#94- Spreading the wealth

I work in fundraising as my day job, so it’s interesting to me to learn about all of the different forms it can take. Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about microfinance. It’s certainly not a new concept, but I do feel as though it’s becoming increasingly popular as of late. As [...]

#93- Risk Taker

I worked at the restaurant tonight. At one point there was a lull in traffic, so in order to entertain my mature self:
I drank a suicide from the drink gun.
For those of you unfamiliar with this notion- a suicide is a concoction of several different flavors, usually in beverage form, most often performed on [...]

#92- Resident Loser

There’s a newspaper in Chicago, The RedEye, that contains a daily Sodoku puzzle. Apparently the publication has been lucrative for the outfit, because they seem to have some extra cash laying around to pay a staff member whose title is “Resident Sodoku Ninja.” I imagine his cubicle is probably right next to the [...]

#91- Worst Idea EVER

I’ll get right to the point:
I attempted to do the Master Cleanse.
A terrible, terrible idea.  I thought it would make me feel great to have a good cleanse.  The idea is you drink a concoction comprised of fresh lemon juice, maple syrup, distilled water, and cayenne pepper for 7-10 days.  Yes, it’s very extreme, but [...]

#90- Man vs. Machine- an audience poll. Please vote so the winner may accordingly abuse bragging rights…

Tonight, Nick and I had a cook-off. He cooked salmon, and I cooked salmon. He grilled his and:
I cooked salmon in a dishwasher.
First, I buttered the foil and placed the salmon fillet on it. I squeezed a little lemon juice on it at this point too.

Then I made a cute little envelope [...]

#89- Apartment Crawl

Yesterday Katie, Emily and I had irrational fears of being alone. We went to afternoon tea, as we do most days, and we surely couldn’t go to the bar in our tea garb, so we were forced to go our separate ways to change clothes and meet back up again at a bar to [...]

#88- High Society

We wanted to do something different for Emily’s birthday this year, so:
I had formal afternoon tea.
We went to the Drake Hotel, where we proceeded to order our tea flavors and enjoy tiny sandwiches, scones, and desserts. Katie chose pear caramel tea, the birthday girl chose Earl Grey; I chose a variety of green tea [...]

#87- I now officially have a green thumb. Or gangrene. One of those.

I’ve always wanted to grow an herb garden.  It’s good for the environment, it improves the taste/quality of the herbs, and it’s so very Martha- and I love me some Martha.  
So, I started out with a kit of sorts.  It’s called the Jiffy garden.  It’s basically a starter kit that looks like an egg [...]

#86- A lunch in the life of Cogs

One of the luxuries of my current job is my commute- or lack thereof.  I live insanely close to my place of employment.  I can literally leave my house at 7:58 to be at work at 8:00am.  
Living so close affords me the luxury of spending an entire lunch hour at home each day.  Some [...]

#85- In Other News, Police Enjoy Exotic Kabobs at Neighborhood Block Party

You know those polls that your local news stations periodically put on the screen?  Who the hell actually votes in those?  Apparently I do.
I voted in a TV news poll.    
I’m not sure how widespread this news has been, but the other day, a cougar was loose in a neighborhood in Chicago.  And I’m [...]