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A day at the moo-seum.
When CheeseGov consolidated office space last year, they ended up with a lot of empty cubicles. Rather than let all that excess space go to waste, they turned a bunch of formerly occupied work stations into communal lounge areas. Great idea! In theory, anyway. While I applaud their effort at creating designated places in which…
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Where mercy should have stood.
I was driving home from work one day last week and felt like a mint, so I opened the glove compartment and gasped in horror. If there was a package of Mentos® in there, it was buried beneath five years’ worth of crap. I suppose that’s how it is with glove compartments, huh? They become…
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Wisco Wednesday: Supper Clubs
Quick, what’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of Wisconsin? Chances are, you immediately thought of cheese. Understandable, this being “America’s Dairyland” and all. And while dairy definitely dominates, Sconnies embrace a bevy of culinary traditions, from brats and Kringle to Friday fish fries. Most beloved of all, however, is…
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Nothing like a Dirty Monkey on a Tuesday night.
Residents of the Great Lakes states are no strangers to cold, but I did a double-take when I checked the temperature this morning. That’s chilly, even for us. And my weather station doesn’t really pick up wind, so even though the “Feels Like” temp showed the same, the actual wind chill according to the National…
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Pop music, cheap furniture, and clean rugs: Viva la Sweden!
Sunday morning, Tara asked me if I’d help her move the dining room rug. “Sure thing!” I said. “Where do you want it? The living room?”“The backyard,” she replied. “There’s, like, five inches of snow on the ground,” I pointed out. “I know! That’s perfect!” I had no idea what was going through my wife’s…
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Slip-sliding down Main Street.
When we first moved to the Midwest, my winter driving skills sucked. I’d just spent 20+ years in the Portland metro area, where snowfall is rare. One inch of snow snarls traffic and shuts down the city, so I didn’t get much practice. In a timely coincidence… This was a Sunday. So, I was housebound…
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