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Next time, I’ll brown bag it

I had a lunch date………………… Yeah, that great. I have a really huge pet peeve: people that eat off my plate uninvited and unannounced. Now, I have been to dinners where I suggest you take a piece after I separate it from the rest of what I’m eating or someone elegantly takes my fork to try a bite of his meal… but NEVER, ever would I just grab food from...

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Don’t attempt use of cutlery when intoxicated!

I’m trying to figure out where half of my digit went — it’s a total over-exaggeration, it’s really only a deep splice — but seriously, do not attempt to use knives (for any use or purpose) when you have severely overstepped your legal limit of intoxication. Random thought of the night: What happened to my 23-y/o? Started off a Saturday evening (that I had full intentions of...

Mel

Personal or Private Ad?

This week I did it: I answered a pesonal ad. (With strong opposition from all walks of life around me). I won’t go too into detail, but I laughed when I read this fairly-new-to-Cleveland guy’s ad. Seemed witty, fun, personable… eh, bored? I clicked through and sent off a comparably-witty response… through my yahoo email account. Yes, the same yahoo account I use on a daily basis...

Mel

Philly Steak, please!

Don’t be surprised, Melinda, if you feel a very powerful attraction for someone from a distant state or a foreign country. Whether you decide to do anything about it, of course, depends on your situation, but the feelings are going to be very intense whether they last or not. … – via astrology.com in email Intense doesn’t even begin to describe. This is a story about Jared....

Mel

Some Random Wrap-ups

I normally save “words-to-remember-by” when programming a name into my cell phone: examples have included “Jeff Blue Eyes” or “Bob Cali” or “Brian Mel” — not unlike pseudo names I hide the men under on my site. I have to differentiate (read: remember) how and why they ended up in my phone. Now, I have (some-guy’s-name) Phoy. Whowhatwhere is...

Mel

“ooh, the photographer’s hot”

My Saturday night, courtesy of Cleveland.com: New No Limit: Neo-classic rock is how Northfield resident Kurt Schlumberger (guitar/vocals/harmonica) describes the style of his band No Limit, which recently released its new album “Bootleg.” With a new lineup, the quintet has expanded its blues and Southern rock sound. “We have Mike Calhoun, a Grammy winner from the Dazz Band, and he adds...

Mel

Homer says “Doh!”

After having a mediocre meal at The Cabin in Willowick for my grandparent’s wedding anniversary (63 YEARS?), I met some of the inner circle out at the West End in Lakewood for an Early Night beer (okay, two). Since I was the first there, I cram my ass into one of the seats at the bar. I ask the gentleman already seated if “this seat is taken.” Then I realize who it is… I met...

Mel

Another Blind Date

The heading of this post reminds me of that early-90s group called Another Bad Creation* (A.B.C.) – it is to my belief that they have performed that “At the Playground” (huh, ya-know!) song back in my day. On that note, Tuesday, I did a double-date (mine being blind and not in the “visually-challenged” way). My friends set me up with someone the...

Mel

Would you like to do my grocery shopping?

Gimme an “M” for Thursdays! My night started out innocently (and early) enough for Ladies’ Night at McGinty’s in Lakewood. You can’t beat a 3/$5 deal, especially when it comes to liquor-pours and not just beer. I’ve done the McGinty’s rounds before and still haven’t really warmed up too much to the place. Its awkward set-up doesn’t allow for a full bar...

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News Highlights

To Channel 8 Fox News: Feel free anytime to “not show Trent Dilfer’s face” during his Lakewood court testimony and fixate on the bulge of his pants… really, ANYtime! You want viewers, you got me! (disclaimer: normally I’d watch Action News, but since my cable install doesn’t happen until tomorrow in my new place, TV8 is the one semi-decent channel that appears without...

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T-shirts and Tater Tots

Lakewood Village Tavern: My new neighborhood dive bar hang-out. Bored with the usual $2 food specials at Malloy’s and tired of the typical west-end Lakewood nightlife, K “had an epiphany” and pointed us east on Madison Avenue. Friendly, talkative crowd (a little hung-up on some country standards this night in particular) and an even more pleasant staff. We had the opportunity to hang with...

Mel

Operation Cop Stop

In recent observation… well, that cop stopped in to my workplace… just as he said he would when he returned to his day shift.

Mel

The First Date

Recently a friend of mine was asked for a date to an art gallery. In my mind, I’m thinking, “Wow! A guy into art? AND willing to impress upon a stranger his knowledge of the scene?” Most would probably agree with my thinking. Until another friend of the bunch questioned his motives behind the date: Short. Cheap. Impressive. I had to confer with the male species to see if this...

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A heartfelt welcome to 2006

As 2005 speeds past me (and I don’t believe I received my $200 for passing “Go!”), I feel compelled to compile my lessons learned – and hopefully they sunk in for 2006: Moving across country was one of the best experiences of recent memory. Moving Rule #1: Don’t sell all your shit, cuz you might have to come back and start over. Rule #2: When one of your reasons for...