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Rekindling an Old Romance
Libraries are interesting places. Where else can you walk up to a counter and have the person working there hand you a bag full of stuff that doesn’t belong to you, and let you take it home for free, no questions asked? Sure, you can’t keep the loot forever, but what’s the worst-case scenario? You…
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Midnight is overrated anyway.
Just a friendly reminder from our favorite cranky Jew: get all your “Happy New Year!”s out of the way by tomorrow, otherwise that ship has sailed. I happen to agree with ol’ Larry D. By January 4, you’re beating a dead horse. You’d never wish somebody “Happy Halloween” on November 1 or “Happy 4th of…
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3.5 Stars is the Sweet Spot
A couple of months ago, Tara told me about this viral TikTok video where some filmmaker claims the best Chinese food comes from restaurants with average reviews. Apparently, 3.5 stars is the sweet spot. I was skeptical at first. It stands to reason that a restaurant with 5-star reviews would have superior cuisine, right? Bigger…
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Oh, there’s no plate like ham for the holidays.
Just like that, our first Wisconsin Christmas is a wrap! The one thing I wanted more than anything else was a white Christmas. Elliott came barreling in with cold so fierce by Friday morning, there was no way any of that snow already on the ground was melting. The result? That perfectly picturesque Hallmark white…
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Anything But Elliott
Have you ever scrolled through your phone and come across a photo you don’t remember taking? This happened to me last weekend. Tara and I were kicking back at the Tipsy Cow and I was scrolling through my Immersive Van Gogh exhibit pics when I came across this gem from the night before. We’d been…
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Came for the art, stayed for the acid trip.
When I first learned about the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit a couple of years ago, I was immediately intrigued. It’s not that I have any particular affinity for the troubled painter (though I’m pretty sure I had a Starry Night print hanging in my living room in a former life), but I thought the combination…
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