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Blep.

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Spotted on a Saturday walk and made me smile.

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Tankboy turned 10 today!

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Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications responded to an urgent call this week from “Saturday Night Live.” With Will Ferrell set to host this weekend’s show, producers needed to secure his original costumes as Harry Caray and the Spartan cheerleader. Both have been on display as part of the yearlong “Saturday Night Live: The Experience” exhibit at the museum. “It was all very confidential and hush-hush,” said Justin Kulovsek, the museum’s vice president of innovation. “I had to use protective gloves and wrap each item in plastic and take photos of the garments before boxing them up and sending them off to New York.” The two costumes are expected to be back on display in Chicago next week.

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Imagine a world in which Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman were all in a movie together. And U2 and Seal both had big hits on the soundtrack. It happened 22 years ago … in the live-action Batman movie that’s probably least remembered. Other Caped Crusader films were bigger disasters, but Batman Forever’s grandest failing is how disposable it is.

Every Batman Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

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Anyone that ever doubted my extreme nerd bona fides from the ‘80s should know that in high school I wore this shirt regularly on days that were not Halloween. I was SUPER popular. Also? That means this shirt is 28 years old which is SUPER SCAAAAAAAAARY! (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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#selfie (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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Not fucking around. 🚫 . . #NoParking #ExcellentSign #Amazing #WickerPark #Diner #Parking (at Hollywood Grill)

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Since this place is primarily known for its kickass concerts in Chicago, I’m counting this as a #tankboyconcertshirts entry. 🤘 (at Chicago, Illinois)

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When this 1100+ page monster showed up in yesterday’s mail, all @shellster129 could say was, “Is that He-Man. Are Thor and He-Man the same person? They sure look the same.” She’s still not convinced they are not the same person. 🙄 . . I’m still very excited about this since it means I don’t have to dig into my comic book boxes any more whenever I want to read the Simonson ‘80s masterpiece of a run on this series. . . FUN FACT: I still have the letter Simonson wrote me when I did my high school freshman term paper on artists transforming comic books ate the time. Frank Miller did not write me back. 😠 . . #Thor #comics #WaltSimonson #Marvel #MarvelComics #ComicBooks (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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Sasha resists the urge to check her Facebook feed for the 9,426th time since waking up this morning. Take a social media break, Sasha! 📱 . . #cat #cats #catstagram #catsofinstagram #caturday #Mayfair #Chicago (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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It’s a new #tankboyconcertshirts entry! This one purchased at my favorite small club show of last from from @DeepState. You should absolutely check out their whole catalog and catch them live if you can. (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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Who owned this adaptation in the ‘80s? I still have mine!

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For the record, her water bowl is full. She just seems to prefer OUR water. 🙄 . . #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #catstagram #Mayfair #Chicago (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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Truly a beautiful day in #Mayfair. (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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I can’t tell you the number of nightmares this album cover gave me when I was a kid in the ‘70s. NOW I think it’s pretty grooves, but back then? SCARY. . . #LP #vinyl #vinylcollection #WizardOfOz #Unpacking #Mayfair #Chicago #groovy (at Mayfair Park Neighborhood)

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From The Economist Espresso: Quote of the day