My team (of Rakettes, yes) test drove the Mercedes Benz CLS 55 AMG* yesterday. This is another misunderstood car in fly-over country. It is one of the few cars to be seen in where that kind of thing is important (which it isn’t really). Because of this, however, it seems a somewhat naughty purchase for … Read more
The clock is ticking. The clock is always ticking, always tick-tick-ticking. The sun is burning, burning, burning. The moon is rising. The moon is rising. The moon is rising. The world is turning. This world is turning, turning, turning. Our hearts are yearning. Our hearts, our hearts, our hearts are yearning. The days get away … Read more
ART Leave the Jogging Suit at Home Tonight is the opening reception for Not the Running Type, featuring art works by Cheryl Wilgren Clyne and Kimberly Tschida Petters. These two artists have come together for the first time in this joint exhibit. And in a most unusual and interesting move, they’ve even included collaborative pieces. … Read more
Am I the only one irritated by Posh’s posture here? Yes, yes, I know she’s got her some awesome clavicle, but jeez, jutting one’s bones in such a manner (and you’ll see more of what I mean if you click through Style.com) is just so obnoxious.
I’ll get to the Twins later this month, I promise, hopefully in tandem with Brauer and Zellar but also to talk about whether Terry Ryan ought to go for it or punt. Meanwhile, this board is delightfully full of Wolves fiends. I owe you my two cents on some of the things you’ve been talking … Read more
Did you see the All-Star Game home run derby? The derby itself was sort of a snooze –too drawn out, too much digressive commentary, too many commercial breaks– but it was the bullshit beforehand that really had me stomping around my living room and foaming at the mouth. I mean, seriously, doesn’t it chap your … Read more
Wednesday’s meeting of Star Tribune Guild stewards ended with the 25 gathered employees blowing past a proposal to put a “no confidence” vote on publisher Par Ridder before membership. Instead, arguing that “no confidence” was “a little soft” considering Ridder’s behavior, the stewards voted unanimously to have membership vote on demanding Ridder’s resignation. The membership … Read more
Disclaimer: This post is only nominally about cars but a car did cause me to write it. I have been getting up earlier that usual these days (I wonder how many blogs start with that same inane sentence. A blog is not a diary. A blog is logging of information that starts conversation. Diaries belong … Read more
ART White Bear Benefit The White Bear Center for the Arts is hosting an Art Watch benefit for the next few days. Catch live art demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow, and Raku firing this evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Witness or participate in the creation of traditional Japanese pottery. … Read more
You might think that a pagan Jew with a taste for dry, fruity, lusty red wines couldn’t fully appreciate a luminous white called Lacrima Christi, or “Tears of Christ.” You would be wrong. I’m actually a big believer in Jesus Christ. I think there’s little doubt he existed: a fine man, a prophet, and a … Read more