Barfly I don't recall but everybody else seems to.

OK, "Make America Go Away" is the best one of these Danish hat slogans. LOL!

So far AI seems very Y2K.

Santucci Construction #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

The Chicago History Museum apparently doesn't do Blue Sky, so I'll share their Bears vs Rams poster. @chicagomuseum.bsky.social

Wasn't this a Jimi Hendrix song? #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

Blue Water #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

Not an act of war but, rather a police action. Wait, where have I heard that before?

Dog Wagged.

First Rothko Sunrise of 2026🧑‍🎨

Crusty #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

By all accounts, a great retrospective of Kerry James Marshall's work. From London, it moves on to Zurich and Paris, but apparently not Chicago, his home city. There is a catalogue, though. wapo.st/4sgCyji

For those of you previously unaware of Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker, Merry Christmas. m.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU5...

Modernist Edit of the Previous Poem on Stefano Stefani

Seasonal 3 #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

The Ice Age

Inspired by Feminism

@rogersparkman.bsky.social @marywizchicago.bsky.social Note the Algren content in Hoekstra’s story.

Spidey Sense telling me a possible "last minute save" of the ACA subsidies from a "savior" coming tonite...

THIS JUST IN! youtube.com/shorts/IkVZ_...

I find myself straining to come up w/Mossadegh jokes.

Grease is the word, Forest Park, IL #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

Joniak sounds hammered.

My Palestinian Buddy

Seasonal #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

Give A Little Whistle

I thought it was a neat idea.

Whoa. Just dreamt the Jacobins were self-Guillotining. Jeez! Ok, did I miss anything?

SCHNELL!

Gray Scale #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING it's the gr8 Chicagoan novel. Not just me. JUST IN TIME FOR CYBER FRIDAY SELF-GIFTING! Kindle app FREE ACROSS GEAR! 🕺🕺🕺https://www.amazon.com/Hole-China-J-J-Tindall-ebook/dp/B0041T58JO

RIP Tom Stoppard. Saw this first run at the Fine Arts CHI. Astounding! Especially in a big, old movie theater. www.imdb.com/title/tt0088...

Rogers Park, and implications from what has been done here, in international news. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Extra Texture #7 #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

How I see that sunrise...

"The Reformation is very excremental!" THIS is one example of why I'm on the Tom Holland Bandwagon.👏

The Year in Review

Sentimental Favorite: Taut Prose, Oak Park, IL #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social

So the visiting federalized Nat'l Guard never even got off the base? Do I have this right? Seriously? Man: sounds like somebody stepped up.👏

I know in my heart that even a cynic like @whetmoser.com is feeling pretty fly this fine Monday mornin' about that interception in the end zone.👍

Have we talked about this? About a month before this taping? At the Riv? My god they sounded HUGE! It was truly stunning. Five guitar strings (four?!), NO BASS (except for Kate; watch). youtu.be/bVXfkG7q_0s?...

Now playing at the Chicago Grindhouse: "Octopus." Every October I have eight wet dreams. The jazz is black. youtu.be/oAMdhqaWFBo?...

Any chance they'll drown in the shit they flooded the zone w/?

"Chicago Style"

"Mom's Royals"

They're planting next year's tulip bulbs on Michigan Ave! 🌷

Pink Pegasus Rising Over Lake Michigan, yo!🔥

Wondering the extent of the trompe l'oeil to the, you know, Loyal...

It's a Trap! Forest Park, IL #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social