What Happened to Mozzarella Sticks in Wisconsin? Sometime in This Century, the Beloved Bar Snack Went From Breaded to Eggroll.

Think you know mozzarella sticks? Maybe you don’t. kopen.substack.com/pub/themilwaukeemix/p/wh...

As a longtime freelancer, editors knocked that habit out of me long ago.

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

How can I get someone to stop putting two spaces after every sentence? Asking for an editor friend.

Imagine if jill Biden did this

This is an article about the opposite of hospitality. Anti-hospitality, I suppose. A closely-related topic that also needs to be addressed is music volume and ambient sound pressure levels.

Bus Station Blues Does Ageism in the Restaurant Business Keep Older Diners in the Worst Seats in the House?

Are you old? Have you been seated next to a bus station or a restroom at a restaurant? You may be entitled to compensation! Or at least you can just get some affirmation by reading this article. open.substack.com/pub/robertsi...

I had a similar experience.

I saw it. I lived.

They’re bringing back ALL the bigotries!

This is the reason Peter Thiel and his buddies killed Gawker. Writing about open secrets was the entire point of the website.

Went to a bar with live blues band. There was no cover. Bought 4 drinks. Cost $26. I don’t miss New York.

AI is kind of like drug use in this country. No one wants to connect the dots between their personal use and the phenomenon’s overall impact on society.

We don’t have a microwave.
We’re not getting a microwave.
Stop asking.

The trouble with being a vet journalist of a particular beat is you’ve already seen all the stories that can be written. So if a certain angle is pitched to u, u pass, thinking: that story’s old, I’ve already written it. But then someone else, who doesn’t know it’s old news, writes it and gets paid.

But it’s so terrible and devours all your storage space.

Does ANYone ever opt to switch to Google Chrome?

Has any actor put out more commercial cinematic dreck, and yet retained the reputation of an independent, iconoclastic rebel, than Jack Black?

The sameness of themes and singing accent from one country song to another is simply stultifying. Of all musical genres, AI could replace it completely without notice.

Everything outside New York is a bargain.

Fun game: ask influencers if they can do their job without using the phrase “I’m obsessed with” and see how long it takes til their tiny heads explode.

Canning jam while listening to the Brewers home opener on a transistor radio. We are regressing by the minute, and loving it.

There’s no politician, no matter how great their record, who can’t erase their reputation by overstaying their welcome.

Ink Spots or Mills Brothers?

Anyone can grow up to be President, we used to say, like that was a good thing.

If one side won’t uphold the law or ethics then the system is a failure as it does not have accountability.

Therefore the US system encourages corruption.

Trump not being convicted from his two impeachments shows the US system is a failed state.

Perfect

Theater Review: The Dance of Death At 50 Years Old, Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company Echoes Its Youthful Ways.

My latest theater review on The Milwaukee Mix.
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Jake Shane’s Questions at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Prove Influencers Shouldn’t Be Red Carpet Reporters His "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" interviews were awkward proof that influencers aren't journalists

Looks like I have a story to write about in my growing file on "Influencers Are Taking Journalists Jobs and We're Surprised This Shit Happens."

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This article sent me down a rabbit hole. I have a feeling I will be having corned beef tomorrow.