It’s been, what?  Weeks since I last wrote?  I’m just lazy.  I have no excuse.  Mostly I’m just annoyed that I just haven’t wanted to take the time to sit down and write.  Of course, to make matters worse this is a continuation of a saved draft, so that means that I managed to suck [...]

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I think that after the elections–or maybe before, depending on the next 60 days or so–I’m going to need a detox.  The whole nomination of Sarah Palin is just too much for me to take.  It’s one…scandal…after…another.  It’s like crack.  I just can’t get enough of this nonsense.  And if this is how I feel, [...]

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I wasn’t feeling too well Monday of last week, so I stayed home from work and took it easy.  In my case, this involved watching movies for most of the day, staring somewhat ironically with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and continuing with “Good Night, and Good Luck” and then finally “Requiem for a Dream.”  That [...]

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Sunday night’s concert at the Crystal Ballroom was quite good.  The Hold Steady are a New York-based band that Hanne likes partially because most of them are originally from the Twin Cities, and partially because well, they’re good.  They have a good rock sound, but the lead singer fits a lot of words into his [...]

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Last weekend was, in the common vernacular, “a hell of a weekend.”  Let me explain.
Fridays are always fun in general, but Fridays where dinner and drinks are paid for are even better.  After work, I met Hanne and her family over at the Bridgeport Brewpub and Brewery, which I haven’t been to in at least [...]

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Cripes.  Has it really been a month since I last posted a “real” blog entry?  My Twitters show just a slice of what I’m doing at the moment, but I’ve just been too lazy to sit down and write a real entry, I guess.  I haven’t been this lazy about writing since I was in [...]

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I had a great weekend last week, this time it was largely productive, which was a good thing, in my case.  I got a lot accomplished at work on Friday, and so I asked to get out of there a bit early, and with that extra time I took my car to a place to [...]

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The day after I sent my email to everyone I could find regarding the Best Brews internship, I got a call back from someone who gave me an apology, but it didn’t seem like she’d actually read the email I sent out and seemed to think I just had some sour grapes about not being [...]

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It was 80-something on Thursday, 90-something on Friday, and somewhere in between yesterday.  The calendar may not reflect it yet, but summer has officially arrived here at casa de Andrew.  The windows are open, Hanne and I are sitting outside (thanks, wireless and laptop), and I’m listening to alternating sounds of a woodpecker and news [...]

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Still no word on my trip to New York, though I did call them yesterday to try and glean some information from them.  The woman assured me she’d have to call me back, and I’m hoping I hear from them today with some concrete plans.  They had originally mentioned Thursday or Friday as days to [...]

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My video ended up coming out about as well to be expected from an amateur filmmaker, and it required a great deal of practicing my lines, a reshoot or five, and cutting some of what I thought would be the funniest lines.  I ended up filming scenes at John’s Marketplace, Belmont Station, Roots, Lucky Lab, [...]

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I feel somewhat guilty that I’m sitting here drinking coffee and writing on my website while Hanne sits a few feet away and slaves over her schoolwork, but what can I say?  I didn’t pay an ungodly amount of money to continue my education and instead I can enjoy my weekends.  Hanne’s approaching finals, though, [...]

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For some reason, I’ve found that when I have a bad day at work, the Lucky Lab Brewpub on Hawthorne is where I go.  I’m not sure if it’s because it’s convenient or because I always have bad days on Mondays when they have cheap pints.  Either way, I found myself at the Lucky Lab [...]

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Having been exposed to a number of blogs in my time, I’d definitely classify my own as a “Dear Diary” sort of blog.  What’s kind of sad about the whole thing, though, is that my diary is less of a place where I can write down my thoughts and feelings to express myself, but rather, [...]

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I hate ants.  I really do.  Third year in a row and almost a week later and I’m still dealing with those creepy crawlies searching my kitchen for foodstuff.  I thought I had their entry points contained.  I thought by the use of a combination of poison and deterrents I could establish chokepoints and put [...]

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