Month: March 2013
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an afternoon with beer
One of Madison’s own breweries, Ale Asylum, recently moved from its original location on Kinsman Blvd down the street and around the corner to a bigger, purpose-built brewing house that even The Google doesn’t know about yet* on Pankratz St, and until yesterday we were possibly the last people in town who hadn’t been there… Read.
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over the hill
It was casual Friday and Cindy, one of my coworkers, came dressed in a baggy t-shirt with day-glo peace symbols printed all over it. When I ran into her at the copy machine I asked her, “Were you ever on Laugh-In?” “What’s that?” she asked. “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In? You’ve never seen it?” “No, what… Read.
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hop in
Many many moons ago I drove my lemon yellow Volkswagen bus from Colorado to California to visit my brother. I drove south from Denver to Albuquerque and then, in spite of every lesson I learned from Bugs Bunny about taking a left turn there,* I turned right, drove all the way across Arizona on old… Read.
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Culture shock
I suffered the biggest culture shock of my life when the Air Force transferred me from the peace and quiet of RAF Digby in northern England to the ear-shattering jet noise and chaos of Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. The culture of the Air Force in the two places, and the culture of the… Read.
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logged
Housekeeping note: You have to log in to leave comments now. I changed that quite a while ago when I got tired of all the spam in the comments. One of the Legions of Drivellians noticed just yesterday. They’re a perceptive lot, those legions. Yes. I call my loyal readers Drivellians. I also have a… Read.
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The Fountain
If I remember rightly, and I’m not saying I do, I think The Fountain used to be a seafood place in a previous life. I’m not sure because I’ve been away from downtown Madison for quite a while now. While I worked on cap square I took a walk down State Street about once a… Read.
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Monday
How was my day? Read.
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kulcha
We got all kindsa kulcha today. About a month ago, My Darling B asked me if I wanted to go to the opera. It’s not something she asks me very often – like, never – so I said yes. I couldn’t think of anything else to say. She caught me unprepared. But that turned out… Read.
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error
*doint!* AUTOPILOT ON if {system-time = x:00 and bladder = full} wake; do {void-bladder} while cats=[tripping-hazard] get [the-food]; feed [the-cats] return [the-food] return {sleep} else {sleep} ERROR AT LINE 5 Wait, what? No, that can’t happen. I was on autopilot. I must’ve put the cat food back. Yeah. It’s got to be in the fridge,… Read.
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wakey-wakey part mcmlxiv
Let’s see, how does this work? Oh, yeah: Wake up too early, make coffee, cat on my lap, type up some drivel. Mmmm, coffee. Gone back to making it drip. Still like my coffee gadgets, but drip is the way to go. That’s my official word on that. Take it to the bank. Tell ’em… Read.
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