Donald Martin
@rabbitoh.bsky.social
Chicagoan, Hollander, dog-dad, husband, teacher, and former social activist.
So it begins! The eggplant lasagne of Thanksgiving 2025.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So it begins! The eggplant lasagne of Thanksgiving 2025.
Football Sunday at our house. Taco isn’t into it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Football Sunday at our house. Taco isn’t into it.
Lady in red
is dancing with me
cheek to cheek
is dancing with me
cheek to cheek
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lady in red
is dancing with me
cheek to cheek
is dancing with me
cheek to cheek
This situation reminded me of the opening pages of JM Coetzee's novel "Disgrace."
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This situation reminded me of the opening pages of JM Coetzee's novel "Disgrace."
The top 5 search results over on M-W's website @merriam-webster.com gave me a good laugh this morning.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The top 5 search results over on M-W's website @merriam-webster.com gave me a good laugh this morning.
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Fellow dog lover. Did buy. Thanks for writing your story.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fellow dog lover. Did buy. Thanks for writing your story.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
His offices wouldn’t accept voicemails. Absolute asshole.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
His offices wouldn’t accept voicemails. Absolute asshole.
He won’t take calls from his constituents but he will sell us out.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
He won’t take calls from his constituents but he will sell us out.
Senator Durbin’s offices don’t allow voicemail. He will not take our calls but perhaps he’ll take yours, governor?
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Senator Durbin’s offices don’t allow voicemail. He will not take our calls but perhaps he’ll take yours, governor?
Bill Watterson would eventually make Hobbes a god.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Bill Watterson would eventually make Hobbes a god.
Durbin and Peters, two of his colleagues supposedly working on folding, aren’t running for reelection. They will suffer no consequences. Ugh. And for my Illinois peeps don’t bother trying to call Durbin. Neither of his offices will allow voicemails.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Durbin and Peters, two of his colleagues supposedly working on folding, aren’t running for reelection. They will suffer no consequences. Ugh. And for my Illinois peeps don’t bother trying to call Durbin. Neither of his offices will allow voicemails.
Neither of Durbin’s offices allow voicemails. Business hours my ass.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Neither of Durbin’s offices allow voicemails. Business hours my ass.
Durbin isn’t running for reelection, so he doesn‘t 1) give a damn about selling us out nor 2) allow voters to leave a goddamned voice mail with his offices.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Durbin isn’t running for reelection, so he doesn‘t 1) give a damn about selling us out nor 2) allow voters to leave a goddamned voice mail with his offices.
I can tell everyone what a specific senator is NOT doing tonight: allowing Illinois voters to leave a goddamn voicemail!
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I can tell everyone what a specific senator is NOT doing tonight: allowing Illinois voters to leave a goddamn voicemail!
Where @karenattiah.bsky.social leads, I will follow. Her idea arrived right as my ass got off of the weight bench. :)
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Where @karenattiah.bsky.social leads, I will follow. Her idea arrived right as my ass got off of the weight bench. :)
If I can call both of Dick Durbin’s offices from a fucking weight bench at the gym, then his shit should function at the barest minimum by letting me leave a voicemail. Business hours my ass. ARRGH.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If I can call both of Dick Durbin’s offices from a fucking weight bench at the gym, then his shit should function at the barest minimum by letting me leave a voicemail. Business hours my ass. ARRGH.
If I can call both of Durbin’s offices from a fucking weight bench at the gym, then his shit should function at the barest minimum by letting me leave a voicemail. Business hours my ass. ARRGH.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If I can call both of Durbin’s offices from a fucking weight bench at the gym, then his shit should function at the barest minimum by letting me leave a voicemail. Business hours my ass. ARRGH.
I joined folks in Albany Park looking for ways to get involved in #Chicago resistance against ICE. There I bumped, literally, into serendipity on meeting these two gentlemen: Donald and Jim (center, right). They've been together for 45 years and have the same goddamned names as me and my husband.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I joined folks in Albany Park looking for ways to get involved in #Chicago resistance against ICE. There I bumped, literally, into serendipity on meeting these two gentlemen: Donald and Jim (center, right). They've been together for 45 years and have the same goddamned names as me and my husband.
