Category Archives: Fun
Holiday 2009 – Sara Jean at Schubas
Our Sarah’s High School friend Sara Jean performed with Tom Schraeder and His Ego on Dec 28th at Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago. She had done this before last year and I had asked her to tell us when she would … Continue reading
Welcome Sara
Our latest addition to the Chwalisz family of bloggers: Our Other Sara(h) blogs about life, love and adventure on the Continent.
Cousin Joe’s 15 minutes of fame
Or as Cousin Mike puts it – “Joe versus the volcano. My brother Joe’s 10 seconds of fame….” Joe: Here is a link to the video that the Post had briefly Friday morning. It is one of the few that … Continue reading
DeDuping MusikCube playlists
Or, Use SQL Squirrel and JDBC to dedupe MusikCube playlists I use MusikCube a lot. That said, I sometimes share files from various machines that have duplicate files, and rather than hand-edit the playlists after each synchronization to eliminate the … Continue reading
Paula Poundstone
Not sure what to expect. We have heard her on the Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me radio program, and enjoy her there. But a stand up show? It was local at the Woodstock Opera House, and only $28. Not going … Continue reading
Herban Fare
This is a small place in the old karaoke bar a block off of the Woodstock square. Not as much vegetarian stuff as I would expect from the name, but good. Went with three people. Small tables, close — just … Continue reading
Fermilab lecture on Nanotechnology
Neil and I stopped at the Little Owl in Geneva for din din, had the Shore Lunch – nice piece of Walleye and fries. Good, but I should have gotten the burger. Neil had the fish combo and concurs. Little … Continue reading
Larry King on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
4:12 Larry: “O.K….I’ve got ties older than you.” 5:12 Jon: “… and you take the money and pay off gambling debts!” Larry: “No, I paid off Internal Revenue…” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, May 21, 2009 The Daily Show … Continue reading
College Tour 2009 – Grinnell IA
So here’s the route: View College Tour 2009 in a larger map We set out with the new Honda CR-V Friday afternoon. Traffic was a little funky in Rockford at the I39 on-ramp, and I-80 was trashed at the IL … Continue reading
Catch Thirty-Five
Pulled up, early, couldn’t find the valet. Called, went around the block. He came right out. Early, went in for a drink. Cool place. High ceilings, huge window areas over the bar. Cool light sculpture over a performance area. Had … Continue reading