Category: entertainment

  • epic journey!

    I don’t know if you realize this, but a historic journey of heroic proportions was completed yesterday. I’m talking, of course, about the bike ride My Darling B took with me all the way around Lake Monona. This 12-mile trip is probably longer than she’s ever traveled on her bike in one day. I knew… Read.

  • watching

    My Darling B and I have watched more television in the past two weeks than we have all summer. Here’s just a sample of what’s been flashing across our retinas: Sherlock Well, this is fun. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Mrs. Hudson and Inspector Lestrade in modern-day London. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Holmes with a hyperkinetic glee… Read.

  • imabug

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    For once, I’m not going to complain that this is not a real Volkswagen Beetle so we can all just enjoy the goofy license plate. You’re welcome. Read.

  • thrones

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    This is day three of hearing the theme song from Game of Thrones droning in my head all day long. Tim lent us his five-DVD set of the first season and we watched the whole thing last week, staying up until eleven-thirty Sunday night to watch the last four episodes. And no spoilers or anything… Read.

  • playground

    Whoah. What the hell is this? It must be Dr. No’s man cave! Who else but a mad scientist would need to know the time in five time zones as he relaxes in the basement of his volcano island headquarters after a long day of scheming his way towards world domination? Who else but an… Read.

  • Brewers vs Phillies

    My Darling B and I took a little trip to Milwaukee yesterday afternoon to see our first Brewer’s game ever, courtesy of the good folks at Hop Head Beer Tours, who provided transportation and plenty of beer, which was not only freshly-brewed in the kettles at the Vintage Brewing Company but was poured by one… Read.

  • mojave?

    Mars looks a lot like the Mojave Desert. That’ll thrill the hoaxers. Read.

  • voice

    This is your “I’m too tired to write drivel, believe it or not” video. You may not have seen this film in science class, but you know that voice. Read.

  • carriage

    The internet: The sum of all human knowledge at your fingertips. You can find anything there. And yet … I have a manual typewriter made by the Royal Typewriter Company. I’m trying to find out how to take the carriage off so I can give it a thorough cleaning. I asked The Mighty Google: “Remove… Read.

  • slomo

    Interwebs Find O’ The Day: The Slow Mo Guys Check out The Slow Mo Guys Read.

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