A shirt I got at a cancer walk back in 2002 was ripped up this week and tossed in the trash earlier today. If I see one hole that usually happens, as I will fidget with it. I have plenty of other shirts, and this one served me well, nearly 10 years. Have to reflect back on where I was then, working in suburban Chicago. I think I still have another one, the 2003 edition, as I did the walk twice. I was way better at the walking than the fundraising. One year a perky supervisor named Mary Lynne helped with the fundraising. I hated the feeling when I moved and she called at the office, singing 'Happy Birthday', and I didn't guess correctly who it was. Even though it has been a few years now. I sure have met many different people in my life, and recall many of them real well. Still surprised as to what can trigger a memory of somebody I haven't seen in a while. Reminds me of the movie 'Stand By Me' where the narrator speaks of friends in your life entering and leaving like busboys in a restaurant.
Once I got my errand running done, which consisted of taking out trash among other things, I did got antiquing to a place on St. Paul's east side. I bought an antique Grain Belt beer can, since I like the beer. Judging by the way it looked it may have been intended as a change bank, due to the slit in the top. But I won;t be using it for that purpose. I had hoped to get a look at the buttons from Winter Carnival and other events but the man in charge of that department had left for the day. The others said he was old and had just been released from the hospital, didn't want to work too hard. It was an anniversary event, there was cookies and crackers and cheese and meat for customers. I like cheese, had some of it. The cookie I chose reminded me of Le Petit Ecolier, as the chocolate was on top of the wafer, a 'fancy' cookie.
In the later afternoon, we went over to the winter carnival. Some idiot jammed up a machine when trying to pay for parking, inserting his card in the wrong slot. So I decided to park the car somewhere else. Sadly it was too warm for the ice sculptures, as just one was recognizable by then, a lion. Then on inside to Landmark Center where we saw costumed characters Snoopy and Linus from Valleyfair. Also got a picture of the display in the heritage section, included some buttons with the Snoopy theme from 1990 as well as some of the mini-statues from the 5-year series sponsored by the Winter Carnival. We have at least one picture of the real, life-size version of the statue.
In the evening, it was on to a comedy show at a casino. Liked hearing a song that sounded familiar when the final act of the 3 was announced, looked it up and it was 'Where Is My Mind' by the Pixies. I knew it as the closing song in the movie 'Fight Club'. All 3 comics were good, though the show closer was more daring in his act. Big venue, not many empty seats. My date got me front-row seats, near one end of the stage. The opening act was somebody I knew from the clubs, who was on the Letterman show last July. Even though I had heard most of his jokes before, I still enjoyed them. I think I had heard the show closer before, as his joke about the Kardashians sounded familiar.
My date has a membership card at this casino, Mystic Lake, and after the show it meant some gambling on the slot machines. The member card had 5 dollars on it. I put in one dollar and quickly won $10.80, then immediately said I would quit while I was ahead. Usually I win nothing there, and put in little, like 5 dollars or less as I don't gamble much. I said I could find some uses for it. There was a wait to eat at a cafe onsite before the show, I had spaghetti with 4 big meatballs in the middle, and some bread pudding for dessert. Also notable was the coat check person at the casino, who spoke of how old he was, but claimed he was 97. I said he was a flatterer, but also a BSer.
Once I got my errand running done, which consisted of taking out trash among other things, I did got antiquing to a place on St. Paul's east side. I bought an antique Grain Belt beer can, since I like the beer. Judging by the way it looked it may have been intended as a change bank, due to the slit in the top. But I won;t be using it for that purpose. I had hoped to get a look at the buttons from Winter Carnival and other events but the man in charge of that department had left for the day. The others said he was old and had just been released from the hospital, didn't want to work too hard. It was an anniversary event, there was cookies and crackers and cheese and meat for customers. I like cheese, had some of it. The cookie I chose reminded me of Le Petit Ecolier, as the chocolate was on top of the wafer, a 'fancy' cookie.
In the later afternoon, we went over to the winter carnival. Some idiot jammed up a machine when trying to pay for parking, inserting his card in the wrong slot. So I decided to park the car somewhere else. Sadly it was too warm for the ice sculptures, as just one was recognizable by then, a lion. Then on inside to Landmark Center where we saw costumed characters Snoopy and Linus from Valleyfair. Also got a picture of the display in the heritage section, included some buttons with the Snoopy theme from 1990 as well as some of the mini-statues from the 5-year series sponsored by the Winter Carnival. We have at least one picture of the real, life-size version of the statue.
In the evening, it was on to a comedy show at a casino. Liked hearing a song that sounded familiar when the final act of the 3 was announced, looked it up and it was 'Where Is My Mind' by the Pixies. I knew it as the closing song in the movie 'Fight Club'. All 3 comics were good, though the show closer was more daring in his act. Big venue, not many empty seats. My date got me front-row seats, near one end of the stage. The opening act was somebody I knew from the clubs, who was on the Letterman show last July. Even though I had heard most of his jokes before, I still enjoyed them. I think I had heard the show closer before, as his joke about the Kardashians sounded familiar.
My date has a membership card at this casino, Mystic Lake, and after the show it meant some gambling on the slot machines. The member card had 5 dollars on it. I put in one dollar and quickly won $10.80, then immediately said I would quit while I was ahead. Usually I win nothing there, and put in little, like 5 dollars or less as I don't gamble much. I said I could find some uses for it. There was a wait to eat at a cafe onsite before the show, I had spaghetti with 4 big meatballs in the middle, and some bread pudding for dessert. Also notable was the coat check person at the casino, who spoke of how old he was, but claimed he was 97. I said he was a flatterer, but also a BSer.
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