It’s brown ale season, regardless of what the thermometer says.

After almost 18 months without a dog, we’ve made the leap again.

Hard to pick what the best part of the Irish Fair was today but Border Collies make everything better.

Great turn out for Inbound Brewing’s Book Fair for Grown Ups.

Not too many better backdrops in professional sports than this. #MNTwins

Just us and the crows out enjoying the heat of the evening. Sorry to any recent transplants to Minnesota who may not have realized just how hot and humid Minnesota can get in the summer.

This is so cringeworthy it gave me heart palpitations.

A profile of Melissa Hortman, one of the MN legislators targeted last night. www.mprnews.org/story/2019/0...

Preliminary info: www.fox9.com/news/melissa... Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Something truly terrible is unfolding in Minnesota right now. www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...

How is it only Wednesday? This week (so far) calls for some self care in the form of Italian food, Amaro Manhattans, and Aperol spritzes.

We walked past a bridal shop with our daughter today. Someone was trying on a dress inside and our daughter asked to see pics of my wife’s wedding dress. When I showed her, her only comment was “Well, it was of its time wasn’t it?” 😳

We just received our copy of Lawless by @leahlitman.bsky.social and cannot wait to dive in.

It’s been a long year of a week so I’m trying a new gin to kick off the weekend.

Minnesota has rolled out the red carpet for Messi today. Couldn’t ask for better conditions or fans. #mnufc #minnesotanice

Me, doing research on Westlaw: “Hmm, this case is on point. Let’s just email that to myself.” 30 seconds later, a notification alert of an email chimes: “Oh, I wonder who is emailing me now.” Every. Single. Time. 🤦‍♂️

Nice turn out of the Minnesota bar for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law. Thanks to the MSBA, HCBA, and RCBA for organizing and to retired Justice Chutich for leading us in retaking the attorney’s oath.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs ("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)

EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT LAWS

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There is so much crazy right now. Jazz and a martini seem to be a good escape for the evening.

While I have you here: Human error happens in every election, because humans are error machines. Think about an election. About 3.4 million people voted for president in Wisconsin in 2024. But let's assume, for easy math, that 10,000 people voted in an election. 1/

"Results revealed that conservative social media users were significantly more likely than liberals to use language that involved threat, intimidation, name-calling, humiliation, stereotyping, and negative prejudice." Ideological & online hostility www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today is full of disappointment. First mosquito of the season. At least I can smack a mosquito.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

74 degrees in March in Minnesota calls for a beer on the patio. Being let down (again) by spineless Senate Dems means that whiskey is not far behind.

The Big Picture: Government is complicated because we live in a complex world, and have built together--the res publica, "thing of the people"--the tools needed to respond to it. No one, no "galaxy brain", can comprehend it all, much less understand even most of what in government do.

Keep thinking about this line from The Lion in Winter: Geoffrey : My you chivalric fool... as if the way one fell down mattered. Richard : When the fall is all there is, it matters.

DC peeps, the Environmental Law & Policy Center is hiring! They focus on the Great Lakes but the job is DC based. I've worked with them before- good people and good work. environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...

This. This is the key to a happier career and a happier life. Focus on what you want and, more importantly, what you can control and not on what others think. Do these things well, and you can build a good career wherever you land.

C’mon City!

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

In the week leading up to our vacation I was at the doctors once and urgent care once. Now, not even 24 hours in to our travels and I’ve broken a tooth. Let’s hope this is the end of the unexpected issues.

really feeling this

For a timeline cleanse I’m sure we all can use: See a calming photo, add a calming photo.

Mother Nature really came through this evening.

🎶The best part of waking up🎶

Us, watching the Golden Globes: Q: Who is that? A: She was in that one movie. She played the daughter of the actress from The American President. Q: Which one? A: It’s right on the tip of my tongue. She was married to that old actor. Q: Which one? A: He was in that comic detective movie.

January sunset over a frozen Minnesota lake.

Indy bookstore, raclette, Hues and Cues, Party Wordle, and early 80s music for the perfect NYE.

Happy Central Time Zone New Year to everyone!

Patrick Dexter: Auld Lang Syne, a traditional tune to bid fairwell to the old year. Happy New Year from the West of Ireland! #viaX #cvideo

Years ago, to encourage our kids to read and to develop a more laid back NYE tradition, we started going to a local book store on NYE morn and then reading books and playing games in the evening. It’s become the NYE-equivalent of Jólabókaflóðið and is one of our favorite days of the year now. 1/

Another career path I wish I would have known about when I was younger: raptor rescuer and wildlife rehabilitator. www.instagram.com/p/DEBc_NHgkc...

The first of the three spirits has appeared…

Chasing the Solstice vibe in Minnesota.

The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Holiday flurries…