Month: May 2010

• distract– SQUIRREL!

  May 16, 2010

  daily drivel, Our Humble O’Bode

  I don’t need no stinking reason to put the granola in the refrigerator, do I? I can absentmindedly put it in there without it meaning anything, don’t you think? I put it there before I drank my second cup of coffee, so I wasn’t even hitting on all four cylinders yet (I’m a compact model).… Read.

• testing testing

  May 8, 2010

  adventures in unemployment, office work, work

  I drove into town early this morning to take the state worker’s office support exam. I hear the state still has a hiring freeze, but there are an awful lot of vacancies appearing on the state’s employment web site. Assuming they’re not putting them there just to keep somebody busy, I’ve been applying for as… Read.

• tickets

  May 2, 2010

  beer, festivals, food & drink, Great Taste of the Midwest, My Darling B, O’Folks, play

  This is where it all starts: People waiting in line (in this case, at Star Liquor on Willy Street) to buy their tickets to The Great Taste of the Midwest, which is quickly becoming the biggest celebration of craft beer in the nation, to say nothing of it being the most sought-after ticket in town.… Read.