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Death by snake > death by bus.
Hey, remember Nancy, our tree-hating neighbor from the old apartment complex? We ran into her at the farmers market on Saturday morning. She legit had no idea who we were. We finally kinda, sorta jogged her memory. I think? She went so far as to acknowledge that yes, there had been a vacancy in Apt.…
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Birds, cats, a Deere, and a bath full of brats.
Somehow, since buying this house, a curious transformation has taken place. Tara and I have turned into “birders.” I realized this a few days ago when I glanced over at the dining room buffet and spotted our cameras. We no longer stash them away in camera bags hidden in the back of the closet; instead,…
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Schlemiel! Schlimazel!
The first time we visited Milwaukee last summer, we made it a point to stop by the Bronze Fonz statue. Happy Days was a favorite sitcom growing up, as I’m sure it was for a lot of folks. Milwaukee was also the setting for the Happy Days spinoff, Laverne & Shirley–another childhood fave. We’ve actually…
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I’ve been that fly before.
There’s this dude at work—let’s call him Daryl—who loves to talk. Nice enough guy, but if you don’t time your interactions with him carefully, you’re liable to end up stuck in a one-sided conversation for the next 15 or so minutes. Daryl sits on the other side of the TobacCo building, where the developers and…
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Can’t Netflix and chill without obscure Woody Allen DVDs.
778. That’s the number of Netflix DVDs I have rented since I signed up on October 6, 2006. (My first one was Hoot. I gave it two stars. Clearly not a fan, but that one was obviously for the kids. I also rented Best in Show that day and loved it to the tune of…
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24 inconvenient hours and nary a baño.
When last I touched base, Todd the Vinyl Planking Guy had just broken a screen door window, tried to blame it on a bird, and ended up a few boxes short of flooring. Boy, Thursday was a weird day. But Friday was better. Todd showed up at 9:30, immediately apologizing for being late. He was…
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