Surprise Housewarming

I met up with Geoff and Katie after work, and went out with them to Merriam, or Fairway, or Roeland park, or something in that area, to help set up for a party for our friend Matt. He just bought a house out in that direction, so we broke in to surprise him when he got …

Kick and Brick

I hurried home from work notoriously early last night, overcame some crazy unannounced exit closure, stuck another layer of deodorant on, got changed, and ran back out the door to make the 6pm kickball game at Penn Valley Park. Though we had a nice turnout(not too few, …

Happy Hour and Dancing

After a humdrum day at work, I met up with some coworkers at Harry's, where some of them, especially the ones with breasts, were duped into drinking shots of Jack and bourbon mixed together.

While there, for the first time ever, I received bad, slow, innattentive service …

And There She Was

I got home from work at the usual time last night, and set about getting some reading done, though slightly distracted the whole time. Jeff got home at about 7:30 or so, and suggested that in the course of getting some errands done, we get a drink somewhere in downtown. …

Splutschccess!

When all was said and done, about twenty people participated in the second iteration of the greatest idea for a pubcrawl ever. Yesterday was a very long day, but I can't wait to do it again. Here are some memorable moments from the point of view of my team.

See you …

Waiting for Splutschnik

I am currently sitting alone at the end of a large table at the Quaff, facing the door, nursing a beer. The second installment of the greatest idea for a pubcrawl ever starts in less than a half hour, andI need to direct the masses.

I had a nice time last night picking …

DNA Member

At the urging of fellow downtown friend Matt, I became a member of the Downtown Neighborhood Association last night. As the administrator of a prestigious local forum web site, I've arranged for a members-only forum within the greater forum. It may work, and it may not. …

Canada Pictures

They aren't done receiving my little witticisms, but the pictures from the trip to Canada are ready to view. Have at it.

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Reflections on Canada

I had a great time in Canada. I knew it was going to be different than the United States, but hadn't quite fathomed the extent and variety of the differences. Let's go over them, shall we?

First: It's an expensive place. This was the biggest surprise for me. Maybe it …

The Rest of the Trip

Alex and I got up at our leisure in Montreal, packed up, checked out of the hostel, and walked over to Cartier Square. We grabbed a cup of coffee, and then moved right on to beer. Seeing how our train's departure for Quebec wasn't until 4pm, we had a couple more beers, …

Un Jour a Montreal

We went to a bar right around the corner last night, where music was being played by some French Canadians. We bellied up to the bar and ordered beers. Alex incited me into committed drinking when he said, "tonight'll be a minor night."

Amelie and Catharine kept bringing …

Quebec and Montreal

We got up at about 1pm yesterday, the 3rd of July, hungover and exhausted from our 4am first night in Ottawa. We took our time before having another beer, but I was the first to start again.

We walked in a random direction from our hotel and before we knew it, wound up …

Drunk in Ottawa

We got up around 10am again, used the not-so-nice bathrooms of the hostel, checked out, grabbed some lunch at Tim Horton's, and caught the train to Ottawa at 12:20. Since we booked separately, we were assigned seats apart, so I had a window seat toward the front of the …

Canada Day in Toronto

We got up at about 10am today. According to Alex, I snored all night. We headed toward the Harbourfront, and began noticing the impending celebration. After all, today was Canada Day. We walked around the Harbourfont, and for some reason, wound up getting on the Spadina …

Windsor to Toronto

We left the hotel in Detroit soon after getting up, and walked over to the Windsor/Detroit Tunnel, where we caught the tunnel bus into Ontario. There was no line to get through customs. I was asked a couple rather forward questions("What's in your bag?" "Why are you …

Good Morning From Detroit

It's a beautiful day in the Motor City.

This city really surprised me. I thought we were going to have to find the good stuff- to look for it. But no. Downtown Detroit is a really excellent place. As Jeff offered via text message, "it must have been the super bowl." …

McDonald and Schlafly

I drove home in the rain yesterday. It would seem that rain has an adverse effect on Kansas City's stoplights, because I sat impatiently idling at Swope and 59th, and again at Swope and Benton for minutes longer than usual. It almost made me angry. Almost.

I got home, …

Free to Be ... You and Me

Through the waning audacity of the Russians, I managed to get my hands on an album we used to sing along to when I was very little. I would venture a guess that the last time I'd heard any of these songs was 1986 or 1987. No more recently than 20 years ago have I heard …

Erin's Wedding Pictures

Oh right, I owe you pictures. Here they are. Enjoy.

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Wanted my Ticket

This must be a busy flight I'm waiting to board. a guy just offered to give me a jaw-dropping amount of cash to switch with him, plus the cost of changing my flight. I'm in the C group, which means I'll probably sit between two fat people.

Let it officially be known that …