Game #34, Home Game #17: Miami 91, Minnesota 101 Season record: 5-29 1. The Importance of Glue Other players scored more points, grabbed more rebounds, doled out more assists, and generally exerted a higher-profile on tonight’s rare Wolves victory than the two glue guys I consider to be most crucial to the win, Ryan Gomes … Read more
I’m feeling very married these days. More than when I stood in front of the judge, more than when I opened a joint checking or co-signed a mortgage. And even more than when I drove away from the hospital with our first child. While my marriage has seen its share of compromise, we’re on the … Read more
DANCEIt’s Getting Hot in Here You might have to wear your full-body parka snowsuit to the show, but once you step inside, The Rabbit Show Dance Ensemble promises to turn up the heat with some hotter-than-hot dancing. Representing an elusive Minnesotan summer and sunshine is the goal of the thirteen choreographed dances that are part … Read more
So how was JesusChristmas for you all here in the United States? I have been away over the holidays but I have not been wasting time. Au contraire. You see I have been busily working in France test driving cars that most people can only dream about. Cars even hotter than France’s new President’s bride … Read more
2007 was almost certainly the first year in my adult life that I abandoned more books than I finished. For years I was a masochist about reading, and once I made any sort of investment in a book –bought it, checked it out from the library, cracked the pages– I felt obligated to finish the … Read more
Thanks to local designer George Moskal for making me feel all Lindsay Lohan-like this holiday season. He lent me one of his dresses! I wore it to a belated holiday party last Friday night; see the craftily cropped outtake below. Because, you see, even with a pretty dress on, I still can’t feel good about … Read more
BOOKS & AUTHORSHave a Beer and a Book Join us for Raking Through Books, The Rake’s monthly happy hour book club, at Kieran’s Irish Pub. This month, meet authors Biloine W. Young, Wing Young Huie, and David Parker. Exploring human rights, activism, the power of story, and determination of spirit, these three authors tell their … Read more
A young family moved in on a nearby street and we’re determined to give them a warmer welcome than what we got. It’s not like folks were mean upon our arrival, but there is more than one house on the block with a lawn service, drawn curtains and a dark porch light on Halloween. Either … Read more
I’ve spent the day researching the life of Michael Dorris: reading him, reading about him. And the dark, frantic moral of his story seems to be simply that some lives are unlivable. This is not a comforting thought. He was an extraordinary writer. No matter what his myriad sins, this man had a way on … Read more
Game #32, Home Game #16: Denver118, Minnesota 107 Game #33, Home Game #17: Dallas 101, Minnesota 78 1. Beating A Dead Horse Al Jefferson and Craig Smith took the floor for the opening tap Friday night so you knew the Timberwolves would fall behind early. And, why, yes, Denver scored the first 12 points of … Read more