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Ed Butt

Ed Butt

@edb1947.bsky.social

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Chicagoan retired in Michigan. Recovering lawyer. Wanna be golfer, mountain biker and sommelier. TK Little.

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Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1h

Somebody tell Donald Trump this was all Stephen Miller’s fault.

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a man in a suit is holding a yellow bucket of popcorn

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a yellow bucket of popcorn

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Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1h

Beautiful! Thanks.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1h

The Media are creating “important” elections to drive ratings.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1h

Really hope to share an adult beverage with you someday. Thinking Toyko is more likely than Frankfort — with an o. Or then, there is always Littlespalooza. What are you doing in early June? @dyagodich.bsky.social can hook you up.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1h

Heard him talk about it on NPR. Bought the CD the next day.

My earworm is “Wild One” from Cat Stevens.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1h

But it’s all true.

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Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 2h

50 yrs ago ABA compared starting salary at big law firms in a city vs its cost of living:
NYC = 100¢ on $1
Chicago & Houston = 141¢ Indianapolis = 156¢
Portland & San Francisco ~70¢

PS: When I graduated law school, NYC was paying $16K, Chicago $14.4K. (I’m really old.)

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DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 3h

An atheist, a Crossfitter, and a vegan walk into a bar.

I know because they told me.

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 1d

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From Today’s Athletic “Until Saturday” newsletter. Color me “not surprised.” Every year 7-9 of America’s Ton 10 Drunkest Cities are in Wisconsin. When Playboy first listed Top 10 Party Schools it did not list Wisconsin. (Footnote: This is a listing of amateurs; Wisconsin is professional.)

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 8h

I only want to say “Get off of my lawn!” in jest.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 11h

“Butt” of any jokes? I’m used to it. But, thank you.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 12h

Understood. That’s why I think it’s a funny meme; it’s satirical, not serious.

My son used to give me a CD in my Xmas stocking every year to expand my musical horizons, especially a couple of KBCO Studio C. I really liked Brandi Carlile, Susan Tedeschi, etc. Last concert pre-Covid Milk Carton Kids.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 12h

First, it’s a joke.

Second, not really. I bet my family is more multi-racial, multi-ethnic than yours.

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No, in 1972 for $47K.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 12h

@sfpodge.bsky.social as an aside to your 20 songs by year, check out Marc Cohn’s Listening Booth 1970. He reimagines in his own style a dozen pop hits that he would have heard in the listening both at record store in 1970. (“Why do a Smokey song in his style; I can’t do Smokey better than he does.”)

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Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1d

Real genealogist would be repulsed by my speculation. I, however, prefer to take the facts and imagine what happened; historical fiction. As my father often said, “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.” It is true that those were the Pinckney and Townsend pews when they were teenagers.

Ed Butt @edb1947.bsky.social · 1d

I exist because of people like you. In the mid-1700s my 4th-gt grandfather William Pinckney’s family had the pew center left in front of the pulpit. Freelove Townsend, my 4th-great grandmother, sat in the pew upper right next to the pulpit. Had they not been making eyes during the boring services .