A total of 24 Stribbers took the voluntary buy-out allowed under the present Guild contract. The names were released this morning. They are: Judy Arginteanu Bill Arthur Steve Aschburner Mike Carroll Bob Franklin Grethchen Gramenz Doug Halliday Jeremy Iggers Jocelina Joiner Tom Jones Jim Lundberg Bob Lutsey Ron Meador Richard Parker Darlene Prois John Reinan … Read more
Honest to God, I’m not going out tonight. Probably I’ll just go to the tile shop and pick out my new kitchen floor. (Stainless steel tiles, anyone? Boyfriend is installing…) But if I were going out, here’s what I’d consider: TV on the Radio at First Ave., (my friend Jerry Steller rather likes this band), … Read more
Game 6, Home Game 32: Minnesota 86, Indiana 81 1. Nothing To Lose But A Reputation For Stupidity The Timberwolves story in Tuesday’s Star Tribune, entitled “Wittman still seeks right answer,” went into some detail about how the coach of this franchise had tried everything– “tweaked and re-tweaked the lineup, shuffled the rotation…called the team … Read more
Here’s an interesting music happening for the evening: Pop Wagner, who has been heard on PHC as well as the Morning Show (or, as I call it, “Grandma’s Jukebox”), is playing the Eagle’s Club with The Twin Cities Playboys. I still plan to spend my evening out of doors, though.
It may be that alien animals are attracted to individuals possessed of certain psychological traits. We can surmise that energy-seeking entities were around that night, and that the poacher’s blood would have met their needs. Scattered work. Magic of the city. Web of shopping. Antonio Villas Boas had blood extracted from a clean incision just … Read more
I spent a good chunk of the day tending various hooks in the water, hoping to catch word of the names of reporters on the voluntary buy-out list at the Star Tribune. But it was dead quiet. Not even a nibble. Even though there was word of a 10 AM meeting of Strib brain wizards … Read more
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