Cindi Spillman

Artrepreneur. Dog person. Cubs fan. (You can take the girl out of Chicago, but you can’t take Chicago out of the girl.) NC-11. She/her.

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

140 million records sold worldwide.
20 Grammy Awards.
2 Golden Globes.
An Academy Award.
A Special Tony Award.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.
It can only be The Boss.
Happy 77th birthday to Bruce Springsteen!

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

While 7-year-old Yo-Yo Ma performs, JFK and Jackie look on from head table of a 1962 fundraising dinner for what became, after his assassination, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:

[💙 Sophie Socket ♠️ @Socket1Sophie]

In any normal world, this would be an address from the President of the United States.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

The Kennedy Memorial is made of irreplaceable marble that was gifted by Italy.

Matisse tapestries found throughout were gifted from France.

The massive starburst chandelier in the Opera Hall, and lights along walkways, were a gift from Sweden.

The record-breaking stage curtains were a gift from Japan. They had to build special looms to weave them because of how big they are.

The grounds are beautiful with displays of art.

This is what Trump is destroying.

[Vic Vela @VicVela1]

More than 300 dogs helped search for survivors on 9/11. In fact, the last person rescued at ground zero was found by a search and rescue dog.

The search was mentally and physically taxing on the dogs, who walked across huge piles of debris and smoldering rubble. As the days went by, dogs became sad when they were no longer finding people alive. So, to keep their spirits up, their handlers staged mock rescues. They would have people hide under debris for dogs to find. This boosted the dogs’ morale as they continued their work.

In addition to rescue dogs, therapy dogs were brought to the scene to provide comfort to emotionally drained and traumatized police officers and firefighters.

Dogs are the best thing in the world and we do not deserve them.

[Cindi Spillman @cindispillman]

@Ritam513 @JoyceWhiteVance Also, married to Dan Scavino.

[Cindi Spillman @cindispillman]

@BobTharin Bonnie Raitt and David Sandborn in there too…

[Cindi Spillman @cindispillman]

Soothes the soul…

[MLB @MLB]

“C” is for Cubbies, and cookies 🍪

Cookie Monster came by to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” yesterday at Wrigley!

[Cindi Spillman @cindispillman]

@silverpebble L

[ARTUROTE8 🇪🇦🙋‍♂️🧢 @arturote8]

Se que lo habéis visto mil veces, pero 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 es buenísimo 😂😂😂😂😂😂 no me digáis que no 😂😂😂😂.
Pues eso unas risas 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
#FelizDiaOsQuiero 🤗🤗😍😍

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr, who won the internet back in the day with this

[Acyn @Acyn]

Letterman: Mrs. Obama and Mr. Obama… oh my god speeches one actually listens to, speeches that consume you, that get inside you and cause you to think and feel like a lowly, worthless human being who has to strive to greatness. It's an amazing afternoon, and I'm going to shut up here in a minute because my nose is running.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

CBS has been forced to pay a fine after Stephen Colbert played an unlicensed Peanuts song on air during his last episode.

The owner of the rights to Peanuts has donated the fee to José Andrés' charity, World Central Kitchen.

[Fitz🍀 @CheapSeats411]

It pains me to realize how many people have never seen or heard of The Blues Brothers. Our society is broken.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded:

"[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

A lot of people ask why Generation Jones insists on being its own thing.

After all, we’re usually lumped in with the Boomers.

The answer is simple.

We may have been born during the Baby Boom, but we did not have the same formative experiences as the older Boomers, and we did not have the same upbringing as Gen X.

We were the bridge generation.

The oldest Boomers remember where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. Many of us do not. Kennedy was buried on my first birthday.

They were old enough to remember the optimism of the early 1960s, the moon landing as teenagers, and the cultural revolutions as participants.

Most of us arrived too late for that.

Likewise, Gen X grew up with personal computers, video games, cable television, and a world that was already becoming digital.

We didn’t.

Generation Jones grew up in a world that was almost entirely analog.

We used rotary phones.

We looked things up in encyclopedias.

We learned the Dewey Decimal System.

We used card catalogs.

We balanced checkbooks by hand.

If you wanted directions, you unfolded a map.

If you wanted to know something, you went to the library.

If you missed your favorite television show, you missed it.

There was no streaming service waiting for you.

But unlike previous generations, we didn’t stay there.

We had to adapt.

We watched computers move from climate controlled rooms into offices and homes.

We learned on mainframes and Wang systems.

We used Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect.

We fed giant floppy disks into computers that had less computing power than today’s coffee maker.

We learned email.

Then the internet.

Then cell phones.

Then smartphones.

Then social media.

And now artificial intelligence.

Most generations learn one world.

Generation Jones learned several.

That’s what makes us different.

We are one of the last generations that remembers life before digital technology became part of every waking moment, but we were young enough to adapt and thrive as it arrived.

We didn’t just witness the technological revolution.

We had to reinvent ourselves to keep up with it.

Every decade brought another transformation.

Every decade required new skills.

Every decade demanded adaptation.

Perhaps that’s why so many Generation Jones people are independent, resilient, and skeptical of anyone claiming the world has always been the way it is now.

We know better.

We’ve lived through too many versions of it.

Generation Jones isn’t defined by what we were born into.

We’re defined by everything we had to learn along the way.

[Spiro’s Ghost @AntiToxicPeople]

1976 bicentennial performers (live and TV):

Elvis Presley, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Bob Hope, Paul Anka, Walter Cronkite, Santana, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Miracles, Tavares, Lionel Hampton, Ringo Starr, The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, America, The O'Jays, Hank Williams Jr., La Toya Jackson, The Mississippi Delta Blues Band, the United States Marine Band, the US Army, Navy and Air Force Bands, the all-city marching bands.

2026 250th anniv. performers:

Donald J. Trump

Vanilla Ice

[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

"Toby? I'd like to come along."

Let's remember this scene on Memorial Day.

[We Draw Cats 🐾 @WeAssessCats]

The showdown between the kitten and the bull is with a pure heart, a win for the kitten!