by Dino Corvino on May 23rd, 2008
I guess, as I go to the woods, like Antler or that dude at Walden, I am reminded that laptops, no matter how cool, matter little in the woods. That a good blackberry, while cool to the kids on twitter, means little when you have leaves for pillows and might just occasionally need to poop outside.
- I reject the concept or belief that Wausau is just another Mayberry. That being said, do you think the recent scandals, is that even the correct term, have diminished the role of Mayor Tipple, Mike Morrissey, Bill Nagle or the City Council? While many people in town look at local politics even more apathetically than national politics, does this seem to be a time where this is not the case? Does a Core Value seminar matter?
- Have you been to the Filmor? What did you think?
- Is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence? I ask this, as I have grown up here, and I like it here, but so many folks just seem to want to complain and complain about everything, that everything everywhere else is better, that the great ideas are all someplace else. I often think, no one is holding you hostage. Just go.
- What will you do this long weekend?
- Have you ever returned to work after a long period off, say for childbirth or you saved up to travel the world sort of thing? What was that like?
- When you look back on your life, what was your best day? A friend told me her story of childbirth recently, and it moved me.
That is all I have. I have been ill, and am still pretty sick. Make due.
by Dino Corvino on February 21st, 2008
So again, it is left up to me. Sigh. Here I sit, wondering about some stuff, but not really thinking about it too much, after all I am getting a new tattoo today. So that is nice, but often I am left to wonder…
- What do you think Sidney Poitier thinks everytime he see Eddie Murphy in that fat woman suit? Does race and the discussion of race matter in Wausau? Are the Hmong people (and that is an umbrella term I suppose in Wausau) the primary form of diversity?
- I have heard of this band Freedown, and was wondering if anyone has ever seen them live?
- I was always wondering about boathouses. On our lake up north a house has a boathouse; what is in there aside from boats? What about the winter?
- Where are the outdoor ice rinks in Wausau?
- Have you noticed an increase in CW-related stuff? Our hits are through the roof, and thank you for it. We would like some new contributions from strangers though, no one wants me blathering on about boats.
- How central to your life is your computer? Do you do your accounting on it? Your calendar? Do you use your cellphone as a data device for the World Wide Web?
- Is there a differance between Shopko and Target? When I was a boy Shopko was there, so it has been here a lot longer, and as a result I wonder if I hold it in less esteem?
- Who was your best friend in grade school? Are you still best friends? Mine was Sean Palecek. The smartest kid ever. I wish I had stayed his friend. I miss Sean. He took me to Telemark once. I was allergic to the horses. We stayed in some insurance people’s joint. It was awesome. They had a tunnel, and a pool. Who is your best friend now? Do you think that we as adults (not using that to describe me of course) have them?
- What was your favorite vacation? One that you actually went on. Why? What vacation do you miss going on?
- What girl do you wish you kissed growing up? I have two. Kristin McCandless, the tennis icon of DC Everest. And TR Ambord. TR and I worked at the Rothschild Pool together. I guess I totally missed that she was really pretty and cool, all the time trying to learn to do a gainer off the high dive.
- Did you own Guess jeans? I never did. I have some cool Bugle Boy ones, and never had parachute pants.
- What is really wrong with Wausau? Anything? Are we all just complaining because we don’t have World of Warcraft guilds to join? And what about the crime thing; what is that about?
- Prior to Pearl Harbor, were we in the war in Europe, or had we stayed out of that as well? How did we get troops to Europe or the Pacific? Boats? How did they protect those troops or did countries just agree upon not killing trooper carrying ships?
- Have you ever bailed anyone out of jail?
- Do you have a secret life? I mean something that you do that like your work friends don’t know about? Not like something your ashamed of, but do you think that you are one person at work, and someone else at home?
Thats it for today.
by Dino Corvino on February 12th, 2008
To my esteemed colleagues here at Citizen Wausau I say this…from time to time, it sadly falls upon my shoulders to put forth a shovel full of questions. These questions while seeming entirely random, and aiming in no directions, I can assure you are often pointed toward a finish line. While this finish line might be abstract, and only in my imagination, it is most certainly something I am kind of aware of, at least on one of the many levels of chakra consciousness. Though, I have not had a real chance to cleanse myself through any sort of effective yoga practice recently, instead I am focused on a steady diet of powerlifting, and cabbage soup.
So, without further ado…we shall get right into this…and please, feel free to answer any of these, or post some of your own. Or go back to sleep, I hope someday to be in that boat myself.
- Speaking of Boats, does anyone, anywhere, for any reason like mayonnaise? That Hellman’s stuff? I mean I like me a little tangy zip of Miracle Whip from time to time, or a little bit of ranch on my macaroni and cheese, but who eats Mayo? My grandpa maybe, but ick man. It’s just dull.
- Is gum really becoming a progressive marketing tool? I saw like 500 EXTREME gums at Target the other day, and they all have taurine, and caffeine, and all the rest of the Red Bull secret ingredients. If you’re reaching for gum, aren’t you already nervous?
- Speaking of boats, when I was a kid there used to be a candy shop over by the Wausau Airport? What happened to that place?
- Did you know that you can get sushi as a takeout item? I was reading Lisa Stahl’s blog, and posed the question, and she said you could. So I tried, California roll from Chang garden, pretty good. I don’t know enough about sushi to order it as take out, it just seems like something that we do as friends, like a destination event.
- Who runs Exhibitour? My friend wants to volunteer, but is not sure how.
- How does one get to be on the board at NTC? I am not looking to stir up trouble or anything, but that board oversees like 35 million bucks in budget; how does one get asked?
- Heck, how does one get asked to be on any board of anything in this town? For example, the kayak guys, they have a board…is it all kayakers?
- When I was growing up, me and Jim Beier, the Stiflers, Dan Wallach, a few others all took tennis lessons at the Wausau racquet club. Behind the cemetery. For a while it was a health club, I was wondering what it is now?
- Is Culver’s ice cream better than Dairy Queen or Cold Stone? I ask, because I was thinking of buying a boat.
- Did you see the movie that was made here a while back, about softball? I forget what it was called, but I think Patrick Duffy was in it.
- Who is Jarrod Crooks? Does he have a boat I could look at?
- What does “Post Hoc Ergo Proctor Hoc” mean? Does it have anything to do with boats?
- As we start to look forward to the City Council and Mayoral Race, what do you think will define the races? Do you think that we can look forward discussions about the future of this city, or do you think we are going see more of the same?
- Speaking of the politics, how do you think that perception of these personalities is shaped? Do you think it is accurate? Do you think they need to begin to do anything to change this? Are we growing as a city in a way that we need to start seeing these people in a new way, a more professional way?
- Has anyone from Wausau ever gone to Notre Dame? Did they have a boat?
- What do surge protectors do? I mean I get the surge protecting, but I was sort of wonder if there was something more to it.
- Have you ever heard of a band called Freedown? I hear they are all nice young men whose mothers like them very much.
- Can you rent a limo in Wausau, and is it really a good limo? In general, does Wausau have any good car services? For example, what do executives from out of town who are only here shortly do?
- How can you tell the difference, aside from price, between good polar fleece and just crappy fleece? Do you remember when it was named something to do with a turtle?
- Speaking of turtles…isn’t that chocolate joint next to Downtown Grocery just a little bit of heaven? They sit in there, and sell you coffee and chocolate, and they talk about chocolate, and I think I even saw a really cute baby in there. Babies, and coffee, and chocolate…should be illegal!
- Have you been to the Weston Dog Park, or heard about the Weston Skate Park? I hope someday we can put up a drawing of either.
- AND ONE EXTRA CREDIT…I missed a City Council meeting, but at the last one I attended I witnessed the parking spot debacle. Does anyone understand what they decided or how one can find the minutes?
