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Tom Ellement

@tom-ell.bsky.social

Retired teacher. Full time grandpa. Old hippie and proud of it. Love: my wife, my kids, my grandkids Coke Zero, good thin crust pizza, smart people, the White Sox.

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Brandy Carlileโ€™s 2 guitarists are twins. Also, Oasis, Beachboys, Heart

10.10.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome to Gilead

20.09.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fire on High by ELO

12.09.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Im going to go out on a limb and guess that not one of them condemned the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville either.

10.09.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When President Biden was in office we were told by MAGAs that the violence against progressives was ok because we shoul have been more careful about what we said.

10.09.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve never been a fan of packing the Supreme Court, but they are so corrupt, term limits wonโ€™t do the job. We have to make the 3 Stooges irrelevant by adding three more when we have a chance.

09.09.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My favorite book of all time. And thatโ€™s coming from an English teacher

09.09.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I make it a point to re-read the books each year

09.09.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The new Percy Jackson series is very good!!

09.09.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Godfather

31.08.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The problem would be that the next president would be a third rate failed author

30.08.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

REM. โ€œMan in the Moonโ€

30.08.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œFor What Itโ€™s Worthโ€ by Buffalo Springfield

28.08.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here in the Chicago area, the news coverage about him is pretty widespread. I agree that he seems to be areally decent, caring man, but I donโ€™t know about woke. They are reporting that when he lived here, he voted in the Republican primaries.

11.05.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

09.05.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We grew up in the same neighborhood about 3 miles apart. Went to the same church. Itโ€™s a very much lower middle class area in the south suburbs of Chicago. He seems very much a product of this environment and really a common man who made good.

08.05.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I learned heโ€™s actually from South Holland, one of the suburbs down here. He went to church at the same place I did when I was young.

08.05.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lost

02.05.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a Commodore 64 computer with a cassette drive. Learned how to write Basic.

02.05.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. This is awesome. The paper is about that size

02.05.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still have the giant rolling paper from the Big Bambu album

01.05.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved Meatloaf!!

01.05.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lenny Kravitz in Hunger Games

01.05.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Late in my teaching career I found myself working as a teacher aide in a room with several autistic kids. It was challenging but supremely rewarding. Unlike the kids I had taught in the past, these kids were all kind hearted and, once you got to know them, were the gentlest and most honest people.

01.05.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Katharine McPhee in Scorpion

30.04.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you imagine how far into impeachment procedings we would be if Kamala was pres?

30.04.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just announced: GDP for 1st quarter was -.3%. Minus .3%? Itโ€™s official. Weโ€™re in a recession.

30.04.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just saw a segment on the news about FBI spending crazy $ to polygraph personnel for leaks. Wouldnโ€™t it be more cost efficient to just do the correct thing? That way leaks become irrelevant

29.04.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Adam, I am a Dem living in the south suburbs but I would definitely vote for you if you ran for pres.

29.04.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, heโ€™s very bright and seems to have a lot of empathy

29.04.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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