I had a schoolmate named Penny Nichols. I still worry about her having that name.

After the long hard winter in Minneapolis, this sunny cool spring is so spectacular it feels like mother nature is working overtime to heal our moods.

Can't believe everyone named Penny has to change their name

You should get a discount on life insurance if you wear a hard hat 24/7

Getting my "RIP Starmer, you taught me it was OK to be weird, ur wiv de angles now. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this" post in early.

I'm giving a final exam in one of the U of MN's older buildings, which has crappy HVAC so the window's have to be open, and there are a bunch of turkeys just outside the window gobbling every 90 seconds.

The territory is 177. We missed the established date, it was March 3rd.

I saw this on a walk today and was utterly shocked.

Superb report from @sightline.org: "Apartments Are the Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight" Yes. Don't overcomplicate things, just build a bunch of f'ing apartments.

“.. Target has lost nearly 9%, its worst three-day stretch in more than a year.” @barrons.com #$TGT www.barrons.com/articles/tar...

If you come for Alfred Lord Tennyson, James Joyce, you better not miss with an anachronistic pun

Interesting piece, but I resent how Peter Thiel is represented in the Gawker saga. Thiel didn't "emerge from the shadows" to magnanimously tell the NYT he funded Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker. He did it because my colleague and I exposed his involvement. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

In 2012, the building that housed the Rainbow Gallery was the source of a preservation debate. The building had been a Gluek tied house. It should’ve been saved and incorporated into the new development, IMO. Alas, it was demolished. Star Tribune September 27, 2012.

Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck died early Monday after crashing into a Metro Transit bus in south Minneapolis. The crash caused the bus to strike a house. The preliminary investigation indicates the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed and went through a stop sign.

Fritz Lang's M was released in Germany 95 years ago today. Listen to our recent episode on Lang, which covers his flight from the Nazis, career in the US, and finally his return to Germany to complete his last films: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/fri...

5/11/31 Fritz Lang's M, w/Peter Lorre [Co-W: then-wife + future Nazi Thea von Harbou (div 1933)] More: @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fri... Houghton/ @sensesofcinema.bsky.social: www.sensesofcinema.com/2022/cteq/m-... Tristan Bath/ @thequietus.com: thequietus.com/culture/film...

And the flag turns 2!

Minor quibble, but surely the Star Tribune could have found a Hüsker Dü-era photo to accompany this graphic, rather than a more recent Bob Mould image.

We got visitors at our campsite last night

The State of Minnesota turns 168 today.

Open at 2 for Spurs v Leeds Torture Hour

"I drink Brass Monkey, and I rock well I got a castle in Brooklyn, that's where I dwell."

slightly increase a band CATHEDRALS

On this day: May 11, 1980. Ramones at Sam’s.

Fucking incredible. Play this for every university administrator in the nation. She says AI is the next “industrial revolution” and all the students BOO loudly. And then when she says “a few years ago, AI was not part of our lives” they all CHEER. She is shocked by their reactions. I am not!!!

My big news: I've left The Athletic because they wanted me to stop covering the Twins. I refused to give up my dream, so I'm betting on myself and returning to my independent roots. I need your support to make it work. Join me and let's do this together: www.aarongleeman.com/welcome-to-t...

Also, this conversation is ridiculous because shit started fragmenting to the point of no return once we got access to downloadable music. Now, please, I must meditate *puts on Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)*

Can I offer you a Fanta/Hantavirus joke in this trying time?

Storefront on East Hennepin Avenue

#nowwatching #filmsky #queercinema #movie DESERT HEARTS Release Date: March 7, 1986 Director: Donna Deitch

Why—HOW—does this look so much like a Vermeer

Dylan Harper's reaction after Wemby elbowed Naz Reid 😭😭 Original post

Heres a source if anyone is looking for one: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

NEW: A passenger returning to the U.S. from that Dutch cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred has tested positive for the virus, according to HHS. A second is showing mild symptoms.

Other hands with a G and an H in both parts of their name?

Saint Cloud is known for literally pounding stone (granite) so

Still on a break from posting regularly, but when I do return - I'll have some stories.

Pretty sure I've only met one person in real life who was the person a song was about ("Mr. Brightside")

Watching a Pat Proft film and he worked in a Columbia Heights reference.

Also, a Happy Mother’s Day to the Mother Road

Can I make a recommendation? www.subtextbooks.com/item/1sM1NJw...

Uh oh Wolves Game five is same time as a book club in our household

It was a classic contemporary dance move

The Wolves are not smiling

I hate this. But also I love this. But also I want to puke.

Ayo’s catch was more football and soccer than basketball

Ayo has to understand he ain’t getting the usual calls right now. It’s playoffs