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Trying not to think about how many of my relatives fully and unironically agree with this

Trump cuts aside, this type of life-endangering incompetence could simply become a regular feature of life in a generally declining society.

This is the type of shit I buy at grocery stores. And it was found in Illinois. I’m dead

The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 2, Episode 8: X Equals Why

Sounds like if Apple TV financed a new Dardenne brothers project

west jackson historic district

Here for a free chamber music concert put on by CSO

First time at the Epiphany Arts Center. In an old church building at Ashland and Jackson

YouTube video by IRamzayI Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

Miss Teen South Carolina was a bellwether www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3i...

My vibes-based theory about this is that people are so accustomed to taking the time to write a text that everyone's irl communication skill has degraded at least a little bit, and people who were already a little dumb are now just straight-up forgetting what words to use when they're on the spot

Great example here of a linguistic trend I’ve been noticing: the replacement of various prepositions with “of.” I’m calling it Prepositional Collapse Theory. You see it all the time on reality tv: “I was surprised of that,” et al

Terrific play, it's like Gen Z Ionesco. Gave me a "the kids are all right" feeling since the playwright is like 23. Plus they finally figured out a better way to use the tight space at Red Orchid aredorchidtheatre.org/shows/veal/

I forgot I did actually try watching this at home once and wasn’t into it, but would you believe it was 10x more fun on 35mm. Lalo Schifrin score sounding phenomenal on the Music Box’s new sound system too

Now entering for the first time

Genuinely hilarious that Bill Kristol has more moral clarity in the moment than Chuck Schumer

Saw a beautiful black cat in the neighborhood on Halloween!

Sorry to hear this Joe, must be a very hard time.

Especially spooky in the nondescript beige office space

(Nothing is spookier than my ever-expanding forehead)

Reminder to stay spooky

Jonathan Rosenbaum was way ahead of the curve on hating Woody Allen

In a Lyft for the first time in a long time and I forgot that some of these guys have an ear piece in and are just talking to a third party from the moment you get in the car

I was kind of stating the obvious here bc I was high and the difference seemed especially noticeable

Ann Savage bullies a Hitler-faced pumpkin for Halloween 1942 publicity:

“Green-eyed starlet Ann Savage is about to give this Hitler-pumpkin a poke in the nose. With the way things are going in Stalingrad, it’s hard to imagine why the old boy should be smiling.”

1080p Blu-ray somehow looks more solid and fixed than 1080p streaming. It's hard to describe but a Blu-ray is just closer to reality even though it's the same resolution as streaming, there is a subtle but very substantial difference

Baraka was a 70mm production and 70mm prints are still shown some places, but for some reason the Music Box has never shown it in their annual 70mm festival. I need to launch a letter-writing campaign.

Getting zooted and watching Baraka (1992, Ron Fricke) on Blu-ray

Handmade sticker with salt melting ice CHICAGO MELTS ICE

Seen on a Divvy bike this morning

I haven't mustered the interest to watch the newest season of The Bear but I would come back if they did an "Oops! All Chicago Montages" season.