by Dino Corvino on June 5th, 2009
Clearly our Managing Editor Cheryl Mathis was inspired this week, and had three posts of high-level awesomeness. So, in honor of her themes, I put these humble questions before you.
1. Do you volunteer? Why or why not? Is there something you would like to work on that we simply do not have locally? For example, I would like to meet and help work on dark fiber utilization, but, no one knows what I am talking about, so I might just simply be delusional.
2. Have you been in your neighborhood long? Do you consider yourself part of your neighborhood? Who is the longest running member of your neighborhood? Do you see your neighborhood as a community?
3. At what point do you take yourself or your loved ones to the emergency room? At my buddy Eric’s bachelor party I ended up taking a total stranger to the emergency room for a head wound suffered at Malarkeys, and while I wondered how I got roped into taking some dude to the ER, I also wondered what would get me to the ER. Following my eye surgery, I went often.
4. How awesome is Cheryl?
5. What is your favorite street here in Wausau?
6. Does the City of Wausau and surrounding municipalities work together well? I mean we are all essentially in this boat together, tied together. With the other municipalities not having downtowns, should we all not look at Wausau’s downtown as our own?
7. Have you heard of the plight of the oppressed honey bee, exploited for the free range wax that goes into lip balm?
by Cheryl Mathis on November 21st, 2008
I know it’s premature, but I’m totally getting into the holiday spirit already. I’m trying very hard to resist putting up our Christmas tree so soon. After all, it’ll be the first Christmas when my daughter can grab stuff off of the tree, and I’m not sure I want to give myself another chore to be doing all day long, ie. keeping her away from the tree.
1. The cold weather has arrived. It’s not bitterly cold yet, but it’s still a shock. What activities have you had to halt because of the chilly weather?
2. I was singing Jingle Bells while walking through Sam’s Club last night. Sometimes I forget that not everyone makes their life into a musical, and I’m refreshingly oblivious to people’s irritation or giggles in response to my outward happiness. What is your favorite holiday carol? Or do you avoid Christmas music at all costs?
3. I misplace my keys at least four times a week. I’m always asking The Husband for his keys because I’ve lost mine. It’s not a big deal because we only have one car, but I know he gets annoyed. I think maybe if I had a bigger keychain with lots of fun things on it, I wouldn’t lose them as often. What is on your keychain?
4. A while back, I posted a couple videos in various places online with me and/or my family dancing like the dancing fools we are. I was ripping off the bandaid as far as forcing myself to relax in online videos are concerned. Later, I heard from a friend that a lot of people had felt embarrassed for me when they saw the video. *gulp* Part of me was horrified, but the other part told myself that it doesn’t matter, that many other people were delighted by it. The question is… have you ever made an idiot out of yourself online? How?
5. And finally… how do you feel about dogs wearing clothes? I always used to mock people who would dress up their dogs. How ridiculous! They have fur coats! That is until we got Molly, our Boston Terrier. As soon as the temperature dropped below 40 degrees, she started shivering and snorting when she went outside. She’d rush to do her business and then pull to get back inside the nice warm house where she’d plop down in front of a heating vent. Now for walks, we’re putting little sweaters on her, but they don’t help that much. I think we’ll have to get her a jacket. She doesn’t like walking on the cold concrete either, so maybe we’ll have to get her some booties. Are we being silly? Have you ever known a dog who is reticent to go out in the cold?
by Dino Corvino on July 11th, 2008
I am feeling sort of tired, in an extended sort of tired way. Not sure how to describe it, but on the verge of becoming sleepy, but knowing that I am not sleepy tired. Just a general sense of blah. Summer time is exhausting, and bickering brings me down even more.
Though one has to admit, we live in true times … interesting times, maybe. But one can never tell if the sense of interestingness is just a put on, hoping that this guy is the next Jimi Hendrix, and that the song we just heard is an anthem. We hope that our times are the times of legend, Seattle in the early ‘90s, Hip Hop in NYC in the late ‘70s, whenever Hendrix went to London.
More often than not, we live in times that are forgettable, unless someone writes them down.
- As it has been reported, Mr. Nagle will be retiring in August. Mr. Nagle is the City Attorney and HR Director. His job is directly influenced by the Jasurda case. His job was to supervise Mike Morrissey, the subject of said lawsuit. Mike Morriesey has retired, and now Nagle has left. What sort of perception does this cast, when all of the players in this situation are jumping ship, rather than being publicly accountable? How does our Mayor react?
- With the new City Council, Mr. Forrest essentially wanted to enact a coup in the castle with the veto and change of power structure. Many people on both teams heralded this as a leadership that would finally stand for the people. Lately though, your City Council President has been quiet as a church mouse. Given the exodus of professional staff, would you prefer your leadership have a more vocal role? For example, in the fall and winter and spring, the City Council meets twice a month, but in the summer only meets once. Given the stress applied to the city, should we not see them return to two meetings a month and do the work of the people?
- Anne Werth has been named interim or temporary or grand poobah in transition of the Development Office. I think I read that she has worked for the city for 31 years. I have only been alive 6 more years than that. Given the fact that Anne is a long-serving, highly qualified person, when will she be named Director? How many weeks will go by until the city names someone to the most important position in town? Have any applications come in?
- Anyone seen Tipple? I can’t imagine this is fun for him. I hope he is okay.
- Did you buy a scooter yet?
- I just got a copy of my high school graduating class email list, and it is an abomination. Why do people use hotmail? Seriously. Tell me.
- Will we see you at ChalkFest?
by Dino Corvino on July 4th, 2008
It’s the Fourth of July. A birthday. Honestly I have taken the day off from all of this electronic stuff, and I spent the day cleaning and doing yoga. Tomorrow I am going to the hill and then throwing with my friend Sullie. Aside from that, holidays mean very little to me. I thought I would try to get this to you, and maybe some answers would come my way.
- If you had to explain what this country is to an alien or a time traveler, how would you do it? What would the one word answer be? Do you think big country discussions about patriotism can be boiled down to local government? Do we call on people elected to serve in Washington with a different reverence than we do for local officials?
- What is your favorite holiday? For me, I have no real concept of them, as I was raised by wolves, but some folks have intense holiday traditions.
by Dino Corvino on June 27th, 2008
I suppose, that as we grow, older, that part of us really, really feels like we want to do something, to feel a sense of accomplishment, to look into the abyss, and have it look back with our reflection. But, does the abyss look back, or does the abyss, as all self-loathing metaphors, just sit there like a black hole of abyssiness? I do not know.
What I do know though is that I am sick. I came back to work a day early, and with that am not healed. As such I am going to end up wasting another weekend in the bed. Which is never appropriate for an unmarried 37-year-old good-looking dude.
So let us ponder somethings, and share some information. And yeah, the comma thing was on purpose.
- What was the most clichéd life lesson you have ever heard, that turned out to be true? For me it was living in the moment. Being present right now, and not trying to solve things that have not happened.
- Is it the heat or the humidity? I have been to Vegas and Prescott, AZ … and they are not so humid. But more than that, when did the heat become the ONLY thing you can talk to me about? The checkout person at the grocery store and 10 minutes later, the drive-up person at the bank. Both people in air-conditioned buildings. Not like these are dudes who are working on the road crews.
- Will Bill Forest replace Mike Morrissey? Will he have to step down as a City Council person? Dr Rent, I know your answer. Let others have a turn.
by Dino Corvino on June 20th, 2008
I sometimes think that we miss out on a lot of human interaction. Nothing specific, but in general. A sort of general missing out, a quiet missing out. Not a big deal, but nevertheless, we miss out. I do not know what makes me think that rowing in a rowboat will make it better, but I know for a fact I have a better chance to meet a girl that way than I do at the grocery store.
1. As you look at the environment, what is your biggest concern? I mean let us all assume we are going to live to be 200, what changes NEED to be made? I think the fact that we are all going to die, and won’t really be able to get yelled at by the people that we are screwing over, is our only reason for keeping on the way we are. For me, I thought about Kleenex this morning. Oily, lotion-soaked, pieces of paper. I am going to buy a handkerchief. I do not know where they are, but I am going to go look.
2. Have you ever gone to the ear doctor? As a music dude, I have gone a few times. I even had a pair of prescription earplugs made a decade ago. Do you take care of your ears? What part of your body do you think you have done the most damage to?
3. I accidentally shaved my head a bit ago, after taking too many Advil PM. Please, let us not have an intervention. What is the worst hair cut you ever got? I have two, one time I went to the Beauty College, because I had a crush on a girl and she flirted with me and I went, and she shaved my beard and I had a mustache, like a cop. I looked so silly. The other was college, and I do not want to talk about it.
4. Have you gone swimming yet?
