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Impromptu French Culinary Lesson
Halbe and I celebrated our fifth anniversary yesterday with a French meal at Comme Ça, a brasserie on Melrose. The meal we shared is worthy of its own post, but as I browsed the heavy brown paper placemat menu, I knew only about half the offerings. Escargot is a snail dish, but what is "escargot persillade"? I thought a "charcuterie plate" might ( Read more... ) -
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- 00:59 Sleepy. Drunk. At a Hallowee party near downtown.
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Free Tacos
Firstly, free tacos are available at Taco Bell today from 2 to 6 pm. This is the result of someone stealing a base during a baseball game yesterday. In related news, my quest to understand even basic economics has again been thwarted ( Read more... ) -
YouTube in a cafe
I don't understand people who come to a cafe, buy a drink, sit at a table alone, and then watch YouTube videos with headphones on. Couldn't they do this at home?
I also don't understand people who stop what they were doing, log into Livejournal, and then write a post about these first people. -
Student Debt Free
I wanted to make a post to commemorate an event, special to me, that happened today. Exactly four years, one month, three weeks and two days after finishing college, I have paid off the last of my student loan debt. Once the appropriate parties have completed their transactions, I will be student debt free ( Read more... ) -
Twitter Updates
- 10:32 ...from a trail in the woods of Vermont, still I can update my Twitter.
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Twitter Updates
- 21:51 I thought I done for the day. Now I head back into the night.
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Massimo's Mudspot
I'm trying a new cafe today, this one much closer to my home. It's called Massimo's Mudspot, and I think we have a winner, here. It opened about a month ago, and I hope it sticks around ( Read more... ) -
Twitter Updates
- 13:25 Sitting at the breakfast table with Bill and Halbe, reading the Sunday paper.
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Hollywood Moment #316: The President
I was on my scooter, idling at the intersection of Wilcox and Sunset. Pedestrians were crossing a few feet in front of me. No eye contact was made. This is normal. On the scooter I regularly exchange a nod or wave with other motorcycle or scooter riders, but walkers breeze by, eyes always forward. Perhaps a human face in place of the usual car is ( Read more... )