Dennis H
@stoicdennis.bsky.social
Mainly working on my relationship these days. 😍 Currently living in Chicago. Posting minimally/irregularly. Not a showboat; don’t care about “likes.” Hoping Bluesky eventually matures to a more serious space. Real-life interaction trumps social media!
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The author just shy of 3 years old, as he was first being called “Dennis the Menace,” for reasons of egregiously antisocial behavior. And same first name, obvs.
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god i wish i had better haters
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
god i wish i had better haters
The 4:10 update from Albany Park / Ravenswood Manor….❄️
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The 4:10 update from Albany Park / Ravenswood Manor….❄️
We’re up in Evanston now and getting ready to head out to yet another holiday party (after 3 last night), so I’m “fortifying” myself from this bottle of Gruner Veltliner over the next 30 mins before we have to leave….😂🍷
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We’re up in Evanston now and getting ready to head out to yet another holiday party (after 3 last night), so I’m “fortifying” myself from this bottle of Gruner Veltliner over the next 30 mins before we have to leave….😂🍷
@bedubble.bsky.social Archiving more of my old pics and came across this 1988 photo I took of the Huis ten Boom in Haarlem. At that time, the shop was still functioning and the public space was limited to the upper floors. I remembered that you were there earlier this year, so thought I’d share.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@bedubble.bsky.social Archiving more of my old pics and came across this 1988 photo I took of the Huis ten Boom in Haarlem. At that time, the shop was still functioning and the public space was limited to the upper floors. I remembered that you were there earlier this year, so thought I’d share.
Michigan reality check: amused by those friends who reported their family gatherings were “blissfully smaller” due to the fact that winter road conditions meant that *some* family members couldn’t make it to dinner on Thursday. The “problematic” ones were the ones likely to miss, too. Peace reigned.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Michigan reality check: amused by those friends who reported their family gatherings were “blissfully smaller” due to the fact that winter road conditions meant that *some* family members couldn’t make it to dinner on Thursday. The “problematic” ones were the ones likely to miss, too. Peace reigned.
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Terwijl zoonlief aan het luiden is, kan ik genieten van het uitzicht vanaf de Domtoren 🤩🤩🤩
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Terwijl zoonlief aan het luiden is, kan ik genieten van het uitzicht vanaf de Domtoren 🤩🤩🤩
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Turkey tetrazzini and movies over here on this wintry morning. And Boerenjongens, of course! Link below.
www.thedutchtable.com/2013/06/boer...
First up, we’re watching Hobson’s Choice on The Criterion Channel
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/hobso...
www.thedutchtable.com/2013/06/boer...
First up, we’re watching Hobson’s Choice on The Criterion Channel
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/hobso...
Hobson’s Choice
Directed by David Lean • 1954 • United Kingdom
An unsung comic triumph from David Lean, HOBSON’S CHOICE stars the legendary Charles Laughton as the harrumphing Henry Hobson, the owner of a boot shop ...
www.criterionchannel.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Turkey tetrazzini and movies over here on this wintry morning. And Boerenjongens, of course! Link below.
www.thedutchtable.com/2013/06/boer...
First up, we’re watching Hobson’s Choice on The Criterion Channel
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/hobso...
www.thedutchtable.com/2013/06/boer...
First up, we’re watching Hobson’s Choice on The Criterion Channel
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/hobso...
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’ve spent more time in Indiana this year than ever before. I’ve gotta say: the state and its people have slowly and gradually been winning me over in recent months.
More of this, please.
More of this, please.
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ve spent more time in Indiana this year than ever before. I’ve gotta say: the state and its people have slowly and gradually been winning me over in recent months.
More of this, please.
More of this, please.
In Nürnberg hat das Christkind seinen Markt eröffnet!
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In Nürnberg hat das Christkind seinen Markt eröffnet!
Just now back in Chicago and gearing up for the three (3!) holiday parties we’re expected to attend tonight. One more holiday “open house” tomorrow afternoon.
An introvert’s nightmare.
Make it stop.
😱🎄🎅
An introvert’s nightmare.
Make it stop.
😱🎄🎅
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just now back in Chicago and gearing up for the three (3!) holiday parties we’re expected to attend tonight. One more holiday “open house” tomorrow afternoon.
An introvert’s nightmare.
Make it stop.
😱🎄🎅
An introvert’s nightmare.
Make it stop.
😱🎄🎅
I’m old enough to remember a CTA whose elevated trains’ windows opened because there was no AC. Same for trains generally. I loved traveling by train through rural Europe, including “behind the Iron Curtain” in my early 20s, and the aromas which swept through the cars. Including animal excrement!
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’m old enough to remember a CTA whose elevated trains’ windows opened because there was no AC. Same for trains generally. I loved traveling by train through rural Europe, including “behind the Iron Curtain” in my early 20s, and the aromas which swept through the cars. Including animal excrement!
Glaswegian (Milngavie) innovation FTW
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Glaswegian (Milngavie) innovation FTW
On Thanksgiving Day, I’m beyond thankful for my friends here at home in America and those around the world. When health and life are in the balance, they have been my constant.
I honestly do not know how to adequately express my full gratitude.
Be there 💯 for your friends. Always.
I honestly do not know how to adequately express my full gratitude.
Be there 💯 for your friends. Always.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On Thanksgiving Day, I’m beyond thankful for my friends here at home in America and those around the world. When health and life are in the balance, they have been my constant.
I honestly do not know how to adequately express my full gratitude.
Be there 💯 for your friends. Always.
I honestly do not know how to adequately express my full gratitude.
Be there 💯 for your friends. Always.
Ach du lieber Gott.
Nichts ist heilig.
Nichts.
“Historic decision! From today, new buildings [in Munich] may be taller than the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady).”
Nichts ist heilig.
Nichts.
“Historic decision! From today, new buildings [in Munich] may be taller than the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady).”
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ach du lieber Gott.
Nichts ist heilig.
Nichts.
“Historic decision! From today, new buildings [in Munich] may be taller than the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady).”
Nichts ist heilig.
Nichts.
“Historic decision! From today, new buildings [in Munich] may be taller than the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady).”
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Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
Um….this has needed MORE space for years! You’ve got to be kidding that they’ve been further restricted this year?! I’ve stayed away due to the severe overcrowding so looks like I won’t be back again this year. Sigh.
Chicago’s festive Christkindlmarket may be in jeopardy after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration placed space requirements on the event this year, a move that organizers say has created long lines to enter and severely restricts the number of people who can visit.
Christkindlmarket seeks to shorten lines, appeals to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for increased capacity
Chicago’s festive Christkindlmarket may be in jeopardy after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration placed space requirements on the event this year.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Um….this has needed MORE space for years! You’ve got to be kidding that they’ve been further restricted this year?! I’ve stayed away due to the severe overcrowding so looks like I won’t be back again this year. Sigh.
Last week, I moved on from Strava. Today, we left our phones at the house before heading out for a ride into The Wild Winds and it was phenomenal. I know my way around West Olive/Pt Sheldon, so navigation wasn’t an issue. It’s next level freedom to just leave the damn thing and forget that it exists
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last week, I moved on from Strava. Today, we left our phones at the house before heading out for a ride into The Wild Winds and it was phenomenal. I know my way around West Olive/Pt Sheldon, so navigation wasn’t an issue. It’s next level freedom to just leave the damn thing and forget that it exists
Lying in bed awake at 4 am listening to the wind is even better when the person next to me has apparently switched off his snoring for once and I can hear all of the howling and waves crashing, etc. without nasal interference. 🤭
Life is 👌🏽this morning.
Life is 👌🏽this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Lying in bed awake at 4 am listening to the wind is even better when the person next to me has apparently switched off his snoring for once and I can hear all of the howling and waves crashing, etc. without nasal interference. 🤭
Life is 👌🏽this morning.
Life is 👌🏽this morning.
Thinking of Michael, one of my first boyfriends in Chicago, whose Boston Terrier gradually came to like me more than him. So of course we had to stop dating, because who could handle rejection on that scale? 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thinking of Michael, one of my first boyfriends in Chicago, whose Boston Terrier gradually came to like me more than him. So of course we had to stop dating, because who could handle rejection on that scale? 🤣
One Thanksgiving during my childhood - couldn’t tell you the year, as my parents are both deceased - our oven died, and my parents were hosting dinner for at least 20.
The solution: call the neighbors! 3-4 of them helped us out that day.
I wonder: would that be possible today? I tend to think not.
The solution: call the neighbors! 3-4 of them helped us out that day.
I wonder: would that be possible today? I tend to think not.
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One Thanksgiving during my childhood - couldn’t tell you the year, as my parents are both deceased - our oven died, and my parents were hosting dinner for at least 20.
The solution: call the neighbors! 3-4 of them helped us out that day.
I wonder: would that be possible today? I tend to think not.
The solution: call the neighbors! 3-4 of them helped us out that day.
I wonder: would that be possible today? I tend to think not.
You should ask me to open all of your wine bottles. I leave no evidence behind.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
You should ask me to open all of your wine bottles. I leave no evidence behind.
West Michigan friends! Join us at 4:30 pm on Wednesday 11/26 as we open Fricano’s in Grand Haven and head for the Alley Room (IYKYK). We’ll have a few tables and we’ll pick up the first round of pizza and drinks. Can’t wait to see those of you who will be in town and available.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
West Michigan friends! Join us at 4:30 pm on Wednesday 11/26 as we open Fricano’s in Grand Haven and head for the Alley Room (IYKYK). We’ll have a few tables and we’ll pick up the first round of pizza and drinks. Can’t wait to see those of you who will be in town and available.
For the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving
Coconut Curry Chickpeas With Pumpkin and Lime (Published 2019)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving