REASON #36 I HATE UPTOWN: The Streets. Driving down Uptown residential streets, there are cars parked on each side of the road, and the road is rather narrow. Trying to navigate around oncoming traffic can be nerve-wracking. Often you have to edge into a rare empty parking spot to let oncoming traffic pass. It SUCKS. […]
Random thoughts: On the way home from my mom’s, I was contemplating my absolute hatred of Uptown, and realized that the Twin Cities has some of the weirdest named neighborhoods. Uptown, Tangletown, Frogtown, and Dinkytown. That’s right. Dinkytown. Who names these places? […]
I heard a weird noise in a dumpster next to my apartment as I was walking by today. I figured if it wasn’t my imagination it was an animal. But I was kind of nevous that if I let it out it would turn on me. There’s not much room for something to run out […]
This is short and funny to no one but me, but it’s apparently Hotlink Tuesday. I found a new hotlinker this morning from some random board. To a Wright image again. I was going to leave it alone, until I noticed a snotty little message on the board to the effect of “You can’t come […]
I’m late to the game on this one, but I thought I should acknowledge the passing of the incomparable Julia Child. I liked her. I have a Julia story. Quick one. My mom has a best friend who grew up in California. Her family invented a certain brand of soap (the name of which I […]
I’m watching I Love the 80’s: 1987. Don’t judge. Anyway, they’re discussing the REM song It’s the End of the World. I think that’s the only song to reference Lester Bangs. Years ago, a local radio station was bought out and they had a weekend to wrap things up. A DJ cued up that song […]
It’s that time again. That magical, mystical time. Known to Minnesotans far and wide as The Great Minnesota Get Together. In other words, State Fair time. I like our state fair. It’s a pretty large one, by state fair standards. But it’s surreal. Where else can one: eat things both fried and on a stick […]
I wasn’t going to post yesterday’s rant, but someone ELSE signed my guestbook with a correction. To the same Wright page as the first person. In as many days. Inconceivable! RANDOM THOUGHTS: The Death Cab for Claire truck is missing. That thing has it in for me. And if it turns up any closer to […]
I’m grumpy. Due to a lot of reasons, mind you. But I’m grumpy. And it doesn’t help that someone went to my guestbook and pointed out mistakes in my Frank Lloyd Wright site. Not “You have a wonderful site, but…”, not “Thanks for spending your hard-earned time and money for this free and informative site, […]
I’m gonna hunt up some Greek stuff in honor of the Athens Olympics in the recipes section and quotes section. Also, you can check out the Greek Annunciation Church in Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I thought the reception to the USA players was nice. Big cheers. Nice to know there’s a distinction between […]
John Waters is on The Graham Norton Effect. I love John Waters. He was cool enough to do guest appearances on Homicide and The Simpsons (which is my favorite episode). Point of fact, he played two different characters on Homicide: a bartender that one of the detectives talks to, and a perp who vehemently defends […]
It’s late, but here’s The Jury tally for the past two weeks. And it’s the last The Jury tally. Shame: Andre Braugher (it’s been so nice seeing him again) Eddie Malavarca (looking like a 70s porn star) The curly-haired detective from Homicide whose name I’ve forgotten Zeljko Ivanik Bruno Kirby Some guy from The Wire […]
I have an Old 97s story that I remembered today, brought on by people coming here for the Madden ad. Ahem: When Satellite Rides was first coming out, the boys did a prerelease show for suits at the Turf Club. Somehow, I got tickets and was going with a friend. We got to the club […]
I’m going through some stuff of mine that my mom had been storing. Among the books I now have Where the Wild Things Are, William Blake’s Inn, Caretakers of Wonder, A Woggle of Witches, and one called Good Times: Every Kid’s Book of Things to Do. Coolest book ever. So in honor of finding this […]
I’m a little worried. See, I think I’m running out of stories to tell. I have plenty more stories, of course, but for legal reasons I’ve been advised not to tell them. So I’m worried. I suppose I’ll go spruce up the 20 or so old rants I have. No one reads them, but having […]
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The Jury round-up: There’s a “detritus” mention. I think TF likes that word. The guy from Office Space Mary Pembleton again I go back and forth about The Jury. I like it overall, though sometimes it’s just so heavy-handed. But I think I’ll miss it. It’s not The Jury-related, but Meloni was on Conan last […]
On the way home from work tonight I was stopped at a light and noticed a man and two kids walking down the sidewalk and this teenager walking toward them and trying to light a cigarette. As they passed, they all stopped and were chatting. First thought? Drug deal. So I watched. Sure enough. Drug […]
Let’s go on to a happier topic: Violence! Controlled violence, anyway. Today was the 6th annual Gardner Hardware Anvil Drop. Featuring live music, hot dogs, cold pop, hardware reps, and an anvil dropping from a four-story building onto a car. It is preceded by half-a-dozen watermelon, which fling watermelon bits onto the crowd. After the […]
I gotta go political this morning. Sorry. As I read more and more articles about the political situation and, more pointedly, the censorship and kowtowing that is happening with the current administration and its supporters, respectively, I am growing genuinely concerned for both the United States as a whole and basic freedoms (speech, religion, press) […]
Oz/Homicide/Tom Fontana tally for this evening’s episode of The Jury: • A friend of Gee’s from Homicide that was murdered, as Mr. Milton, a prosecutor • Vern Schillinger (JK Simmons) as Ron, a juror • Cyril O’Reily as the foreman • George Morfogen as a juror • Robson (RE Rodgers) as CO (!) Zimney • […]
Okay, for whatever reason, I am reminded of stories relating to my IT work. Herewith: THE PORN SURFER Or why you should never surf porn at workOne Thursday we installed a firewall because of various software issues. My partner in crime and I discussed it and decided to turn on the logs to see where […]
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