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Going once, going twice…
I’ve long compared myself to Clark Griswold on this here blog, but he’s not the only over-the-top fictional character I can relate to. I’ve also got a bit of Ralph Kramden in me. (Jackie Gleason’s short-tempered but soft-hearted bus driver in The Honeymooners, if you live under a rock or are too young to remember.)
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I need a kick in the pants.
I mentioned in my last post that we had a houseguest. Tara’s cousin from Elko, Nevada, visited us for a few days. Like most of our first-time Wisconsin visitors, he was pleasantly surprised, and is already talking about a return trip someday. I tell you, the Badger State has that effect on people. I hadn’t
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860,000 pretty pennies.
I’ve recently rediscovered Unsolved Mysteries. Netflix rebooted the classic series a few years ago. I was never more than a casual fan of the original – RIP, Robert Stack – but I’ve gotten sucked into these new-to-me episodes. I’ve always gravitated more toward Dateline NBC, though – and it’s got nothing to do with Keith
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May I have this celestial dance?
Back in May, I mentioned my failed attempt at seeing the Northern Lights. Man, I was bummed. The next time there’s a coronal mass ejection of plasma clouds and charged particles leading to G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm conditions, I vowed, I’m a-gonna be ready. Not in those exact words ’cause I’m no Neil deGrasse Tyson,
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Am I Halloweird?
This week marked my six-month anniversary with CheeseGov. I celebrated by submitting a whole bunch of PTO requests, ’cause I’m finally eligible to – pardon me for being crude – tap that. Half a year is nothing in the grand scheme of things, but I’ve outlasted a couple of other jobs already. Like my first
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A Blue Chip off the old block.
Last month, Kari mentioned a mall food court favorite called Hot Sam’s that is no longer around. This got us both waxing nostalgic in the comments section about others we miss, like Hot Dog on a Stick, Sbarro, and Gloria Jean’s Coffee Bean. As a self-described former mallrat, I spent years working in malls during
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