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Righty tighty, lefty lunacy.
Like many people, I learned which way to turn a screw to tighten or loosen it through a simple mnemonic device: righty tighty, lefty loosey. Fun to say, easy to remember. Despite the fact that I have fastened and unfastened hundreds of objects in my life, this phrase still runs through my head every single
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I don’t know what day it is with eggnog in the fridge.
I fired up my work laptop this morning for the first time in 10 days. Glad I remembered my password. Setting it to “password” was the smartest move I ever made; I’ll never forget it now! I kid. Michael Scott I am not. These two weeks around the holidays are such a weird, in-between time,
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Snowshoes are not a “bust”!
A few days ago, Tara lamented that her big gift to me this year was “a bust.” I followed that up with all the usual platitudes–don’t be silly, I’ll love anything you get me, and Mariah Carey was right, all I want for Christmas is you–but I’ll admit, my mind was racing. What could possibly
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Shrinking fish, two million lights, and a major award.
I rarely go to McDonald’s, and when I do, it’s usually for a McMuffin. But once in a blue moon I’ll stop by for something else, like this past Friday. I was craving a Filet-O-Fish, which almost seems like a sin because I could have stopped at virtually a dozen other places in town for
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Wisco Wednesday: The Brandy Old Fashioned
I first developed an appreciation for Old Fashioneds in South Dakota. There’s something about this classic cocktail that seems sophisticated, despite its simplicity: there are just three ingredients (whiskey/bourbon, bitters, sugar), plus an orange peel and cherry for garnish. I don’t even remember the first time I ordered one. Whiskey sours were my gateway to
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Sorry, thought you were s(pee)king to me.
I forgot to mention something funny that happened on our way to Green Bay for the Heart concert. We’d stopped at Kwik Trip to grab something to drink. While there, I ducked into the bathroom. I’m standing at the urinal, doing my business, and there’s a guy next to me doing the same. Thirty seconds
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