Fearful Symmetries
Witness a machine turn coffee into pointless ramblings...
03 September, 2025
With (more than) a little help from my friends
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There is a winter solstice tradition which begins with writing down on paper what you want to see banished from your life. Once your bonfire...
Walk, 3 September 2025
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I got off to a late start this morning so my walk was somewhat abbreviated. The blue heron was down the street but I was unable to get a dec...
Song of the day, 3 September 2025
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02 September, 2025
Pride
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Me: Who is your cell provider? Youngest stepson: Ting, it's an online one Me: If I'm gonna die for a word, that work is poonting. I ...
Keurig meet Aerosmith
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We have a Keurig at work and whenever I brew #2 it emits this burst of staccato grinding noises that sounds a lot like the opening of "...
Drum roll, please
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So my brot didn't exactly turn out as I had hoped. Oops! Ha! It tastes fine, though. Oddly enough, it isn't super-dense and rib-stic...
Song of the day, 2 September 2025
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Trane! I heard this on a soundtrack recently and it brought back memories of hearing it for the first time when I was heading home from Waun...
01 September, 2025
Brot
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I busted out the breadmaker this morning. Flipping through the manual, I came across a recipe for Russian black bread and figured I'd gi...
Song of the day, 1 September 2025
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I am welcoming the new month with some Bach and you should too because this piece is simply beautiful.
Dancing With Change
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It was a lovely morning and I was up earlyish considering that I'd gotten to bed rather late. With September swiftly approaching, I find...
31 August, 2025
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
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Smoked cheez! I know that there have been Smoked Cheddar Cheez It's in the past so this "New Flavor" thing is a bit misleading...
Dunkel Kase?!
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How come no one told me there was such a thing as a dunkel cheese?! I still have a little smoked cheddar to eat before I dig into this stuff...
Altbier aber keine Gose
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Very tasty stuff ! I really enjoyed the herbal-floral character of the hops. Methinks this one is more than deserving of a review. When I wa...
Song o' the day, 31 August 2025
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I just saw Sign o' the Times on the IMAX and it was glorious. I feel like I should take a shower. You could smell the sex. And the hair...
30 August, 2025
Divorce song for 30 August 2025
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Last night I had friends over for dinner and just hanging out. One I hadn't seen in some time. With their plates full, they instinctivel...
29 August, 2025
Coming soon, 27 August 2025
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Seen before a screening of Honey Don't! which was a lot of fun. I will have to catch up on this lesbian B-movie trilogy and watch Drive...
A Salt & Vinegar Miscellany XVIV: Two snacks enter, one snack leaves
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These Poppable thingies remind me of a cage mask that you'd see in a Mad Max movie. Cundalini wants his snack back! Poppables are these...
A Salt & Vinegar Miscellany XVIII: From Chicago's south side
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On a tour of the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, our group stopped at one of the few true grocery stores in the area, Go Green Community ...
Divorce song for 29 August 2025
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Between what's right and wrong, can a love still grow strong?
28 August, 2025
The only lasting truth Is Change
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Since I don't think my wife and I will ever speak a word about our marriage and do some kind of post mortem, I have come to terms with n...
Soul Brew liked my review (enough to reproduce it)
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My review of Soul Brew Kombucha's Ginger Mango Peach has been reproduced at the Soul Brew website .
My Vinyl Detective Collection is once again complete
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Thanks Mystery to Me .
At The Du
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It was cool yet sunny as I parked my car at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center . I had left Madison fairly early so I...
Song of the day, 28 August '25
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