Where are my Girl Scout Cookies? My mom’s cookies have been delivered. I saw the Springy green box of Thin Mints on her table yesterday. And yet, my little scout has yet to show up. I saw a woman in the orthodontist parking lot horking down a sleeve of Do-Si-Do’s, the peanut-butter sandwich cookies. I … Read more
So, then: Even after all that impenetrable darkness and the long, bruising fall, he would live, and emerge gulping and incredulous into a world painted over in a flat coat of muted gray. In the old happily-ever-after version of such a tale, a man in the grips of blind despair would be saved by an … Read more
Game #61, Road Game #30, Miami 105, Minnesota 91 1. No Center, No Point Guard, No Chance The Minnesota Timberwolves do not have a center who can adequately defend the paint. They do not have anyone capable of fulfilling the point guard duties at both ends of the court at even a mediocre level. These … Read more
Tonight, sadly, is your last chance to catch a show so controversial it needs (wants?) bodyguards: The Pope and The Witch, a University of Minnesota production being directed by my former superior at TJL, Robert Rosen (a nice guy). Unfortunately, this means I’ll be missing the whole thing, since I’m taking the evening off to … Read more
I caught John Hines at an awkward moment. The local radio and TV vet was just about to step in to give a deposition. “Its a ‘D-I-V-O-R-C-E’ thing,” he said. I told him I was sorry to hear that. Those things are always some degree of gruesome. “Ah, what the hell,” Hines replied, “I’m getting … Read more
Gwoemul (The Host), 2006. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, written by Joon-ho and Baek Chul-hyun and Ha Won-jun. Starring Song Kang-ho, Ko A-sung, Bae Doon-na, Park Hae-il, Byeon Hee-bong, the cockeyed Paul Lazar, and, as the voice of the beast, Oh Dal-su. Now showing exclusively at the Uptown Theatre. There’s a multitude of beasts in The … Read more
Why don’t you begin by telling me about the dreams you said have been troubling you? I’m locked out of my house and can’t find the keys. I am walking around in an unfamiliar city and everyone I encounter is speaking a language I can’t understand. I look in the mirror and I don’t recognize … Read more
Today is Thursday. Star Tribune guild employees who want to take advantage of a voluntary buy-out, triggered by the paper’s handover to Avista Capital Partners this past Monday, have until next Monday, March 12, to notify the powers that be. Most, presumably will wait until the last moment to return their company paper clips and … Read more
If you’re looking for a distraction from the misery of rain pounding snow into thick, icy crusts, well, you’ve got it in spades this weekend. On Friday night, the Alliance Francaise is going to have a screening of the little-seen (as of late) 1983 classic Rue Cases-Negres (Sugar Cane Alley) at 7pm (donations accepted). This … Read more
Very busy putting together the April issue, but lookit! Tonight is that Policy and a Pint event you’ve been hearing about on the radio–the one employer-tied healthcare. They’re calling it, appropriately, “healthcare handcuffs.”