Leo Klein
@leoklein.bsky.social
Born and bred in Chicago. Left for 20 years (Paris, Rome, Berlin, NYC). Came back. Writer, social & digital media developer, librarian & academic.
Sounds like it's really raining outside! 🙂
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Sounds like it's really raining outside! 🙂
Birds wouldn't share their sandwich with me -- bums!
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Birds wouldn't share their sandwich with me -- bums!
'Download our app' -- famous last words ...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
'Download our app' -- famous last words ...
I'm sick of finding all this money on the sidewalks 🙂. I mean, I walk for a living???
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I'm sick of finding all this money on the sidewalks 🙂. I mean, I walk for a living???
Nice presents/rewards -- just for getting those Flu & Covid shots! It was a shoulder-to-shoulder affair -- one side (i.e. shoulder) got the covid shot and the other side got the flu thingee!
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nice presents/rewards -- just for getting those Flu & Covid shots! It was a shoulder-to-shoulder affair -- one side (i.e. shoulder) got the covid shot and the other side got the flu thingee!
Enjoying my lunch (italian beef sandwich) with Honest Abe ...
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Enjoying my lunch (italian beef sandwich) with Honest Abe ...
1st cool evening -- upper 40s. 1st day for the apt heater -- set it to 69.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
1st cool evening -- upper 40s. 1st day for the apt heater -- set it to 69.
Anyone got ketchup? 🙂
October 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Anyone got ketchup? 🙂
So happy: I wake up and remember there's still one more hamburger in the fridge to munch on! #reason4living 🙂
October 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So happy: I wake up and remember there's still one more hamburger in the fridge to munch on! #reason4living 🙂
Today's Purdy Purdy: a bit south of Diversey -- known affectionately as 'South Lagoon'
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Today's Purdy Purdy: a bit south of Diversey -- known affectionately as 'South Lagoon'
So I was sitting in the park, chomping down on a polish -- when this guy (see photo) comes over wanting a bite. I mean, can't they get their own??? 😀
September 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So I was sitting in the park, chomping down on a polish -- when this guy (see photo) comes over wanting a bite. I mean, can't they get their own??? 😀
Passing by ye-olde-neighborhood ballpark, Wrigley Field. Game just let up so there was quite a crowd outside ...
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Passing by ye-olde-neighborhood ballpark, Wrigley Field. Game just let up so there was quite a crowd outside ...
Walking all the way downtown is no big deal -- I do it all the time, taking the bus home. Today was different -- not only did I walk downtown but I walked all the way back home as well. Not bad!
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Walking all the way downtown is no big deal -- I do it all the time, taking the bus home. Today was different -- not only did I walk downtown but I walked all the way back home as well. Not bad!
Sensible Development ... Someday, I'll be out on a walk and all of a sudden, hamburgers will start to rain down from heaven ... 🙃🙃🙃
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Sensible Development ... Someday, I'll be out on a walk and all of a sudden, hamburgers will start to rain down from heaven ... 🙃🙃🙃
Walking down the street, I noticed I was being watched by a feathered creature! 🙃🙃🙃
August 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Walking down the street, I noticed I was being watched by a feathered creature! 🙃🙃🙃
Oy, on the NPR program 'Here And Now', they were baffled by the question: 'Why teens aren't driving as much as they used to?' (see below).
Um, maybe because they've got this alternative -- you know, something called 'public transportation' 🙂🙂🙂
Um, maybe because they've got this alternative -- you know, something called 'public transportation' 🙂🙂🙂
Why teens aren't driving as much as they used to
When you were a teen, did you jump at the opportunity to get your license? If so, you're different from many young people these days.
www.wbur.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oy, on the NPR program 'Here And Now', they were baffled by the question: 'Why teens aren't driving as much as they used to?' (see below).
Um, maybe because they've got this alternative -- you know, something called 'public transportation' 🙂🙂🙂
Um, maybe because they've got this alternative -- you know, something called 'public transportation' 🙂🙂🙂
Leo at home with friends ... 🙂
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Leo at home with friends ... 🙂
Got inside just seconds before the dump began #meSoLucky
July 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Got inside just seconds before the dump began #meSoLucky
DQTD (dumbest question of the day): guy comes up to me on the street, shows me a ring (supposedly gold) and asks me where he can sell it. Um, right...
July 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
DQTD (dumbest question of the day): guy comes up to me on the street, shows me a ring (supposedly gold) and asks me where he can sell it. Um, right...
At Home with Friends ... 🙂
July 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
At Home with Friends ... 🙂
Wow, got an email offer for '35% Off Your Avis Rental'. Hopefully it comes with someone with a driver's license - #meNoGotOne
June 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow, got an email offer for '35% Off Your Avis Rental'. Hopefully it comes with someone with a driver's license - #meNoGotOne
Yup, definitely a tee-shirt and shorts occasion. (Yeah, I got 'ac' as well)... Can't wait till we hit August ... 🙃
June 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yup, definitely a tee-shirt and shorts occasion. (Yeah, I got 'ac' as well)... Can't wait till we hit August ... 🙃
Heading down the street on our way downtown -- feeling happy.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Heading down the street on our way downtown -- feeling happy.
#TodaysConundrum: Put on an old shirt and couldn't find any buttons -- Oops, put it on inside-out 🙃 ...
June 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#TodaysConundrum: Put on an old shirt and couldn't find any buttons -- Oops, put it on inside-out 🙃 ...