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2020
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I know that most of you won't understand the words... heck, I needed the translation in order to understand what they were saying. This is a traditional Hebrew prayer... part of the standard Shabbat service, sung beautifully by the brothers Platt (Henry, Ben and Jonah). If the name Ben Platt so...
04/30/2020
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In order to view the latest art in Chicago you have to venture outside, and while you're walking around, keep your eyes down.I know, I know... it sounds like the rules from a Housemaid's Tale, but it's not. Jim Bachor, who's become known as the 'pothole artist' has taken to filling and beautifyi...
04/29/2020
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For those of you who are fans of Broadway musicals, or musicals in general.Especially for those who are Les Miz fans... here is the Broadway cast of Les Miserables giving you a little treat to enjoy at home. Turn up the sound and enjoy.. I know that I did.
04/28/2020
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Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they...
04/28/2020
So many people are being creative and helpful during this Covid-19 crisis, I find it so inspiring.So here we have a grade-school music teacher who has gone out of her way to help her students ride out this difficult time by doing what she does best. She went on Tik-Tok... which is where her stud...
04/27/2020
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So, here's a follow-up with John Krasinski with Prom 2020 including the Jonas Brothers, Rainn Wilson (who's the worst), Billie Eilish, and more.check it out... for some more Good News from John Krasinski. (it's a good thing the bar is set so low these days).
04/18/2020
I was going to start this post with "I just realized"... but that's not true... I've known it for a long time, I've only just been able to put it in words, or had the desire to do so.JIG SAW PUZZLESThat's right, I said Jig Saw Puzzles. Putting our deals together... buyers with sellers, sellers w...
04/17/2020
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Even once we start to see our workforce (along with everyone else) heading back to work... I don't know that we'll be returning to "normal".Back when I was a kid, it was on the heels of Polio. The vaccine had just been introduced to the United States, but polio was transmitted via a virus, and t...
04/13/2020
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Dear Mr. Realtor-Knowledgey Dear Readers. I apologize for my barely noticable absence over the last... uh.... six - ten years. I've been busy. In the missing years, I've piled up a bunch of unanswered mail, so here are a few of those questions, and my responses. Dear Mr. Realtor-knowledgey......
04/12/2020
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Allright, allright. Calm down.I don't really have any Breaking News... but I wanted to make sure that everyone felt normal, and seeing this on the television seems to be our new normal.It used to be that Breaking News was only when there was some kind of national emergency. You know... JFK has ...
04/12/2020
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