This is incredibly long. Skip it if you get bored easily. I went to Lund’s on Saturday and was paying for groceries when I noticed my bagger-guy was singing to himself softly. Bottom line: if you sing out loud ever, I like you. Music is like breathing to me. I don’t usually have baggers help […]
There’s an investigation about Minneapolis cops due to a new book that’s out. And their expert is a Normandale prof. I’m sorry, but if your college is made fun of in Fargo, you should probably realize that it isn’t considered all that scholarly of an institution. […]
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Random personal thing I don’t usually post: I’ve been having an extremely stressful life as of late. Which casual readers may have heard mention of a time or two. I was going to post why, but I have changed my mind. Y’all don’t really need to hear about my personal crap. To sum up, I’m […]
CHIP AND KIM WON! CHIP AND KIM WON! CHIP AND KIM WON! COLIN AND CHRISTY LOST! COLIN AND CHRISTY LOST! COLIN AND CHRISTY LOST! I have never been so satisfied with an Amazing Race ending ever. Amanda was convinced that Colin and Christy would pull it off. But no. Chip and Kim deserve it. They […]
Watching the Emmys. Out of the corner of my eye I think I caught two men kiss, with one of them going up to accept an Emmy. The award is for best director[?] and he says: “Thanks to my husband, Mark… Someday you will hopefully make an honest husband out of me.” Can you believe […]
If you break out in tears after your boss gives you a snarky response, you’re too stressed out. I’m too stressed out to rant. But I won’t dwell. Instead, I’ll ramble. I wrote earlier about waking up in the middle of the night and catching Fear and Loathing. For some reason, I could not for […]
So I have been getting some response to posting Tim Easton, Jay Farrar, and Jeff Tweedy MP3s. So I am going to post them more often than I have been. They’ll go up on Friday. Here’s the deal: if you download these songs, I ask that you please download a song from an artist you […]
Ah, Saturday. First: Random thoughts. Second: Random Music and/or Storybook Thursday and/or Friday Day story. It is a lovely day and everyone single person in Minneapolis is outside. Honestly. I love this town. I went apartment hunting with my mom earlier. She hasn’t had an apartment since I was 2. She now remembers the hell […]
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Tonight on Method and Red: Method: How do you keep a black man in prison? Red: Re-elect Bush. Method: We can’t wait until November. Mama: From what I’ve seen on Oz, honey, prison don’t calm a person down. HA! […]
Today was a crappy day. I woke up and looked at the clock. 11:30. I’ve oversleeping a lot lately, which is bad. But I hate my job so so very much that I’m past caring. The day just got worse. Unsurprisingly. And it was a crappy, rainy day. So leaving work tonight I was feeling […]
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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 […]