Today's backyard visitor at the Manor: Brown thrasher

If I was still working for the Lung, I would be busy today, talking about what particulate pollution does to your health and steps you can take to protect yourself. But since I'm retired, I'm going to stay inside, read a spicy mystery novel, and drink wine. ⛪📖🍷

The ACLU isn't telling Minnesotans anything new. We bore witness to this during a very hard winter siege

Minnesota should mint a gold coin with Ilhan Omar's face on the front and the Rebel Loon on the back. Just for fun. 😉

Smelt something burning while making dinner, so I kept checking to see if I had forgotten to turn off a burner. It wasn't until I took the trash out that I realized the source. #Wildfires

Sky is looking a little hazy to the north, but I don't know if that is smoke, humidity, or both.

Seeing the images of the wildfires in Southern Ontario makes me think of the little towns we passed through on our Circle Tour.

Kicking myself now for not buying these at Trader Joes when I saw them by the register.

File Under: Back to their bullshit

Who do you think took the photo? 😉

Let's not forget that this is George Lucas' vision of the future.

On this Bastille Day, it's worth noting that while the notorious prison is long gone, we have the key in Virginia. It's in Mount Vernon, a gift to George Washington from Lafayette.

Every story on our war on Iran I have seen on local teevee includes a quick pivot to gas prices, as if that's the only issue we Americans need to be concerned with.

Trump take taco 😢

If the fate of the nation is in the hands of Platnter voters, we're screwed 🫤

I had never heard of the 1944 WW2 film "Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X," and after watching a few minutes, I understood why. It's awful!

There's a handful of dramatic roles insult comedian Don Rickles played in movies and television series, all of them military members. You know what? He was pretty good.

Just read about some of the crazy things the South was doing just before the Civil War, such as jailing Black sailors from any country for just being Black and free, and South Carolina censoring the US mail.

New insurance spokesperson just droped

This is why we will never be defeated

The Flanagan-Craig battle is taking so much oxygen out of the room, it's easy to overlook other important races, such as who will fill Craig's seat in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. 🧐

Seeing some Demuth spots on teevee, but Kendall Qualls is nowhere to be seen. Is he that confident of the GOP endorsement for governor, or does he lack the funds? 🤔

Mrs. Lungs and I plan to revisit this place before the first snow #Naniboujou

Big if true

I noticed a sign on Coon Rapids Blvd indicating that a new cannibis dispensary was coming soon. Folks, it was less than a thousand yards away from Anoka's municipal dispensary, but just acoss the city line. Have we reached Peak Dispensary? It looks like we might have in my area. 🧐

I, for one, will be glad when this race is in the rearview mirror

I have found that my blood draw experiences are as good or bad as the phlebotomist I get in the luck of the draw. Today I had a good one.

We rarely water our lawn, but with this heat/dry spell, the hoses have come out.

With all the news of food-borne illness, I'm chosing my produce VERY carefully these days. My lettuce? Grown in an Owatonna greenhouse. Baby spinach? Triple-washed and steamed. 😳

This coming crisis was intentional and completely unavoidable. We could be a better country, if we wanted to. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I was only on MNSure briefly, but it sure helped during my gap period between retirement and Medicare eligibility. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Modified the stuffed manocotti receipe a bit, because NO WAY was I turning on the oven today. I also wasn't going to drop $20 on imported sheeps-milk cheese. Found a good shredded Romano for $5 and used the microwave.

The first time I saw video of this, I couldn't believe it, either. It's not AI slop, folks, it's a real thing in Scotland.

We have this in the fridge right now

Mrs Lungs and I got out for an early AM bike ride today, our first this year. 🚴‍♀️

I had not heard of the First 85 until this morning. Good piece! www.startribune.com/fergus-falls...

Hard pass

Mrs Lungs asks me that question all the time

Proving that they are as stupid as they look, the masked cowards litereraly pay for the costs of founder Thomas Rousseau's hate group from their own pockets. When caught breaking the law, they get no support from him.

Somehow, I doubt That Guy will amplify this case on social media. The cross is a nice touch, Miss Demeanor.

Watching Jeopardy!, I just learned that James Bond author Ian Fleming was also the author of this book, which was made into a movie. No wonder Bond's cars had so many magical gadgets!

There are thousands of political pundits a teevee station can turn to for commentary on the midterm elections. Today, on their 4 pm newscast, @kare11.bsky.social turned to Anthony Scaramucci.

Reading this after deleating 6 e-mails that arrived in the last 60 minutes. 🙄 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

After George Floyd's murder, many Minnesotans were inspired to take action. Most were looking to make a better world for everyone. A few went the other dirrection.

Dinner tonight: carryout from an old friend in Mounds View

My saints don't have to be pushed

The latest New Yorker is spicer than usual, as it has a photo essay of Only Fans content providers, several as seen on the Interwebs. 🫣

Started reading "Rebels at Sea," a book about American privateers during the Revolutionary War, and I'm hooked already. #OceansRNowBattlefields

My top picks are Saturday Dumpling (seen below) and Herbivorous Butcher. I WANT the Hmong Corn Dog to be good, but Chef Vang has had some State Fair misses of late.

I think Michelle Bachmann did one, too. No, really!