rakemag Can you believe it’s already tax day? I’m lucky this year, having gone to see Mr. Mark Fox–tax accountant for every writer, actor, painter, or musician I’ve ever known–in February. This frees me up for my usual Monday evening activities of movie-watching and/or reading. But lookit! This sounds interesting: Once Upon A Crime bookstore is … Read more
Cheney and Rummy: 31 years of listening only to each other In case you haven’t noticed, we’re not winning in Iraq. It’s not the military’s fault, unless you fault them for not rising up, deposing Bush and Rumsfeld, and restoring the democracy that was taken from us in 2000. At any rate, the military has … Read more
Now, I could humor you all with fake Secrets… Or I could just come clean and tell you what I’m really up to weekend. Meet me there, if you’d like. I’m going to that cool-sounding Days and Nights show at the Grain Belt Office Building tonight. I’m going running tomorrow morning–probably something like nine miles … Read more
If you were to google-stalk me, which I’m sure you weren’t, but just indulge me here for a moment, and pretend, if you will, that the small matter of my incessant self-googling doesn’t exist. Now. Depending upon which search engine you were to use (note here how “google,” as a verb, is in danger of … Read more
The only thing I can possibly imagine doing tonight is going to the Soul Asylum concert at the Fine Line–but of course, I will not be going. I’ve already noted how little I like standing in place for hours on end. And I do tend to dance at these things. I just haven’t been moved … Read more
Went to see The House of Blue Leaves at the Jungle on Saturday. It was good, reeeeeeeeally good, but I won’t spoil too much of that because, as noted on Friday, I was filling in for Mr. Dominic Papatola over at the Pioneer Press. That review should come out, oh, tomorrow. The strangest thing happened, … Read more
This is similar to the one Mark Antony used Just when you think George Bush can’t get any stupider, this comes along. Oops, it seems George himself authorized the leak of classified information. A Strib letter writer suggested this morning (several items down) “It doesn’t matter with the Republican Party whether you are a congressman, … Read more
We’re voting for Michele A Minnesota Senate committee yesterday voted to put a stop to Michele Bachmann’s attempt to put a gay marriage ban amendment on the ballot this fall. Before we get all weepy about it, let’s remember what this actually means. A key Republican strategy is to fire up their base of right … Read more
Minneapolis Public Libraries keep just terrible hours! You’ve noticed this, I’m sure. Me, I live in and about the uptown area, and it seems the Walker Branch is just about never open. I had much more luck with the library back when I was a freelancer: Central hadn’t yet shutdown and I often found myself … Read more