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Exclamation points are the new period!
People often talk about how old they feel when their kids reach certain milestone ages. Being a dad myself, I get that…but learning the Foreman Grill turned 30 this month made me feel downright ancient. I’ve owned a Foreman Grill for as long as I can remember. And I still use it at least once…
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Three days, four blocks, five bars.
We’ve been under a Flood Warning for, no exaggeration, two months nonstop. As the river levels have slowly dropped, it finally expired this morning…and this afternoon, they’re forecasting the possibility of thunderstorms with heavy rain. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think? (Nope, just like the song, not ironic at all. More of a bummer if…
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Hitchin’ a Ride to Andromeda.
I was never really a Twitter guy. Sure, I had an account, but I rarely Tweeted. Hardly ever logged on at all, for that matter. It was a good source for breaking news — like many, I was glued to the platform on Jan. 6, 2021 — but as far as the socials go, Twitter…
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We can grow cheese like nobody’s business.
When we bought our house last year and Dick told us there was a peach tree in the backyard, I was skeptical. “Poor guy’s losing his mind,” I said to Tara. “Peaches don’t grow in Wisconsin!” Apparently, our peach tree never got that memo. That’s just what we picked yesterday. We began a week ago.…
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Help, I fell down a Zillow rabbit hole!
Just for fun, I looked up my old house on Zillow the other day. The one in Vancouver, WA (I need to specify since I’m so damn fond of moving). It was new construction in 1995, and my ex and I bought it for $130,000. When we divorced in 2006, we sold it for $249,900…
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Tractor pulls and other currant events.
Nothing screams summer like the county fair. I’ve been to a lot of county fairs in my life. To be fair, I’ve lived in a lot of counties in my life. And while they all tend to be pretty much the same – livestock exhibits, carnival rides, fried food, musical entertainment – I had never…
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