I’ve got rhubarb. What are your favorite rhubarb recipes? Aside from dipping it directly into the sugar jar and eating it raw, which is my kid’s favorite.

Another year paying tabs for my electric car and another year of being outraged by the electric vehicle surcharge. It should be based on weight and mileage, not some random amount. Why would a Leaf and a Cybertruck pay the same amount?

MPD is basically just publicly funded private security for Michel's Utility Services

We went to Kindergarten Roundup tonight and holy shit is our community school white. My kindergarten class in the suburbs in the early 80s was probably more diverse racially than my kid’s will be.

This week, Donald Trump asked a child, "You think you could take me in a fight?" So we at @today.yougov.com obviously polled Americans on the topic. Our results:

There absolutely is a need to invest large sums into modernizing the State of Minnesota's IT infrastructure, but I've yet to see anything that suggests fraud was an IT issue.

Its awesome that the system we use to submit and approve timecards never works right on the day we need to submit and approve timecards.

Hennepin County + Minneapolis are planning major improvements to Cedar Ave (Lake St to 42nd St) to boost safety & mobility for all users. The full reconstruction will upgrade pavement, drainage, signals, bus stops, sidewalks & pedestrian ramps. Construction starts Spring 2028.

Someone here has a ringtone that is the sound of making food from Breath of the Wild. It rings multiple times a day. Why it isn't silenced, I don't know, but as far as ringtones go, it may be the least obnoxious I've heard.

What better way to celebrate #StarWarsDay than buying a piece of Rebel Turkey merch to support Standish Ericsson neighbors?! givebutter.com/rebelturkey-...

Hennepin County was outside Everett’s today talking about this. They are looking to put traffic calming at 40th and 36th. Which is better than nothing. Please attend or send comments in support.

The new fence got some decoration today. Perfect little project for the 5 year old to do.

After a recent purchase, I now have SIX pairs of Birkenstock shoes (boots, clogs, sneakers, 2 plastic and 1 leather sandals). Because they are basically orthopedic shoes for me. I am very much not cool.

What the actual fuck is Angie Craig doing here? Is she trying to win the primary by getting Republicans to cross over and vote for her?

The preK teacher told my husband that my kid said “Goddammit” at school yesterday when something didn’t go right. My kid claims she actually said “hey.” 😂

All of us, every day.

Why the fuck is my computer doing a force restart in the middle of the day and not overnight? Just powered down in the middle of a meeting and now has been doing whatever for the past ten minutes.

The Commissioner of Revenue would need to reduce aid to cities that fly the old flag. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Revenue is still displaying the old state seal in the lobby of the Stassen Building.

More girls play high school sports in Minnesota than boys. More girls go on to play in college on scholarship (per article linked below.) Yet, the StarTribune consistently covers boys sports at a much higher rate (at least online) than girls. Just pure sexism. varsity.startribune.com/mn-high-scho...

So underwhelming that we've had trouble keeping MN flags in stock! They sell faster than we can order them. 🙄 Rest assured tho, we just got in a huge reorder from @flagsforgood.com!

Super good use of employee time to have us stand in line for an hour to renew our parking and get new vehicle hang tags. Admin must be the only agency still using triplicate forms.

A 3,400 year-old Mycenaean amphora with a spectacular octopus inspired by the ‘Marine Style’ of Minoan Crete. Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me #Archaeology

If you live, work or commute near Cedar between Lake and 42nd, there is a meeting on the future of the road. The first one had good results with people valuing traffic calming and safer crosswalks most by a large margin. Please come and add to that feedback

Maintenance. And I usually spell it in such a way that the spellcheck suggestions are not helpful. This is a word I use regularly in my work.

One thing I wish people would do better about is weed affects people differently than drinking, but you still should not ingest weed and drive. One of my friends got into an accident the other day while high and he’s arguing he shouldn’t be charged with driving impaired…but you were my guy

I tried to write about black women in the 1930s labor movement in Minnesota but couldn’t find enough sources to put together a cohesive paper, so I wrote about black leaders in general in the MN labor movement.

Workplace surprise tornado drill! Everyone to the hallway!

Has anyone taken a kid to a First Ave Rock and Roll Playhouse? Did you/your kid like it? How long was the show? Was it worth the cost?

I’m a decade plus into complaints of joint pain. I can’t tolerate most oral pain killers. For the first time ever a doctor suggested lidocaine patches today. First one is working great and I’m so mad no one has ever mentioned them before.

Less than two years in jail, with time served, for someone who killed someone due to their drunk driving. Want to kill someone with nearly no repercussions? Use a car. (gift link) www.startribune.com/man-whose-ba...

Got my kid’s application in for next year’s afterschool care. Hopefully this is the last high stakes sign up until at least September.

First class of Community Ed Watercolor 101 for me tonight. I’m definitely 👍 n the bottom third of age and I’m almost 50

Lots of Ransomware hitting school districts/counties/cities stories lately. From what I've heard, its often the same group. I'd love to see money (and possibly employees) from the State helping these smaller governments in improving their cybersecurity measures. www.startribune.com/spring-lake-...

We are declaring it real spring and are now keeping the bowling balls and the ebike batteries out in the garage.

I want to be this French woman and have her life.

I finished my first paint by numbers. I learned a lot to make the next one better.

I've been a designated User Acceptance Tester on a new app we made. UAT is not my normal job, but it makes sense. Anyways, I've been trying to get through my scenarios for WEEKS and just keep running into dumb problems and I have to stop. I was not meant to ever finish this task I fear.

This is the takeaway from Cabaret too that was at the Guthrie earlier this season. Minnesota arts organizations KNOW what's up. (Except that MN Orchestra which is doing three Harry Potter concerts for some reason.)

If you get an email from Winona County, just don't open it.

Go to a doctor's appointment and come back to big a cybersecurity instance that has us all hands on deck. I mean, not me, I managed the PMO and we are worthless in these sort of things, but all my peers.

For months I have been trying to get on HRT for perimenopause. It has been one dumb thing after another keeping me from seeing a doctor. Today I'm actually seeing someone and if I don't leave with a prescription for estrogen (and whatever else) I will cry for hours.

New fence day at my house. I left for work as they showed up and the hope is that the old fence will be gone and the new one installed by the time I get home. 🤞

This is real

I’m giving paint by numbers a try. I’ve been working in this for about two weeks.

Dyeing eggs at my parents today.

We did not make it to MSP. 🤮✈️🤢

Ah yes, the 4:00am puke all over the hotel bed on the last night of vacation move. Nice work kid!

Watched two young women get busted for underage drinking on the beach. Mom was called. Fingerprints taken while in bikinis right from the four-wheeler. They looked mortified, but mom handled it well.

And another beautiful day to be mostly offline.

Just an absolutely beautiful day to be mostly offline.