Banjos or Shoelaces

This is about me.

My name is Jason and I’m a librarian.

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The things I may write about here

Cafe Culture

Cafes act as a tonic for a weathering soul.  Temporary as the healing may be, consistent doses have a been known to cure by their concomitant effects.  Hurry does not exist in a proper cafe.  Attention to detail drips in golden crema from miracle machines, mysteries extend from the the curl of cream in your mug and answers flow from bracing flavors that rise into your mind as you sip, igniting discussion both with yourself and with other cafe denizens.  Seriously, dude.  You don’t have to be a snob about it either.  It’s a small luxury of being human in the modern world.  Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that.   A few places on my list of recommended cafes.

Seattle Coffee Works   Cafe Vita / SEA   Stumptown / Portland   Alterra / MKE

Batdorf and Bronson / Olympia    Anodyne / MKE

Gluten Free Cooking

So you might want to know how to cook food if you or your loved ones can’t tolerate gluten in their digestive tract. If you’ve seen the end (no pun intended) result of gluten-full cuisine on such people, you’ll pay close attention to these tidbits that I’ve learned from living with someone affected by celiac disease. I love her dearly. Love her more than I love to cook and eat. This is why I work like a mad scientist to find ways to please her lower GI and her palate. And mine too. Maybe yours.

Gluten Free Goddess

Historic Facial Hair Reenactments

If not sporting a Franz Joseph or WWI flying ace curly handlebar, I have an appreciation for the creative outlet facial hair offers to men.  We men have so few methods for expressing our style, projecting ourselves beyond gray suits at work and fleece vests on the weekends.  Early this century, men began wearing hats without fear of being marginalized.

I began with the goatee or “circle beard” in the mid-1990s.  Since then, I’ve tried a number of whisker patterns, including the soul patch, the fu manchu, the Hollywoodian, the Franz Joseph, the curly handlebar moustache… since I have a wirey auburn-colored beard,  my options for pencil  thin chinscribing are limited.  I’ll post photos and generally refer to my current hair projects.  Dont’ be alarmed.  It’s just a beard. 

I am pro-whiskers and I blog.

UPDATE May 2009!  For more Wiscerino news, go to http://milwaukeewhiskers.wordpress.com/