Saturday 9: Can’t We Talk It Over (1950) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? See the video and watch it below! 1) In this song, The Andrews Sisters plead for verbal communication. Is there someone you’d like to engage in a heart-to-heart conversation? I don’t know why, but to me a […]
1. When did you most recently tag-team some activity or task? Wednesday evening. Dinner is generally a tag-team activity, but since Thursday is leftover night, Wednesday was the last collaborative effort. 2. What has you in a headlock? The world. Do I really need to expand upon that? Probably not. […]
It sounds so cliché, but sometimes it’s true. On Tuesday, the world lost a light. Amber lost her multiyear battle with esophageal cancer. And a battle it was. It was a back-and-forth between treatment and remission, treatment and remission, treatment, treatment, treatment. She and her family went through so much […]
play along here Why not keep going with the movie theme? This week… the sci-fi, psychological thriller Donnie Darko, a creepy AF movie that I LOVE! currently streaming: Amazon Prime, Pluto TV, Plex, Peacock, Hulu 1. Jake Gyllenhaal almost wasn’t… Donnie Darko at all. Before he got what turned out to […]
Saturday 9: Photograph (1973) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? See the video and watch it below! 1) In this song, Ringo stumbles upon a photograph that reminds him of a lost love. Are there any photos displayed in the room you’re in right now? No. But there are several pieces […]
1. Among the supposedly cool, convenient things your phone can do, which have you so far refused to try? I don’t use the health trackers. Is it about privacy concerns? Maybe some. Mostly I think the ship has long since sailed on that. It seems like concern comes too little […]
play along here I thought I’d keep the movie theme for another week! 1. the electric witch The sparks that fly when the Wicked Witch of the West tries to take Dorothy’s ruby slippers… not electric at all. Instead, it was apple juice. A member of the crew splashed apple juice […]
I would love to blog like I did in the old days… more than just memes. Back in a day, blogging was part of my almost-daily routine. I enjoyed it, enjoyed interacting with my blogging friends, few of who blog anymore. It was often a much-needed catharsis, but even when […]
Saturday 9: South Side Irish (1984) Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? See the video and watch it below! 1. This week’s song was chosen because it’s something of an anthem in Chicagoland around St. Patrick’s Day. Can you name another song that makes you think of St. Patrick’s Day or […]
1. When did you memorably have a lightbulb moment? Ok, this is gonna be a weird one. I read an article a few years ago about the pervasiveness of misogyny, and how women themselves are themselves affected by it within their own beliefs and behaviors. I took a hard look […]