Alex's Cheese Log (should it now be my "Orange Log"?)

Welcome to Florida

2008-05-04T13:11:00.006-05:00

As most of you already know, I've relocated to sunny Florida. So far, it's been great. Warm weather, fairly nice people and so far I like my new job. I decided to take a walk in front of my new apartment complex. Unpacking was getting a little too much, so I thought getting some fresh air would be a good idea.

There are a few ponds in front of the property with nice walking paths. Walking down one of them, I ran into this sign:

Very funny! Yeah right. This must be some sort of mandatory sign that Florida requires be posted near bodies of water over a certain size. I moved closer to the water and saw this:

After I nearly soiled myself, I went back to the apartment. Wait, maybe I did soil myself. I guess what I'm trying to say is: THERE ARE FREAKING ALLIGATORS IN MY FRONT YARD!

Until next post . . . .

Finally back on

2007-12-16T16:27:00.001-06:00

OK, I finally got my website to redirect back to my blog . . . . so game on! And for the very late "news of the day" . . . I finally hit 70. Check it out. The proof is in the ding!

Ogre pewp

2007-10-15T20:47:00.001-05:00

Is that little pile he is standing next to what I think it is?

Upgrade!

2007-09-29T12:14:00.000-05:00

Finally got my new mount . . . . .

Sleestaks are cool

2006-09-18T12:48:00.000-05:00

That's right. Sleestaks are cool. I've provided a picture of some Sleestaks so you can see what they look like.

When I first found this picture, I thought it looked like a Sleestak rock band. That made it even cooler.

I like Sleestaks so much, I thought of buying the domain sleestaks.com. But someone beat me to it.

Maybe I shouldn't be too sad. So far I haven't found a website dedicated to Chaka.

A little bit of weird Milwaukee

2006-09-01T11:12:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you can find some really weird stuff in the city just wandering around.

It was one of those lunch time walks to kill time. I turn a corner to find huge, orange question marks with some sort of orange storage containers behind them.

Gotta love that modern art in Milwaukee.

Starting Over

2006-09-01T10:21:00.000-05:00

I haven't really gotten much out of my Blogger account. I haven't updated anything much told anyone about it. So I'm starting over. I've redirected my domain front page to point here . . . so if you run into this . . . . leave a comment!

More to come from Mil-town.

That Mid-West hospitality

2006-04-03T09:53:00.000-05:00

My old world and new world clashed the other day. That doesn't happen much in Milwaukee. There just aren't many things Japanese here. I saw two Japanese girls line up ahead of me in Subway. They couldn't read the sign that said no debit or credit cards accepted . . . . . the manager of the store just gave them the sandwiches . . .

I decided to not to speak Japanese when I offered to pay for the sandwiches outside. They didn't accept, but just asked to be directed to the nearest ATM. It was weird. I felt like a secret agent or something . . . "if they only knew my secret! BWAHAHAHAHA!".

Score one goodie point for the Cheese people.

Brew City Chuggin

2006-03-05T19:08:00.000-06:00

I thought the Milwaukee beer thing was kind of a joke considering all the piss-water beers that come out of this town . . . . until I discovered Sprecher. Took the tour there. Not too much to see until the end.

The end was the tasting room . . . . . and it was . . . . full of beer. You know, to sample.

The Black Bavarian was awesome to say the least. Beer rules again in Milwaukee.

Do I miss it?

2006-02-22T08:56:00.000-06:00

Do I miss it?
I've been back from Japan less than two years now. It's odd, but only people who have been there ask the question.

I'd be a liar if I'd said there were times when I do. There are some things about the place I do miss from the time to time.

I recently had a "podcast induced flashback" listening to Rich Pav's Herro Flom Japan podcast. He usually does them while commuting to work. The sounds of the train platform launched me right back there for a few minutes. (It's a good podcast, you should really check it out if you are any kind of Japanophile).

So . . . . Do I miss it?

Not yet . . . .

Got cold?

2006-02-20T09:16:00.000-06:00

It never got this cold in Tokyo. I don't mind it as much as I thought. Maybe because I was born here I have some genetic propensity to deal with freezing.

A new Starbucks was recently opened downtown . . . . . . I got in to work a little early so I thought I would walk the two blocks and get a hot java. I didn't make it. That's right. I didn't make it. It was so cold my face hurt.

Got cold?

Get your beer on

2006-02-14T09:57:00.000-06:00

Wisconsin. The Land of cowshit and beer farts. (There seems to be more beer farts than cow shit). Just coming off a decade long stint in Japan and short and painful one in New York, MKE has been a great place to regroup. When you're off work for the day, it really is Miller time; the factory is right down the road. I've went from a 1 hour plus commute in either of those big cities to a 30 min drive. I laugh when I hear folks here talk about "traffic". The cheesehad adventure begins . . . . . .