An admitted sucker for advertising, the new Coke Blak bottles have me itching to find it somewhere. I'm sorry, I just love new ideas and catchy marketing gimmicks. I'll try it just to eventually find a product that actually lives up to it's own hype. Oh, what is it you ask? Coke Blak is a new type of effervescent Coke and coffee drink. Evidently, it was ...

So I've been 28 for 6 days now... and I must say that things actually do feel a little different. A relationship that's going well - rough spots seem to make it stronger than weaker... a cleansed karma, a renewed sense of excitement at work... overall, just a feeling of positive, forward movement. I've had anxiety issues in the past, probably bad enough for medication, but I've been ...

So, living in Los Angeles for 5 years spoiled me to the luxury have having fresh sushi. I've been nervous as hell about trying it in Wisconsin... I mean, it's like 2,000 miles to the ocean! Can you really expect them to get the fish that far in a reasonable amount of time so that it stays fresh?? I didn't ask. So, it was off to Ginza of ...

The anticipation of Thanksgiving weekend was high this year. I had taken an extra day off of work, was driving up to Chippewa to my mom's, coming back to Madison for another dinner on Friday, then had a couple of days to relax... I ended up sick Tuesday night, the night before I was to leave. It's Sunday night as I write this and I'm just getting over ...

Did you know the word "licorice" appears zero times on a bag of Twizzlers? I'm not sure what that means, but what it DOESN'T mean is that Twizzlers is licorice. What ever happened to the old Switzer's Licorice? They had bites and ropes too... but it was actual licorice. I know Hersey's bought them - but it was probably to put them out of business. ...

The oldest person in the world died at 115 years of age today. "Henny" van Andel-Schipper, from Hoogeveen, Netherlands, died in her sleep last night. Her world record age was recorded by Guiness last year, and she said the secret to long life was to "keep breathing" and eat pickled herring. Looks like I'm all set then.

Alright... went to the local sub shop for lunch. Used to go all the time until I moved closer to work. The owner's a great guy, Badger basketball fan, so I didn't mind dropping $20-$30 a week. So I go in today and they have a new (well, new to me) worker. The guy in front of me orders his sandwich, and she starts to cut ...