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A New Future and … a New Past?
Hey everyone! I’ve had a few life events happen over the last several months. I’d like to fill you in on what’s been up. The biggie — I quit my job. It was toxic, it was exhausting, and it was taking a giant toll on my physical and emotional well-being, as well as my marriage. ……
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Purging My Demons — The History of Rodeo’s Rio Theatre
The following article was meant for a local news site. After getting it about 95% completed, finding the last few details I needed to wrap it up was proving quite difficult. My editor told me not to worry, it’s an historical piece with no absolute deadline, I could turn it in whenever it was ready.……
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Lost (and Found) Weekend
Most people look forward to their weekends. A break from the dreary work week. A chance to reset and recharge. Me? I’ve spent many lost weekends puttering around the house, maybe getting a couple of small things done but mostly sitting on the couch, scrolling through whatever, with something as background noise on TV. Ignoring……
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Mending
This post was originally going to be yet another entry in the now ongoing “Surreal” series, as at this point it doesn’t seem to end. I’m recovering from my SECOND hernia surgery, and my 80-year-old Dad is going in for a triple-bypass next month. Really??? But, I realize I’m no one special. I’m not being……
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My Surreal Year – The Sequel
And like most sequels, it’s way worse than the original. How do you top breaking a limb and almost laying someone off on the same day? Fast forward a couple of months. My Mother, whose cognitive and physical abilities have been in a slow, steady decline since a horrible fall about a decade ago, has……
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A Very Surreal Day
I broke my elbow last week. Funny story, really. I was already at the hospital for a doctor’s appointment, his office is in the adjacent medical offices. While walking out of the parking garage, I tripped on one of those cement wheel stops and hit the pavement. Landed on my left side, all my……
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My Life in Bottle Caps
My wife gave me this as a gift years ago. It currently hangs in our dining room. I had big plans. I was writing a beer blog, thinking I was going to be the next Jay Brooks. This was going to fit right into it. I even wrote a post about it. Great plan, right? ……
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Caffeine and Goal Setting
Like most commute-weary suburbanites, I am a caffeine addict. And like most addicts, when your supply gets interrupted, you’ll resort to drastic measures to get it back. So it was with my coffee maker. I have one of those single-serve, individual pod coffee machines. I recently had to descale it. This is a newer machine,……
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Well, Here Goes Everything.
Hey gang, welcome to Deano’s Blog. Welcome also to Deano’s List. Whereas my other site is a Craft Beer fan site, this one’s devoted to my hobby/wannabe side-hustle of Freelance Writer. You’ll find links to my published work here (which you can find at the handy My Work link, up top there). This specific blog……
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Beer Camp ’14 Update: Yonder Bock & Chico King
Slowly sipping my way through the Beer Camps. Here’s a couple more. Yonder Bock Tropical Maibock w/Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL After establishing his beer creed with a column in the St. Petersburg Times, Joe Radner realized his dream of owning his own brewery in 2009 with the opening of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa. He quickly……
