Going off to visit the wife’s place of employ for lunch. Time for the good ol’ ‘merican traditional "pitch-in" luncheon. You know, the kind of thing where two-thirds of the people bring some sort of Jell-O® salad or potato chip/cracker-based casserole, one-sixth of the people bring a tasty treat that everyone else gorges on so…

It has been an excellent weekend in the Big Windy so far. I will write detailed reviews of the two shows we saw in the near future. Suffice it to say that those of you with access to Chicago theater who missed the Redmoon Theater’s production should be shot and those who have not made…

Oh, by the way, since Fezboy! is off to visit the City of Big Shoulders and poor diction, he will be intermittently cut off from Internet access. This being the case, do not expect frequent updates. Have a groovy weekend! Check back Monday! Of course, Fezboy may surprise and blog a bit this weekend, so…

"You folks obviously have not been consuming enough liquor beverages.&quot Fezboy! went out on the town a bit last evening, sampling a little of the local culture. For its smallish size, Flowertown has, per capita, one of the better bar scenes I’ve lived near. It also has an outstanding arts and entertainment scene. However, last…

If anyone is taking orders today, I rather feel like a beer boiled bratwurst, subsequently grilled to a slightly golden crisp with lotsa sauerkraut and onions. Why stop at one? How about two or three? And a nice pilsner to go with it all! For those of you who would be concerned, no, this shouldn’t…

Last night I performed an idiocy. However, it all panned out and I rather enjoyed the results. For the second time in the last month and a half, I locked my keys in the car. Al least I didn’t do it in Chicago this time. Instead I merely had to walk back to campus and…

Just spent the last hour or so trying to install a service pack for CorelDraw 10. "Trying" being the operative word here. Unfortunately I installed the downloadable trial version of CorelDraw many moons ago. Instead of buying a license for it, my inestimable employers purchased the software off of the shelf. Anyway, the service pack…

Okay, again with the feel-good, chicken soup pap. Read about the honest cabbie in Chicago. Link leads to an interview transcript. Read the three links above the transcript for the actual story. Kind of like Pay It Forward without the attached box office hype. I promise to get off of this smarmy, smiles-n-teddy bears kick…

The problems my mother in law has been experiencing getting on-line are over. Hooray! Fezboy! is off the hook and no longer has to feel responsible for getting her connected to the interwebnet-thingy so she can correspond with the outside world. It has been fun watching her go from entirely sceptical about the whole email/internet…

Crazy night last night – did not sleep much. I received a message from my "stepfather" detailing my shortcomings for missing mother’s day on Sunday. I won’t drag out the family laundry for a public airing, just suffice it to say that the irony was rich. So I spent most of last night alternately drafting…