byrneunit

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Gold crown legacy

So, this year we got a Christmas tree for the first time ever. Not when we were dating did we have one, not when we had our “both of us funk of food service jobs and we’re livin’ on love” apartment. We didn’t even get one when HGB was born. But now that he’s pushing [...]

quit cataloging me

I am overjoyed to share this article with all dozen or so of you who read this. It’s all about getting your name off junk mail lists, also known as the real-life spam you can’t get rid of by clicking your mouse. As someone who spends a great deal of time passively worrying about the [...]

history!

Back during the halcyon days of our collective unemployment, the wife and I took a day trip to our fair city’s delightful Field Museum, taking in its exhibit on maps and a bunch of other fascinating crud they’ve got there. Here, a record of this trip.

I have eaten so many clementines today!

I bought a li’l mini-crate of these zesty treasures and I can not keep my fingers out of them. I’m starting to develop a rough, burny sensation all around the inside of my mouth. I think that feeling makes me want to eat more. Like, they cause the pain, but the only way to soothe [...]

the groynd

It’s strange to suddenly be headed downtown again every morning after two and a half months of either unemployment or working in the suburbs. It’s nice, though, and it reminds me how ill-prepared I was to return to the suburbs every day, where you really don’t have the option of not driving (or at least [...]

job’d!

Alas, our week of double unemployment is at an end: I have procured a temp job, which I start Monday. While of course I’m relieved, I must admit I was enjoying my leisure time together with the wife. We saw two — TWO! — movies* this week, which hasn’t happened since the first quarter of [...]

Lake effect

I spent a bit of last Friday afternoon sulking around downtown. After I saw all the Kristkindle village ornament booths out on Daley Plaza, I went to Marshall Field’s and took pictures of the ceiling. I really wanted to gawk up at it, but it’s over the cosmetics department and perfume had risen to the [...]

Double Down

As most of you may know, neither Brian nor I are currently employed. This kind of togetherness, the we’re-both-jobless-and-home-together stress, has surprised me by how well things are going. Yes, it’s only been two days, but so far me and Big B have kept to ourselves and not bickered much at all. Frankly, I think [...]

“act naturally.”

Day one of unemployment went pretty well, considering. Called the temp agencies and lowered my standards to somewhere between “nonexistent” and “Stocker at Old Navy.” Watched Perry Mason* over lunch with E. Ate a delicious cheeseburger. Considered napping; did not.
Oh, and then I got pulled over on the way to the grocery store. Okay, I [...]