R.I.P., bur oak branch
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Gone!
My bur oak branch has been lopped off.
My bur oak branch is no longer
Best Buy will close five Minnesota stores, cut hundreds of Minnesota workers / more
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Best Buy announced that it will close 50 stores nationwide and lay off 400 employees in “corporate and support areas.” That’s likely to affect a lot of people at corporate headquarters in Richfield. Continue Reading
One Million Hoodies march / Dissing Twin Cities / more
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Trayvon Martin is a focus of attention in Minnesota this week, with people joining in the One Million Hoodies March for Trayvon at the University of Minnesota on Thursday (6 p.m., Northrop Plaza), and a Continue Reading
Questions — or not, in Supreme Court and St. Paul
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Even though no one will know the answer until June, everybody’s busily speculating about the Supreme Court health care ruling. When they get tired of speculating, pundits produce court stats — kind of like baseball stats, but without the decimals. For instance, there’s the Justice Clarence Thomas record of 0 for 6. Continue Reading
If Momma ain’t happy… (she’s probably out of gin.)
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Ah, the precious milestones in an emerging spring… the first night’s slumber with open windows, the season’s inaugural gin and tonic, the happy wiggling of newly bared toes…
… the first evening your husband makes a mad dash through the living room, slamming shut windows, because your harpy-like screaming is echoing, clear as a bell, down the block.
Health care in DC, Vikes and teachers in MN
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The Supreme Court’s hearing on the Affordable Care Act dominated national news on Monday, the first of three scheduled days of oral arguments. The main issue is the individual mandate for health insurance, which would both make available and require health insurance coverage for people who are not covered by employer plans. Continue Reading
Make mine pink
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You know, there is some crazy shit being proposed out there. Cray-zee. If you pay even the briefest moment’s attention to politics, it seems like folks are losing their ever-loving minds. Continue Reading
Thinking about peace, near a St. Paul vigil against war
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CORRECTION 3/20/2012 • March 19 is a tragic anniversary. As my friend, Wayne Wittman, of Veterans for Peace put it: “On March 19, 2003, after a terrific bombardment called “Shock and Awe” we and the other nations we could coax to join us launched an invasion of the sovereign independent Nation of Iraq.”
The warm weather lead to an Irish parade
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Unseasonably warm weather got me motivated to check out the parade on a Saturday evening. There may be a touch of Scots-Irish in my genetic background, but it is predominately German. But the gathering of people for a Parade provided a destination for a bike ride. A blown bike tier had me taking a free bus ride back home. Continue Reading
Marathon season is almost here. Joy!
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Friends, I am so very, very stoked. This is the very best part of my running season–those weeks when it’s just a wee bit too early to start training for real, but close enough to spend large parts of my day just thinking about how great it’s going to be. Continue Reading