Still a total noob, but I like these from my most recent roll

First time ever making green bean casserole. Gonna do it from scratch, though! (Except the fried onions. Ain’t nobody got time for that)

Nü Metal edition: -Back to School (Mini Maggit), Deftones -Hollywood, POD -Prison Song, SOAD -Caught A Glimpse, Blindside -Family System, Chevelle

The thing I didn’t know about white collar workers until I sojourned amongst them is that they literally don’t work from now until the new year Which, to be clear, is fine! I just want a society in which the rest of us get summer off

I wasn’t prepared for the irony of having technologically illiterate teenagers

Having been a daily rider for the last 15 yrs it really is a wonder how quickly things have shifted in the last 5 yrs As a Northeast resident, though, it feels as if the AAA plan has simply pretended we don't exist. Still not a single complete low-stress bikeway in the entire neighborhood

Pinch Flat! On the way to work

What a joy to ride the unofficially reopened Cedar Lake trail today. Boy I’ve missed it!

Watching Total Recall for the first time and I am in love with this campy movie

Anyway, socialism is neat. Join us in DSA! twincitiesdsa.org/join/

Going to a friend's for dinner on Saturday in the depths of St. Paul. There is pretty much no way to get there safely on a bike. There's nothing like crossing the river to make you appreciate what we've got over here Sorry, not sorry, StP friends...

White people will do literally anything to not take a bus

listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win

Starting a Bible study on John for the parish I do regular supply for and you can bet I mentioned Browning's "A Death in the Desert"

Good morning!

🎶 I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats With scarves of red tied 'round their throats To keep their little heads from falling in the snow

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? I’ve got several to choose from, but this indie gem is one of those iykyk perfect LPs

Any time I have Laphroaig I think of one of my favorite romantic films, “Like Crazy,” a movie I used to watch during the separation so I could cry

Natch fabrics are handling today’s weather (raining, 42F/6C) with aplomb: Waxed cotton jacket Wool Stormy Kromer w/ earflaps Thick woolen flannel pants Oiled leather boots The pants and jacket are dry within 30 mins hung in the room. I’m actually surprised

Europe: An Experiment in Dehydration- An American’s Tale

This, btw, is one of the reasons I will pretty aggressively contest attempts to reinstall the centrality of the Homilies for Anglican doctrine. I do have to wonder if advocates have actually read them...

Now this one in particular is **excellent**

Curb separated and *proper* bollards. Haven’t seen a flexible delineator yet

Salt and pepper delivered with my steak & ale pie, which on the one hand is rather 1970s, and on the other these peas and carrots are entirely bereft of seasoning..,

The charity shops I’ve stopped at are like the thrift stores of old. Actual 20th century clothes

Surly bike spotted

What’re your favorite Scottish bands? CHVRCHES is definitely tops for me, but King Creosote is another stunner. Think a tempered melancholic Damien Rice

Based on my experience with their boots, if you were looking for a currently-produced, analogous shoe that could handle hearty conditions, I’d look at Solovair us.nps-solovair.com/collections/...

Fwiw I think critically assessing the Mpls mayoral race is healthy. Disagreement can help to clarify and challenge!

A totally slept on (by myself as well) Johannine resource. Having established myself as a Gore fan, the more I read of Holland, the more I appreciate his unique place in liberal catholicism archive.org/details/four...

I’ve yet to see a muffin man

All your lefty friends plugged their nose & voted for Clinton & Kamala. A whooole bunch of Hampton supporters said “I don’t really like Frey - or I’m not supposed to anyway - but I’m gonna rank him #2 because I remember the Berlin Wall

Doing a reread of “News From Nowhere” & wondered if it could be made into a movie. But I don’t think it could However Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed” could translate to that medium, I think. We could use a good utopian film

Just saw a Slipknot shirt in Durham

Not sure if a witch lives here in an attempt to trick innocent children or not

Was just treated to a truly delightful evening by @mthrjo.bsky.social and @frjonathanbish.bsky.social. I feel I was in the presence of Anglican social media royalty

Bringing the Red Wing Postman Oxford shoes was a very good choice for dealing with the cobbles and pavement over here. Almost as if they were designed for walking all day in

Didn’t realize one of my favs was entombed here

"We would rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die." —W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety

@mthrjo.bsky.social So my bluesky messages appear not to be working, but I think I remember the station pub. I don’t remember the time!

Geez Minneapolis is so conservative. That’s the simplest answer

Literally faster for me to grab the tram from the Edinburgh airport to the train station, buy a ticket, and be heading south than to get the bus from Northeast to Cedar-Riverside

First time ever in JFK airport- is it always this loud??? And what are these periodic high pitched sounds?

A couple recent instances of Henn Co having the one-way bikeway behind a bus stop be at a different level than the sidewalk and this seems to me an important precedent After visiting Copenhagen a year & a half ago I came to believe their somewhat unDutch style would fit better over here

Was out of coffee at home, wanted to get some while out before 7, but nobody convenient was open WFH has ruined coffee shops for morning people. Bunch of y’all be sleeping like teenagers

If you’re looking for a “contemporary” arrangement for Ye Watchers… it would be tough to beat David Crowder Band youtu.be/7DEYcuJXYg0?...

Feel like I’d seen an alert that the Blue Line would be non-operational on Monday, but it appears to be up and running now. Anyone or @metrotransitmn.bsky.social know anything about that?

One overlooked cause of “less trick or treating” is helicopter parents not letting their kids have even one damned minute of unsupervised time outside

Published my first Op-Ed w/ Professor Ed Goetz on how the national narrative about Minneapolis misses how zoning and market rate housing are necessary but not sufficient to help lower-income renters 🧵 www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...