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A colorful yarn full of highs and lows.
When we moved to South Dakota in 2018, Tara decided to crochet a temperature blanket as a way to celebrate our first year in Rapid City. For the uninitiated – and unless you’re a pirate or a drug addict, you’re probably unfamiliar with hooks and needles – this involves knitting or crocheting a blanket using…
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The Accidental Ghosting
Totally random but really cool: there are 16 circles in this optical illusion. They aren’t easy to spot at first, but once you do, you can’t unsee them. Pretty cool, huh? I love shit like this. It’s called the Coffer Illusion. Go ahead, make my brain hurt. The payoff is worth it. Yesterday, we had…
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A little taste of Philly in Wisconsin.
Saturday, we stopped by a new-to-us bar and grill in Cambridge for lunch. I’d heard that the owners were from Philadelphia and made a seriously good cheesesteak. Because my family hails from Trenton and knows a thing or two about cheesesteaks, I wanted to check it out. When we walked inside the place, we ran…
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Songs of a Lost World
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. H.L. Mencken So, here we are.…
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Oh, the real-life horror!
My son texted me Saturday afternoon with photos from his latest adventure. You might recognize the house, which is quite infamous. Why yes, that is the real-life Amityville Horror house on Ocean Avenue in Long Island. It’s just a quick 33-minute train ride from Rusty’s place in Queens. I don’t know if I’ve ever been…
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Give me liberty or give me life.
Short of giving step-by-step workplace directions to any would-be stalkers (I had one once; long story), I will say that CheeseGov is located directly across from the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. This can be a real pain during certain events, like the World Dairy Expo, the Midwest Horse Show, and Brat Fest. (The main…
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