Saturday night we went out to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner and I had a amazing meal. It was a Short's Brewery appreciation weekend so on every tap they had a different of Short's Brewery beer (Bellaire, MI), an extra bonus. I had sea scallops served on a bed of risotto topped with spinach, wild mushrooms, oysters, and Parmesean cheese. It was delicious, and I got to thinking, why don't I have risotto more often. Along with the Short's beers, we had champagne and I was reminded that although I enjoy wine, I'm not a huge fan of champagne. For desert we shared a cheese plate, Creme Brulee, and a slice of four berry pie. We don't often splurge so. It was a very good night.
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I'm not sure how I should feel about this. Sunday night around 9:30, I rolled into the only grocery store in our small town, and it was tumbleweeds. I strolled up to the check out with a pack of diapers and some deoderant, and took out a crisp 20 dollar bill that I got from the ATM the friday prior. Now the cashier immediately takes out her conterfeit detection marker and checks the bill. At first I was amused, like really if I was going to conterfeit money and pass it off, I would be using it for diapers and deoderant? And it was only a $20, not like it was a $100. Then I thought, that's probably exactly how a smart hood would do it trying not to get caught, but they probably wouldn't do it with a single bill alone, they would mix it in with a number of legit bills. Then I immediately went to insulted, that she thought I looked like the type of person who would be passing off fake currency. Then I felt kind of complemented that perhaps I looked bad ass enough to associated with this type of activity. Being a professional and a father for so long, I associate myself with being somewhat of a dork, and I usually look pretty polished in a button-down shirt coming from work and what not. I realized that I was wearing a black hoodie with a black jacket and was looking a little like Detective Holder from The Killing (which is an amazing show BTW) so I was looking pretty shady.
All in all, I was probably just being profiled, being at night and paying with a crisp bill, so it was probably just in her training, and had nothing to do with me in particular. But I learned some valuable life lessons if I was ever to go down that old crooked road. Let's summarize class: Moderate denominations, wrinkle the bills, mix real and fake, go in while it's busy, preferably during the day, and dress respectable.
This is how my mind works, scary. I'm sure I'm on a list somewhere now for this post. 
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The last week or so the frogs have been out at night croaking in the ponds surrounding our house. They make an incredible chorus, it is my favorite part of spring. Unfortunately it's been raining the last three days, and last night it was 4 flippin' deg F above freezing (WTF it's mid-May), so they were silent. I guess that means we have many more weeks to look to forward too still.
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Today my work-wife was MIA, so I had to grab lunch at the cafeteria at work. This is typically the place of last resort, due to the exorbitant prices and low quality food. I have been semi-boycotting them for the last three years since they quit stocking corned-beef at the sandwich-station (I was let down that day when I tried to order a Reuben, she tried to make it better by offering me turkey --- not the same, lady). Today they were out of cheddar cheese, and for the last week they have been out of diet-cherry pepsi. The woman working the sandwich station has a high-pitched voice and sounds a lot like Julia Child. For some reason today she was carrying on a conversation with herself while she was taking and filling my order, and she sounded eerily like Grover from Sesame Street. It was very odd, but also highly entertaining. It was well worth my over-priced, bland sandwich today.
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I've had Nekromantix songs on my mind the last few days, so I felt motivated to include this video. It's so campy, it always makes me laugh. I love the bats especially!
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I'm not sure how I should feel about this. Sunday night around 9:30, I rolled into the only grocery store in our small town, and it was tumbleweeds. I strolled up to the check out with a pack of diapers and some deoderant, and took out a crisp 20 dollar bill that I got from the ATM the friday prior. Now the cashier immediately takes out her conterfeit detection marker and checks the bill. At first I was amused, like really if I was going to conterfeit money and pass it off, I would be using it for diapers and deoderant? And it was only a $20, not like it was a $100. Then I thought, that's probably exactly how a smart hood would do it trying not to get caught, but they probably wouldn't do it with a single bill alone, they would mix it in with a number of legit bills. Then I immediately went to insulted, that she thought I looked like the type of person who would be passing off fake currency. Then I felt kind of complemented that perhaps I looked bad ass enough to associated with this type of activity. Being a professional and a father for so long, I associate myself with being somewhat of a dork, and I usually look pretty polished in a button-down shirt coming from work and what not. I realized that I was wearing a black hoodie with a black jacket and was looking a little like Detective Holder from The Killing (which is an amazing show BTW) so I was looking pretty shady.
All in all, I was probably just being profiled, being at night and paying with a crisp bill, so it was probably just in her training, and had nothing to do with me in particular. But I learned some valuable life lessons if I was ever to go down that old crooked road. Let's summarize class: Moderate denominations, wrinkle the bills, mix real and fake, go in while it's busy, preferably during the day, and dress respectable.
This is how my mind works, scary. I'm sure I'm on a list somewhere now for this post. *****
The last week or so the frogs have been out at night croaking in the ponds surrounding our house. They make an incredible chorus, it is my favorite part of spring. Unfortunately it's been raining the last three days, and last night it was 4 flippin' deg F above freezing (WTF it's mid-May), so they were silent. I guess that means we have many more weeks to look to forward too still.
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Today my work-wife was MIA, so I had to grab lunch at the cafeteria at work. This is typically the place of last resort, due to the exorbitant prices and low quality food. I have been semi-boycotting them for the last three years since they quit stocking corned-beef at the sandwich-station (I was let down that day when I tried to order a Reuben, she tried to make it better by offering me turkey --- not the same, lady). Today they were out of cheddar cheese, and for the last week they have been out of diet-cherry pepsi. The woman working the sandwich station has a high-pitched voice and sounds a lot like Julia Child. For some reason today she was carrying on a conversation with herself while she was taking and filling my order, and she sounded eerily like Grover from Sesame Street. It was very odd, but also highly entertaining. It was well worth my over-priced, bland sandwich today.
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I've had Nekromantix songs on my mind the last few days, so I felt motivated to include this video. It's so campy, it always makes me laugh. I love the bats especially!
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Most stores have a policy of checking 20$ or over. Hell even where I work (a restaurant) its that way.
My hubby has a work wife too. I thought it was just him. This must be a guy thing. lol
And no. They send you a generalized message that gets to sent ot everyone whos set gets submitted. No real reason. So it often leaves you wondering...."did i fuck up when I uploaded? Do I have to many pictures? What did I do wrong?" First tiem i submitted my pink romance set it was denied...after some digging on my end..i found it was because someone else had submitted a set with the same theme a few days prior. The very next day i re submitted and it was accepted............so i will keep trying..at least a few more times...and hopefully they accept it. I can't see anything wrong with it aside from it wasn't a staff photographer or a photographer at all...but the pictures that I chose are still damn good.