A couple of things… First, today is my birthday… and my present to myself is the Pitchfork Music Festival which happens this weekend. Gus is coming down from Minneapolis. We’re manly men, staying at a bed and breakfast. That’s right. If you don’t start something, there won’t be something. Expect a report on this next…
Insert Pithy Title Combining Pitchfork and Thailand HERE…
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. A couple of things… First, today is my birthday… and my present to myself is the Pitchfork Music Festival which happens this weekend. Gus is coming down from Minneapolis. We’re manly men, staying at a bed and breakfast. That’s right. If you…
Boston!
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. I’m in Boston this week… working. Fortunately, my nights have been pretty good. Ate some good raw oysters Tuesday night at East Coast Grill in Cambridge. Last night I had a fried platter of fresh local fish, clams, etc. It was a…
File Under: It Was Bound to Happen
Looks like today the honeymoon is over. The Metra train from Lombard to Chicago was over an hour late. In a moment of wisdom, Metra decided not to charge the angry, waiting riders. Still… that’s a lot of time to waste at a train stop. Can someone say suck. The worst part is that I…
Bikes ‘R’ Us
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. I made it through the second week of the train commute. Yes, the second week. It would have been the third week, but I got the flu right after the first week (probably from someone on the train). Anyway, I’m learning a…
Consolidated
The e-mail about a mandatory meeting was suspicious. Anytime you have a surprise mandatory meeting, you know it’s not good. Well, the accounting department has been “consolidated” which is company-speak for we’re moving all the jobs to a central location. Which, of course, means that everyone you know is essentially being laid off. Even though…
Note to Self…
Today was my big test of the train version of my commute. Here’s what I learned. 5:00 AM is really friggin’ early. REALLY! It may be better if I check my bike as luggage on Amtrak. Waiting 1.5 hours for Metra sucks balls. Once I finally figured out the trick to carrying my bike, it’s…
The Test
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. Tomorrow I embark on an epic journey. Instead of driving to Chicago, I’ll be taking the train. This is a big deal for me. I’ll be adding a ton of extra time to my commute, but I’ll be saving quite a bit…
Introducing…
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. As I have hinted at in the past, Liz and I decided to get a roommate/tenant. At first we were hoping to get a grad student, and we had some interest from a few. Unfortunately, none of those really worked out. Grad…