Frankie F. Funk

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The album "Sandinista Project" that is better in every song than the Clash's Sandinista.

Other than Hurt by Johnny Cash and any version of The Sound of Silence, what are your favorite cover versions of famous songs?

My wife and MIL both make me lose my mind. In 1000 feet your destination is on the left. So let's park now, on the right, even though if you'd have just driven the rest of the way you could have parked directly in front.

Is there is anything dumber than people holding their phones up to film fireworks?

Why is the setpoint in hotels always so friggin low? Who thinks 68degF is a normal room temperature?

Oh yay our plane is out of service and they are trying to find us a new one

Neighbor and I both reported the nuisance car alarm van for its City Sticker violation. Not as satisfying as a brick would have been, especially with a 7 day estimated response time.

If this van in front of my house car alarm goes off one more time, it's getting a brick. (I have been saying that for the last 10 times it went off... But this time I might go through with it.)

I had a good job interview today and they are moving me to round 2. Exciting and also kind of terrifying.

JFC fuck this stupid ass "must attend" meeting

Ohio HB 79 passed the House yesterday! Energy efficiency for electric IOUs is on its way back for Ohio! (If it passes the Senate in lame duck...)

Our work building gave out free rainbow M&Ms for Pride. Which is more than my org did - didn't even rainbow the logo (which I suggested last month as a minimum effort they could do). #happypride

5th worst in the WORLD and second worst in the US. Get out of your cars, jagoffs. #fuckcars #bikegridnow

Chicago Has 5th-Worst Traffic In The World, Study Findsblockclubchicago.org Evening rush hours on the Dan Ryan and Stevenson expressways were among the most congested commutes in the country last year, according to the study. The typical Chicago-area driver lost 96 hours in t...

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There’s a group of kids on the corner selling lemonade. They yell “LEMONADE” at every passing vehicle, but the only people I have seen stop for a drink so far are on foot or bike. There is no shortage of free parking on the street. Maybe this is analogous to local business districts. 😉

Balatro is my new obsession.

I screwed up my alarm clock at woke up at 9:02 this morning and had a 9:00 call. Love a day that starts on a screw up. Only uphill from here.

That sauerkraut I had with lunch is going to provide a little extra propulsion for my bike ride home.

I grew up without a dad, and I don't think about Father's Day. It's just another Sunday and I hope nobody makes a thing out of it. Never needed it.

Time to get ready for my niece's graduation party* *Get high in the garage until it is time to go

Holy shit, this was a wild read

tired: Nigerian scammers tried to steal Graceland wired: A trail of clues leads to a granny in Branson who’s known for scamming boyfriends, landlords, and faking cancer and her sister did time for a Vegas Ponzi scheme. Who tried to steal Graceland? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My milkweed is blooming!

I'm helping write a state energy emergency planning exercise and it really is just one Elder Thing away from being a Delta Green scenario #ttRPG #energysky

The grossest, trashiest places I see regularly in Chicago are the underpasses beneath trains and highways. City doesn't do street cleaning etc because that's state land or railroad land their road just passes through. Jurisdictional bullshit in the way of not being nasty.

Just did the exit interview with my spring/summer intern. He was great and I'm a little sad to not have him anymore.

$13 in economic benefits for every $1 spent. Connects our neighborhoods to jobs and commerce and recreation. Transit needs full funding. Hell, it needs extra funding.

New Argonne/MIT study makes the case for properly funding the CTAchicago.suntimes.com The study is one of the first to quantify the value of public transit across different metrics, including the impact on jobs and health.

The downside of being the office IT guy is knowing when my coworker is being fired before they do.

One of my favorite bikes is my 1959 Chicago-made Schwinn Twinn Deluxe tandem. We need to bring that back. Local jobs building bikes that local people can afford and ride.

On-shoring the bike manufacturing industry isn't just good for the national economy, a top congressman argues — it's also good for ending car dependency. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/n...

New Law Would Ensure The Bike Revolution is American-Made — Streetsblog USAusa.streetsblog.org Earl's pearl: American-made bikes are good for the national economy — and could play a role in ending car dependency.

On a tour of Argonne National Lab today. Super excited because I've never been here before. #energysky

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: I went to a Mondale-Ferraro campaign rally with my grandparents.

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: Sea Wolf was the first video game that I ever played.

The nice thing about school being out and work-from-home days is that I set my alarm for an hour later, and I can still go back to sleep for another hour if I want.