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Every Wednesday evening I stop at the farmers market on the way home. It’s literally in the way of my home, which I am not angry about at all. I love the fact that I get a farmer’s market on my street. There are always delicious things to buy. I got some Michigan cherries, some milk (not raw, but at least local), home made ice [...]

So last night was my 10-year high school reunion. I graduated from Lowell High School on June 11th, 2000 with some honors cords and in the company of my best friends. (I only remember the date because it was my father’s birthday.) In typical Lowell fashion of subpar class, the reunion was at Buddy and Pals off Summit in Crown Point. The room we were [...]

I found it so hard today to get any work done. In the morning I had met up with Rahsaan and James at Uptown Cafe here in Valpo. James was nice enough to buy us unemployed people a sweet chai tea and some breakfast. Some other ex-coworkers were at the cafe as well, moseying inside a little later. We chatted for awhile, asked how things [...]

Or with men for that matter. I have a video from today, but it’s late and I’m tired and I’m really not in the mood to edit it, so I figure it’d be best to come back to it tomorrow. I don’t work well with a fuzz-tipped mind. No one wants a half-assed video. I’ll make it good, I promise. I finished up the copy [...]

My friend Mary and I rang in the new year in a convent. Yes, you read that right. Our friend Pierre teaches at a Lutheran school on the South Side of Chicago, and somehow got put up in a convent (which I didn’t know could be co-ed) with other teachers. I didn’t see any nuns. I don’t know if the convent is used for them [...]