Okay, much as I hate to plunge into things without being sure it is not a waste of time, the Associated Press is calling the KG trade to Boston a done deal and I’m getting a lot of calls to appear on various media to discuss the trade, so it seems a little silly not … Read more
how i feel, courtesy of Voodoo Donut. I feel like I’ve been offered a jelly donut, only to find a puff of stale air in place of promised jelliness. There in the pages of the glossy Lake Minnetonks Magazine, ran a snippet that proclaimed the existence of a new Good Day Cafe, right in Wayzata! … Read more
If this shit keeps up I’m going to initiate a class action lawsuit against the Twins on behalf of all the whiplash victims in Twins Territory. I go away for a week on the heels of a nice little rebound series against the Angels (the Twins had won the first two games when I hit … Read more
There is a term they bounce around the suburbs called “Grocery Getter.” This usually refers to the egregious waste of fuel smallish women (primarily) expend on driving large SUVs to the grocery store. But not all women drive monster trucks to market. Some actually drive sensible vehicles to far better places like the Organic Farmer’s … Read more
MUSIC Urban Bohemian – Born and Bred “Tell me if you want me to give you all my time. I wanna make it good for you cause you blow my mind.” R&B duo Groove Theory had it going on in the ’90s with hit songs like “Tell Me” and “Baby Luv.” And the voice behind … Read more
Among the 14 Pioneer Press employees who took the latest buy-out and departed last Friday was Matt Peiken. Perhaps not a household name like Joe Soucheray or Bob Sansevere, Peiken, 44, is the sort of character who shouldn’t be completely out of step with modern newspapers, but is. I first met him in 2000, not … Read more
I came up with a rule, of sorts, that I would refrain from talking about cars on Sunday. But heh, I am also a modernist (at times) and modernists don’t follow every rule (even their own). Modernism (and schmodernism) aside, here’s another way of looking at it. What’s a man to do when he spots … Read more
by Peter Schilling Jr. This could be the best episode ever and still not live up to the hype. After all, the movie is, what, nearly twenty years in the gestation? Give Matt Groening and company credit for assembling the best writers from seasons’ past and pulling in David Silverman, co-director from Pixar’s superior Monsters, … Read more
If you’ve ever fallen in love too quickly or divorced with ire or married the same person twice or threatened to maim your new spouse on your honeymoon (and meant it), you must see Private Lives, the 1930 Noel Coward comedy now showing on the McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie. As someone who’s done … Read more
Here’s something for all you folks reading the Saturday paper (and getting really mad that there is nothing of substance to read) or perhaps streaming that silly show “Car Talk” online. I say silly in a good way. The two guys are a hoot. However I think they discuss really boring cars for the most … Read more