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TYOLD Day 61: Rick’s Mom’s Chili Cheese Dip

There’s this stuff that I make for parties that is known affectionately as Rick’s Mom’s Chili Cheese Dip.  My mother made it for parties when I was a kid and I adopted it as an adult and put my own spin on it. Originally it required a can of chili...

TYOLD Day 60: Rose.Rabbit.Lie

Tonight I went with members of the group of friends known as The Fat Pack (it involves bacon) to what I am calling one of the most amazing experiences Las Vegas has to offer. It’s called Rose.Rabbit.Lie and it’s at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas....

TYOLD Day 58: Vegas Differentlies

No, I didn’t run into my gastroenterologist at the all-you-can-eat buffet, but I did do a bunch of new stuff in Vegas today. I got a tour of the new(ish) Downtown Grand hotel, which really impresses on a bunch of levels.  I’m declaring it the best hotel in...

TYOLD Day 55: Quiz Master

I went back to work today (as in worked at the office instead of worked from home).  That was kind of a mistake.  Ouch.  So during lunch I decided to disconnect a bit and do something mindless. I had been reading a story about the increasing popularity of those stupid...

TYOLD Day 54: Vegas A-to-Z

I freely admit that I’m whiffing a bit on my Differently for today.  I’m still not feeling great from the whole shingle catastrophe and it was a perfect, lazy Sunday to do absolutely nothing. But I did work on my weekly Vegas column this morning (my 656th...

TYOLD Day 53: 9 Things

A few weeks ago I read this article about cleaning out the clutter from your life, both figuratively and literally, and it suggested a monthly purge of 9 things.  Take 9 things you don’t use (or rarely use or are tired of using) and donate them, throw them away,...

TYOLD Day 52: Savannah’s Squares

I have been working on a novel – an epic, really – that I’ll tell you more about later, but the important thing about it as it relates to The Year of Living Differently is that I learned, today, about Savannah, Georgia’s squares. A big chunk of...