JayMick

these colors don't run 💪💪

[Exit King.]

Note to self: these are the wrong underpants for this show.

#ActorLife

Almost swallowed a bug biking to the show. But I didn't, so I'm calling that a win. It's the little things.

Opposite me on the train is a very sleepy kiddo dozing against his mom's arm. Backpack still on, one hand still in his pocket. I feel this nap in my soul.

Someone else drank the coffee and saved me from myself.

I want coffee.

There's coffee in the office pot.

But if I drink coffee, it will aggravate the various aches and pains that are plaguing me this week, and I have a long day ahead of me.

But I want the coffee....

Your enemies will tell you there is no point in fighting back. They tell you this to break your morale, but in so doing, they tell on themselves. They fear being stood up to, or else they would not work so hard to downplay it. If someone says fighting back doesn't matter, make it matter.

The air is too still. Not even a hint of a breeze, not a leaf stirring. It's unsettling.

"The law of unintended consequences is not just for folks in the city. It's for all of us."

The usual joke for International Stage Management Day:
"How many stage managers does it take to..."
"Done!"

The Illinois Department of Labor is also an option.

The neighborhood was ASSEMBLED around the local schools at pickup time today. 💗

This is my old neighborhood. I lived there for 15 years. I never felt unsafe there at any hour of the day or night.

I think sometimes we are all Sherman.

"Go fuck yourselves," but professional. Go MIT!

On my annual slog through the day job's business insurance policy, I have encountered an endorsement called "Perils Specifically Excepted," which feels like it could be an interesting title for something.

A rock that says you matter

(unless you are multiplied by the speed of light squared)

Additional tip: some theatre companies offer open captioning on specific dates. It's often seen as being for patrons who are deaf or hearing impaired, but it's really for anyone who can benefit from it. If you find Shakespearean language daunting, it might help.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

Update after round 2: JayMick 1, Glenn 1.

I am in serious need of a hard workout, twelve hours of sleep, and a massage.

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

JayMick vs. Glenn current score:

Glenn 1, JayMick 0

(Glenn is an IKEA bar stool. I'm attempting to install a replacement part.)

#DayJob

The enemy of my enemy is not always my friend. Such may be an ally for a time, but friendship requires that someone stands with me against my enemies not because of who my enemy is, but because of who I am. Be worthy of such friends.

A cardboard dish loaded with a generous slice of apple pie, nearly obscured by the mound of whipped cream covering it. The pie is from The Chopping Block at Apple Fest.

This is the best apple pie. Full stop.

I have the place to myself tonight. Time to settle in for a nice quiet evening of...housework. Sigh.

To be clear, this is DOMESTIC food aid, not foreign aid.

Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago projects, Red Line extension, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city’s Red Line train. White House budget director Russ Vought wrote on social media Friday that the money was “put on hold to ensure funding is not...

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