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Aurora Boreal-miss.
Man, that was some Northern Lights display, wasn’t it?! Or so I heard. Didn’t actually see them, because we had a thunderstorm roll through Friday evening, and I naively assumed that meant they wouldn’t be visible. It wasn’t until the next morning, when I was scrolling through my social media feeds, that I learned they…
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Tickled pink on State Street.
Yesterday’s drive to work was an interesting one. Three minutes from the office, it looked like I might be whisked away to Oz. I’d been watching the horizon closely; the nearer I drew to CheeseGov, the more ominous-looking the sky appeared. As I merged onto the Beltline, an impressive shelf cloud was bearing down from…
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Let’s hope our pet cemetery isn’t like Stephen King’s.
We’ve had a lot of rain lately. This is a far cry from last year, when we suffered through months of drought. Instead of brown grass, our lawn is a luxurious shade of green. In fact, the grass was getting so thick, I had the pleasure of breaking out my beloved John Deere lawn tractor,…
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Why not Sheboygan?
I like to read before I go to bed. Well, in theory. Every night, I crawl beneath the sheets intending to plow through a few chapters of digital pages. But inevitably, after 30 minutes — (okay, some nights I barely make it to 10 minutes) —I’ll nod off mid-sentence, awakening when my Kindle bonks me on…
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I gave away $10K this week.
Three weeks down! Friday afternoons are the only time I ever miss TobacCo, because I used to clock out at noon on Fridays. Adding an extra half-day to the weekend was a pretty sweet deal, NGL. But on the flip side, that meant I worked nine-hour days with no lunch breaks the rest of the…
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I thwarted a robber (and kept my pants on).
Today CheeseGov let me work from home for the first time. I’ll have to go into the office the rest of the week, and it’ll be a while before they let me do three days a week from home, but it’s a start. Like I said, commuting to Madison is a small sacrifice to make…especially…
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