dawgs, wandered the Galleria & into Enjoy, and then a lovely event at Women & Children First. <3
Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country
Two books on a colorful rug. Entangled Life (the Illustrated edition) by Merlin Sheldrake, and The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green.
The world is bananas so we're gonna do some new stuff in our #homeschool right now - bc why not?
Not to mention mall restrictions, closing arcades, and they defunded every bit of teen programming possible at the libraries, closed all the community centers, and refuse to fund after-school and weekend events...
Dude, I love Pittsburgh so much. <3
I wish more of BlueSky could be about horses and cake.
Laziness.
At LEAST use Canva. Geeeez.
i’ve seen every social network i love die, you cannot scare me
What...would be the difference?
Mariano's hasn't failed me. (Or, as I tell people, "Mr. Mariano makes a pretty good cake.") ;)