weapons of massdistraction

I inherited a low-key compulsion from my father. It’s not the world’s worst, but every now and then it can lead to a bellyache. You see, once I start eating pistachios…I can’t stop. Until they’re all gone, of course. I get into a rhythm, cracking them open and popping them into my mouth. They’re [...]

So much to say. Attention span too short to say it. But that won’t stop me from trying. First, consider the following cautionary tale. There’s a reason I usually pay trained professionals to dye my hair for me. Still, every few years I foolishly feel the need to remind myself. Recently I picked up [...]

This afternoon the little man and I made another incursion into the suburbs and, I have to admit, we quite enjoyed ourselves. The City of Woodbury has built a strange and wondrous place. It’s a 20,000 square foot structure containing a large library, a park area with waterfalls (that splash onto fake boulders straight [...]

Nothing too exciting to report. Had a quiet Sunday, the first in quite a while. Spent the morning perusing the New York Times. Was particularly keen on the following articles: Some Younger U.S. Arabs Reassert Ethnicity; Japan’s Lost and Found Culture; and Pictures from The Hotel Armageddon. On my regular web rounds I found [...]

Looks like St. Paul is where the action is this weekend. Well, some of it, at any rate. St. Paul’s very own So Fox (fronted by Arzu, formerly of the Selby Tigers) is playing a benefit show tonight…uh, in Minneapolis. Tomorrow night David Bowie will actually be playing in St. Paul. As much as [...]