fries from food truck

 i went to a meetup event in the evening, after i had a meal at home. usually, i don't get any food when i go to a micro-brewery, but i saw a food truck outside of it and saw their menu listed fries, among other things. i was inside for over an hour, after getting a beer, and chatted with various people. then i went outside after i had finished my beer and ordered some waffle fries. i also got some bottled water. i liked how the fries were in a round container. i used some of the BBQ sauce but not a lot. i walked over to my car about two blocks away and started eating the fries while in my car, and i was done before i drove all of the way home. when i got inside my home i looked at what was in the bottom of the bag. not just some black napkins, but also a piece of orbit chewing gum, a nice touch. the world series, game six, was on at the venue, but i didn't watch much of it. i saw the score, how the dodgers were leading the bluejays, 3-1. i watched the last few innings at home and this score held up, so there will be a game seven the next day. i was wearing the only Halloween costume that i have ever owned, the slasher from the 'scream' movies, i have had it for decades and i like how it still fits well. i don't wear the mask though, as it is too hard to see when i have it on. at work it was a low volume day for check printing, but there was a mortgage file. thankful it was just thirteen checks, as we know it has been way more than that before. i noticed one thing after i sent all of the envelopes to the UPS drop box. one of the payees was listed twice and i wasn't sure which tracking number was correct. i have seen the system spit out two tracking numbers before, but thankfully not too often. i entered both into the tracking system and as of the next business day, i can let them know which one was picked up as that one will have some activity on it and the other won't. when i discovered this happening before, if able i void the one that i know isn't being used. there was a dial-in meeting, it was a town hall and one of the speakers was the CEO. no surprise how one of the questions was about possible layoffs, i have seen this happen before. 

iowa cubs batboy

 i made it home earlier than typical and when i turned on the TV it was still on CBS from trying to watch the late local news from the night before. it meant seeing the start of the national news and there were previews for the segments to be covered. this included one about the batboy for the Iowa Cubs, a minor league baseball team that i grew up watching. since it was an off day in the world series, this served as the baseball news of the day. u guess his jersey will be on display at the hall of fame soon. in the evening i went to Eagan and made a second visit to hobby lobby, then went for groceries at the nearby Hy-Vee. i bought three Charlie Brown items at the former, making it there in the final hour of the night. this was some coasters, air fresheners, and a Christmas block. i bought ten items when i was at the grocery store, this week's visit was moved up one day as i am already booked on Halloween. at work there was a team huddle, i joined it remotely even though the boss was in the office next to me. many others were working from home. i let vacation replacement know about an oddity from this newer 'Cincinnati check file'. i said i largely like it, where i don't have to create any overnight labels, just print them as the business line creates them for me. except one lady was asking when the funds would be debited, which prompted me to check the tracking number. i found out it is still in transit; there was a flight delay and now it is due to be delivered a day late. this same lady sent me the overnight label and could have checked the tracking number herself. i also had to say that i just overnight it and it is up to the recipient as to what is done with it once delivered. one thing i didn't say, but I've seen it happen before, is that the package is refused by the recipient. not sure why when this happens, do they know that a check is inside? 

pumpkins at skyway level

just after midday at work i went to see the pumpkins that were decorated for the season on the skyway level. there were thirteen of them, and two of them stood out to me. one looked like the plant from 'little shop of horrors' and the other was snoopy on his doghouse. i had just visited another floor to get a small bag of treats for the season. while looking at the pumpkins i also picked up a cookie. i also picked up some copy paper when on that floor. there was a check copy request that i was unable to find, this is rare. i said there was nothing found under that check number or payee name. i said i don't have access to checks printed by a branch. in the evening i watched game five of the world series, the blue jays beat the dodgers to go ahead 3-2. actually, i was listening to it on the radio when it began as i was on my way to the French alliance. the blue jays hit back-to-back solo home runs to start the game. i was under the impression that there would be a party on the 50th anniversary of the organization's incorporation as a nonprofit. there was some mention of it on the website, and it said 'more information coming soon' but it didn't give a start time and there were no details later on despite it saying there would be. i parked and tried both doors, both were locked, so i left. i picked up a 50th anniversary shirt on a visit there this summer to the art gallery as i had attended enough events there over the years that it meant enough to me. good thing i decided to 'get while the getting is good' as i still saw some there over the weekend but not that many. on the way home i stopped at a holiday gas station and got some string cheese, hash browns, and hard-boiled eggs. i wanted to use up some of the salt and pepper packets i had saved from plastic spoons. now i am noticing these eggs do have some salt and pepper included, i know this was not always the case. i was pleased that there were some hash browns at that time of day when i am used to seeing them mostly for the breakfast part of the day. i listened to the first three innings on the radio and then saw the rest of the game on TV at home. i don't mind listening to a game on the radio as i feel the announcers usually describe the action well enough that i still know what is happening. 

brothers deli

 we had a birthday luncheon at work. it was at Brothers Deli, and we walked over there in the skyway system. it was my first time eating there. had a California Reuben sandwich as i know what i am getting with a Reuben. notable while there was seeing an autographed photo on the wall of actor Walter Matthau. this was when i was waiting for my sandwich after ordering it. i said it was one of my dad's favorite actors. the boss spent part of the day in the check shop and showed me an email about following up with a building manager about getting janitorial staff in there to do cleaning. in the evening i watched game four of the world series. the blue jays won to even the series. local boy Louie Varland was pitching for the blue jays near the end of the game. it is a reminder of how i once was attending high school football games in North St. Paul. 

coat on statue

 i got a picture of the Humphrey statue outside of the government center in downtown Minneapolis as i noticed that someone decided to put a coat on it. i have seen things added to statues before. at work i sent three mail tubs to the mailroom at the end of the day. usually, the volume is not that high for a Monday but i know it is all dependent on what we get from the two Fargo files. i had a craving for popcorn at work and got some cheesy popcorn out of the vending machine. in the evening i went to perform at an open mic. i was on near the end of the night as i fell asleep after work, while watching the world series. a piano player was on after me. i did stories about the Czech dinner, a klondike bar, a museum visit, and a bank story about a fall-themed event. i watched some of the world series at the bar, it was game three. it was the only thing on after the Monday night football game had ended, chiefs beat the commanders. i watched some more of the world series after getting home from the bar but decided to retire for the night when it was still tied at the end of the 13th inning. i figured i could find out in the morning as to who won. it was just as well as the game lasted five more innings, and the dodgers won it with a home run. 

lauer flats

 i went to a dinner at the Czech and Slovak building in St. Paul for lunchtime. i bought the ticket a month earlier at their festival. when i was going back to my car after it was done i noticed a building that had a national register of historic places plate on it. this was the Lauer flats, some residential townhouses that was listed on the national register in the 1970s. i found the Wikipedia article about the building and it said the Lauer brothers also did some work on the state capitol, as well as some churches in the area, and the former Schmidt brewery complex. i had attended this dinner before, it was a celebration of a Czech national holiday. i was at a table where all of the other attendees appeared to be related. a young lady there went up front to sing the American, as well as the Czech, national anthems as she has been an ambassador for the organization. a man seated next to me was trying too hard to be funny and said the door prize in the drawing was for a month-long trip to the Czech Republic. i even called his bluff and said that vacations are usually not that long. the door prize was for a glass pumpkin. i was given a shout-out by one of the speakers as i was one of seven who paid for the event at the festival. it was the only event that i had booked for the day, which is typical for a Sunday. before i went to the event i watched a DVD, it was one of three i had recently bought from a goodwill store. this was '42nd street', from the 1930s, ginger rogers was one of the actors in it. after getting home from the event i watched another DVD, called 'rockabilly legends'. it was inside a book i had bought at a silent auction many years ago. i finally got the disc into its own case after watching it. i had seen it once before, not long after acquiring it. i also bought some Halloween-themed cookies at target as well as a six-pack of klondike bars as i had a craving for ice cream. 

cedar riverside documentary

 i stayed active as usual even though it is the weekend. first order of business was the post office; one order was picked up. then it was on to drop off recycle near the capitol. there road was blocked off due to construction and this meant parking one block over and walking the rest of the way. not a big deal to me as i have done it before. then i made a stop at the French alliance to see a display in the art gallery. it was a retrospective of the past fifty years since the organization was officially registered as a non-profit. when i was done it was midday by then so i went to have a sandwich at Jersey Mike's. i wasn't home for long after lunch as i wanted to get to a lecture at the Minnesota history center about the cedar-riverside area of Minneapolis. it was a free event that included a screening of a short documentary. i had been to that part of town many times before as this is the general area for many of the venues for the fringe festival. and i have performed at a venue that was profiled in the documentary, riverside cafe, now known as Acadia. notable was how it included a clip from the TV show 'Mary Tyler Moore' as it was about the construction of the high-rise housing complex and the clip was from that time period. when i got home i watched a college football game, Iowa was playing Minnesota in Iowa City. it was halftime when i turned on the TV and Iowa was up 31-0 and went on to win it, 41-3. after having the evening meal i went to get groceries at the Aldi, then watched game two of the world series. the dodgers won to even the series. first two games were in Toronto and the next three will be in Los Angeles.