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Anything but Peenie Wallie.
I’ve had some pretty cool assignments in my writing career: a monthly food column in the Vancouver, WA newspaper; a television commercial starring a retired NBA player; an official proclamation for the City of Rapid City. I even got to interview Napoleon Dynamite producer Sean Covel, GOSH! But I don’t think anything matches the excitement…
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Saving a tree nearly cost me $8.00.
I’ve mentioned my love for Kwik Trip before, and I’m not alone. They were recently voted the best gas station in America in a USA Today Readers Choice poll for the sixth straight year. It’s a well-deserved honor! Savvy marketing, clean bathrooms, fresh-baked donuts, excellent fried chicken, and a stellar rewards program – what’s not…
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Distracting little explosions.
Exciting development on the CheeseGov front: I don’t have to play musical chairs in the office this summer. Oxymorons be damned, I have a new permanent temporary spot on the fourth floor. Feels a bit like slumming after working on the sixth floor – after all, the Jeffersons were movin’ on up, not down –…
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We love burritos and Jesus.
As expected, our Friday road trip through the Driftless Area was full of fun and adventure. (And lots of driving. Sheesh. We spent roughly eight hours in the car, but that’s what we get for just going with the flow instead of picking an actual destination.) After hitting the road at 9 a.m., our first…
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“Roughing it” sounds too rough.
A couple of months ago Tara and I took a drive to Yellowstone Lake and were so impressed, I made a camping reservation as soon as we got home. Maybe this time we’ll actually go camping instead of cancelling our reservation, I wrote. This had become sort of a running joke, because at the time, we’d planned three…
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Venison steaks, anyone?
One recent Saturday we went bar-hopping in our quaint lil’ downtown. Our first stop was PaddyShack, a golf and gaming lounge owned by the same folks who operate our favorite Irish pub, Paddy Coughlin’s. We’re not golfers, unless you count the types of courses that have miniature windmills, and the one time we tried their…
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