northstar tavern

 in the evening i did a meetup event, at north star tavern in Bloomington. i was delayed on getting there as i made a wrong turn after getting off the interstate. good thing i wrote down landmarks as i knew i was close when i saw the lunds and byerlys grocery store. i am aware that some enjoyed their time, but i did not. it left a lot to be desired due to who i was sat next to. it was a lady that kept telling me to read some book after hearing i had majored in history. and she wasn't listening to me at all as i said, based on her one-sentence description of it, that i wouldn't enjoy it at all. i figured it was done when i went to the bathroom after paying the check, but she tracked me down and then showed me a text message on her phone showing me the title. i still said 'no', and my attitude is that talk is cheap. i didn't see her offering to buy me a copy of it. and seeing the text told me she likely hadn't even read it herself. there was also some dude who kept going on and on about the evils of bitcoin, and how he didn't like the president, among other things. this was another thing that i could have done without. this was my third event with this group, and i will likely hesitate before signing up for another one of their events. i liked doing bowling, but the other two, not so much. i drove home and watched a DVD movie, another recent purchase, it was 'night at the museum'. loved it, probably hadn't seen it since it was at theaters. this included robin williams as teddy roosevelt, of course. i bought five discs recently and there are two of them that i have yet to watch. i did some things in the morning and afternoon as well. there was the stop at the post office, one order was picked up. then on to the capitol to drop off recycle. then to the copy store to print an event ticket for next month. by then it was time for lunch, i stopped at a speedway gas station and got a chili cheese dog. then it was on to the st. paul winter carnival. good thing i ate before going, as there was just one food stand at rice park, and it sold corn dogs. i already had some of those this week. great seeing the ice sculptures there, some of them were still being worked on. i went inside the nearby landmark center as well, but mainly to use the bathroom. while still downtown i went to candyland and got some popcorn. when i got home i got groceries at aldi. during my walks i found 3 dollars 26 cents.