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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Over the years, the most consistent typo I’ve found in typesetting Bibles is that the word plague often is misspelled plaque. It makes me giggle reading about bad hygiene befalling the Israelites. Seriously, I think I’ve found that misspelling around a dozen times. In printed Bibles. […]
One post this snowy Friday since I don’t do anything online on the weekends. A story for y’all: It’s Friday afternoon and Heathrow and I are mentally willing 6:00 to come. Now we have this tradition: every time we get some random spam offering Viagra or cheap prescriptions or the like, we politely inquire if […]
Traffic to the site has slowed down. I’m hurt. So I will tell a story: I am at war with a Claire. And she doesn’t even know it, so it’s Claire’s Secret War. Who, you ask? With the Claire at another planetclaire website. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I want the domain. I […]
This just in: I have made it my new life mission to include the word “snazzy” into as many conversations as possible. There’s a snazzy movement started here to send flowers to couples waiting in line to get married. What a snazzy idea. Snazzy. […]
…an ongoing pick-up line/theme from Keen Eddie, a show I’m considering adding to my short list of Best. Shows. Ever. Bravo is rerunning the episodes now and I’m re-remembering how much love I had for this show. It was actually replaced by The OC, which is funny, as I remember resenting the show for killing […]
So I have a confession. I love cartoons. Simpsons, sure. But kids cartoons, definitely. In particular, Arthur. And they’ve had an impressive list of cameos over the years: Arthur celebrities Larry King Art Garfunkel Some boy band (N’Sync or Backstreet Boys) A theme song by Ziggy Marley An appearance by Alex Trebek and Mr. Rogers […]
There’s a quiz online, “Are You a Geek“. I took it last month after seeing the link on a music list I’m on. I was 18% geek, which seemed low knowing me, but I was happy with it. I have two officemates around me, and I sent the link to them. The first, a designer, […]
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Yeah yeah yeah, John Kerry had an affair. So what. The shocker today is that Barbie and Ken are splitting up. Seriously. The plastic duo are no longer going to be married, according to Mattel. That link is worth it to see the media announcement and the broken heart photo. Ah, hell. I’ll just grab […]
We went to It’s Greek to Me for lunch and took Lake Street back to the office and I gave my car mate a driving tour of the street: “That used to be the Sears Building (not literally, but it’s the tallest building on Lake and used to be Sears), that’s the saddle shop, that’s […]
A few random nuggets from this weekend. First, I was grocery shopping at Lund’s and came out to put my groceries in the car. I noticed an SUV parked in a handicapped spot and a policey-looking guy getting out of it. Then I heard a “Good!” coming from the direction of the Salvation Army guy […]
I was contemplating interesting Minneapolis locations, and it struck me that I work right across the street from one of my favorites: Stardust Bowling. 24 hours, 7 days a week bowling. But they don’t have a website. All I could find was James Lilek’s overview of the place, and various “Minneapolis Hot Spots” listings. The […]
We went for Jucy Lucys at Matt’s today. I didn’t wait long enough for the molten center to cool and burned my thumb. D’oh. I always forget. I was going to link to their website, but I can’t find one. Anyway, they’re in the neighborhood. Actually they’re in the neighborhood I grew up in. I’ve been […]