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Night Ranger to Pretenders, The
I’ve mentioned my record collection many times on the blog. According to Discogs, we currently have 882 albums. Dude: that’s a lot. Discogs, by the way, is one of the most useful apps I’ve ever downloaded. Without it, I don’t know how we’d ever sort our collection; keeping track of that much vinyl is impossible
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Dive bars are like pornography.
In my last post, I mentioned that we ducked into a dive bar in Blanchardville for a cocktail and a bite to eat. The most distinctive feature of Rachel & Ray’s was the ceiling tiles featuring historic black-and-white photos. Yo, Ilsa Rey commented. That ain’t no dive bar, you lyin’ sack of [expletive]. OK, maybe
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No geysers, no bison.
Remember how I said I like to have a firm plan when sliding behind the steering wheel while Tara is more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants gal? Saturday was a great example of that. Our only plan for the weekend involved running errands. We grabbed breakfast in town, then zipped down to Janesville to hit Menards and
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The great laundromat in the sky.
I was putting away laundry the other day and discovered a hole in one of my socks. I get that nothing lasts forever – circle of life and all that jazz – but this always causes me great distress. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but it feels like a death in the family. Especially
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You’re stoned if you think that’s an elephant.
When I pulled out of the driveway Friday morning, I had no idea where I was going, other than east. Which is SO unlike me. I’m a planner and I like to have an itinerary mapped out before I even start the ignition. Tara is very much a the journey is the destination type of
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Are you shouting at me with your hands?
Every year, CheeseGov assigns mandatory training courses for all employees to complete. The 2025 batch of topics includes security awareness, public records law, and harassment and discrimination in the workplace. All important things to know. But it took me forever to get through the harassment/discrimination training yesterday. What should have taken 30 minutes instead took
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