Revisiting Chestnut Day

September 27th in 2014, and 2020.

On Abortion

It’s crazy how hung up people are on abortion because it’s a “life” when those very same people see no problem with charging a living breathing child for lunch and support withholding lunch without payment🥴 crazy how America’s children don’t seem to matter after birth. - LuLu

A Giveaway

EDIT 2: CLOSED !! Thanks for playing!! 

Hi, all. I work for a Milwaukee based company that sells Milwaukee merchandise. We sell this Bay View tshirt- and since I’ve benefited so much from this group [Buy Nothing] , I figured I’d buy one for someone here as a thank you. Please comment a number, following numerical order, beginning at 1. 

I will pick someone randomly before 5pm today.

I have sizes S- XXL available.

EDIT:  send me confirmation that you’re a registered voter and ill enter you 2 more times!

- YaYa

Mask Selfie

Never Forget

First Day of School 2020

In our experience, virtual learning in the time of Covid was a mess, and of limited value. So when my 15 year old son asked to leave his beloved high school if it meant he could go in person elsewhere, we listened. Today the two youngest started at a suburban school. My eighth grader is bitter A.H. at the move and convinced we are trying to kill her with Covid, but that's not our ONLY reason ;) Have a great year guys!

Smiley gets his temps!

Guess who has his temps? #bamwhat

Gussy has his eye removed

The Alpha male of our house - Gus Gus - had to have his eye removed on the 3rd after lifelong glaucoma led to the deterioration of the eye itself. We had to drive out to Madison for the procedure. He's not only handsome but tough too, and bounced back from the surgery lickety split (knock on wood.)

Tenet

After six months, I finally returned to a movie theater today, happily taking Lisa out to see Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Unfortunately, the movie didn't live up to the hype. It's beautifully filmed and the acting was top- notch. But as my lady pointed out, what's the motivation behind the unnamed Protagonist constantly risking the literal fate of humanity to instead save a woman that is neither his friend, lover, or responsibility? It doesn't make sense. Not to mention, I've got more degrees than a thermometer and I was still confused as heck during some of the action scenes. IMO, Nolan could have cut out the sci-fi elements and had a spectacular espionage film. Instead he gave us . . . this.

*****

On a separate note, even on a $5 Tuesday the cinema was largely empty, and Covid meant yellow tape across many seats, no salt shakers at the concession stands, masks throughout, and a new cup for every soda refill. A very odd experience.

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The last movie I saw in theaters prior to this: Birds of Prey, with Lulu in early March.

The Star was a great actor for sure, he made me want to understand. Anyone else I’d have been gone gone lol.  Lisa

Truth.

Good Boi

Lou Brock

Da Hip

I took a wrong step and my bad hip immediately sent a deep stabbing pain straight down my leg. The pain was so bad I literally screamed,  but worse yet whatever happened inside that socket rendered it unusable, and Parker had to help me to a chair.  The motion is back,  more or less,  but the pain continues churning at a (comparatively more comfortable) 7.5 out of 10. FML

Tom Seaver

"Tom Terrific", the HOF pitching ace of the Mets and White Sox, has passed away. 

She's Right

I’ll be 44 in a couple months, I’m holding up ok 🤷🏼‍♀️ It could be worse lol - Lisa

Period🔥 - LuLu

❤️🥰❤️ - Yaya

A Health Scare and Covid B.S.

I needed to go to the urgent care on Tuesday for some heath concerns. After 6 hours, a transfer, chest X-ray, ct scan, ecg, blood, urine, iv fluids, and breathing treatment I am left with the diagnosis/prescription I said I needed (kidney infection/stone?) but I also get a bullshit wait time (up to 6 days) for results on a covid test I didn’t need. Unable to return to work, losing  money and hours at my new job. Probably adding to “suspected case” numbers when I never suspected that at all. Beyond frustrating. You really can’t go for treatment these days, not if you need your job. 

Yes, they were right, my breathing wasn’t great. I had quit smoking a week before after 30+ years. Sigh. It’s really hard for the medical profession to listen, seems even harder lately!

Update: Just in: I don’t have Covid lol. I know it’s for safety but wow... frustrating!

- Lisa

Lisa: Good News Bad News

Good news bad news: 

Bad first: our beloved Gus Gus’s cataracts ruptured his cornea and he needs his eye surgically removed. We’re not willing to put him down, 2020 has been bad enough! He’s healthy in every other way and has quite a few good years ahead of him. Got him on pain meds for now. 😞

Good: Smiley worked out his schedule at his new school and has a lot of new classes to be excited about. 

-Lisa 

A Century of Progress

100 years ago today the 19th Amendment was ratified,  giving women the right to vote.

First Day of Senior Year!

Happy first day of your SENIOR year LuLu!!! - Lisa

Someone just sideswiped a car from a funeral procession, blocking the intersection of 27th and Oklahoma.

Eww

This crawled into Lisa's shoe during a picnic on Sunday.

update: the internet says its a harmless cicada

Happy Birthday

As of midnight,  I'm now officially the father of four teenagers.  Zoinks! Happy 13th Birthday [first/middle name] Junie!!! Sto lot!

If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table not a taller fence.  - Lisa

Wilford Brimley

He's probably best known in pop culture from the  parodies of his "die-ah-bee-tus" commercials, in which he sought to promote diabetes awareness, but I remember him best from the movie The Natural, his Quaker Oats commercials,  and the TV show Our House. 

He was 85. 

In those 250 pages MPS sent out did anyone find a definitive time of logging in and out daily. I need to know a schedule, they have jobs etc. Help?! - Lisa