I’ve read McSweeney’s quarterly magazine before. It’s great. If your local library or mega bookstore has it in stock, check it out. If not, there is always the website… http://www.mcsweeneys.net/ But what brought me to the website most recently was an odd web search which yielded this page on the McSweeney’s site… http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/recommends/. All sorts…
On Thanksgiving…
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. I convinced my boss that I didn’t have to drive up to Chicago this week… meaning that I could work from home all week instead of doing my normal weekly commute. Saves gas. Saves time. Saves my sanity. Liz had arranged for…
Test
Please pardon the test. Trying to make sure my RSS feed to e-mail setup is working properly. Nautalisters… disregard this e-mail. –sam
Of Amtrak and Commuting…
So now that I have the folding bike, I’ve been thinking of ways that I can take the train to Chicago instead of commuting by car. One obvious option is to take Amtrak up. The only problem is that my office is actually in the west suburbs of Chicago, an area that doesn’t get Amtrak…
A Weekend of DDM
Spent the weekend playing D&D Minis in two different towns named Bloomington. Saturday I played in Desert of Desolation Pre-Release tournament in Bloomington, IN. Today, I played another pre-release tournament in Bloomington, IL. And then I played some straight up D&D. Now… that’s a good weekend while the wife is off in Florida. 🙂 In…
New (Used) Bike… Giant Halfway
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. Howdy folks… say hello to my new (used) bike. It’s a Giant Halfway I got off of eBay, and it’s awesome. I think I’ll call it Optimus Prime (for obvious reasons). The bike folds up… which means I can take it up…
Burma Action!
The situation in Burma is getting heated. Liz and I have been supporters of the opposition movement there for several years now. We both hope something good can come out of the current crisis, but it is far more likely that the military junta will stay in power… unless we can convince our leaders to…
Next Weekend is Made of Awesome
Two things are happening in Shamu’s Bandana (Champaign-Urbana to the uninitiated) next weekend of vital importance to national security to all of you awesome blossoms out there (well, maybe only to the ones that live here, but you get my drift). The Pygmalion Music Festival. Who knew that Shampoo-Banana had its very own music festival.…
Folding Bike
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. I’m seriously considering a folding bicycle. When I first started looking for one, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted… but thanks to the power of the intorwebs, I have found several options…. 1. Downtube (http://www.downtube.com): The model I’m looking at is…