Alison

Bots feeling out a new “gas prices are no big deal” propaganda angle

Skip work, go to Coffee Cats.

Our Wisconsin friends are having even more heart attacks than usual.

Tuning into the White Sox Latin broadcast.

Having worked in financial services for many years, feeling vindicated that everyone is finally as annoyed by the name "Fifth Third Bank" as I am.

Our marriage occasionally hits one snag: how many extra innings do we stay for? Me: one. Dan: infinite.

Ascended to a new plane of baseball fandom after watching the home bun promotion live.

In 2001 I was in college, living in Janet Greig Post Hall, suite 9, room 11, colloquially called “Post 9-11.” Commentary about societal change was particularly jarring for me that year.

Attempting to manifest fall into being on this 95 degree day by purchasing pumpkin bars and Oktoberfest.

This guy’s ready to record and post the most whimsical joke of the season.

After years of travel trial and error, I’ve determined koozies are the perfect souvenir. They are cheap, light, and indestructible. Easy to pack and easy to squish into a kitchen drawer back home. Fun reminders and conversation starters year round!

Confusion at a minor league Harry Potter theme night - do you have to lower the hood of your wizard cloak during the national anthem?

Midwestern practicality.

Put a dime on Rockefeller’s grave, which the cemetery docent guaranteed would bring me unfathomable wealth, so here’s your last chance to get on my good side before I become a billionaire.

Everyone’s worried about The Mist, but let’s not discount The Terror.

Looking forward to another Cubs/Cards matchup.

To mildly curmudgeonly, is there any point in lighting fireworks at 2:00 on a mostly sunny day? Like, can you even see them?

Ugh, Hollywood is going to write a romantic comedy where the Iranian yogurt IS the issue.

Minnesotans are so unfailingly polite that no one dared to steal an unassigned seat under the overhang.

The Twins broadcast played Nelly while announcing the Cardinals lineup, which was a nice touch to help the visitors feel welcome.

One of the intra-inning hot dog racers is a young woman from Spain and I can’t imagine a better crash course in American culture.

This brewery brings your check in a Goosebumps book but joke’s on them, I’m staying until I read the whole thing.

A beautiful night for the literal worst alcohol I’ve ever consumed because it was on sale (and my college town bars frequently had $1 Pucker shot specials).

Butterfly garden tranquility.

We’re in a space-themed brewery with Futurama, Firefly, and Lord of the Rings playing on separate tvs, plus tons of Star Trek and NASA stuff, so Dan is fretting over which subset of nerd friends to text first.

Listening to the ESPN commercial explaining how to use your ESPN plus account to watch MLB tv.

I enjoy drinking in cities that are thematically coherent.

Most important call of the game: "Fred Hoiberg, still hot."

Reddit remains undefeated.

We’re allotted one floating holiday at work, intended for personal religious observances, so I’m saving it up for The Day.

Starting a business consulting service so I can be the one who gets paid to say “you should migrate all your documents [on/off] SharePoint” every three years.

Merry Christmas! Now off to work on my putting.

Thanks to NPR's excerpts from the Vatican's Christmas Mass, I now know what Latin sounds like with a Chicago accent.

Merry Christmas exclusively to the two guys on a ladder hanging lights at the drive through liquor store at 9 pm on Xmas Eve.

This bookstore has disorganized piles, literal cat fights, and one customer loudly demanding information about ham radios. Five stars.

Window seating in St. Louis provides the perfect opportunity to work on my research into the correlation between parallel parking difficulties and temp tag expiredness.

We go to St. Louis for a week every December. I always have Dan make a list of places he wants to go, including his old favorites and any new finds that have caught his eye. This year he added 50 places, so I'm looking forward to eating seven meals a day.

Peak St. Louis menu warning.

Dan rushes out the door, proclaiming the neighbor texted and needs urgent help. What is the one emergency Dan is qualified to deal with on a Sunday night? TELESCOPE ALIGNMENT.

Rapid City is undefeated for interactive statues.