Back in my day, you know, before tabbed websites and wikis, parents generally dreaded the long road trip. Today they seem to dread the lack of communication with their IPODed, vidiotic little brats (not recognizing their complicity in the process). I comment about cars. I have no idea what it takes to be a parent. … Read more
Today’s my 31st birthday. If I weren’t already set to enjoy a home-cooked dinner, as made by my fabulous boyfriend, and then drinks-upon-drinks with my closest friends, I’d probably want to spend the evening at Walker Community Church, where I’d detail and repent the very many sins I’ve committed this past year. Just Kidding! This … Read more
It’s the rare Monday night on which a worthwhile theater production takes place. The not-often seen (not often anymore) Open Eye Figure Theatre will present its version of The Nativity Story–and the Virgin Mary promises to be a lot punchier than in Catherine Hardwicke’s playing-it-safe film version. Another thing to note about the show: although … Read more
Them poor sick creatures going up the street at two in the morning, dancing with bells on their shoes, wailing and baring their broken teeth at the moon, just throwing them heads back and shaking them devil sticks. It’s a racket, I can’t say it isn’t, but I wouldn’t go so far as some of … Read more
News came at the end of this week that the Gopher football stadium was going to cost more than originally thought because it’s being built on mushy ground. Boy, if that isn’t an opportunity for a metaphor, I don’t know my Aristotle. It’s been suggested by more than one wag that the reason the Minneapolis … Read more
I am not a baking genius. To be a baking genius, you must adhere to the ethics of the scientist…and I am an artist, dammit! But there are some things that I have learned to make the cookie onslaught easier. Butter Use real butter, holiday cookies deserve it. Not whipped, not margarine, not oleo, not … Read more
Machismo is integtral to Latin culture. I am no expert on either Latin culture nor, neccessarily, pure manliness. On the other hand, I know about cars. I also know that very small utility vehicles are popular in many Latin countries. There is something macho about purpose-built vehicles, particularly when they can be purchased at a … Read more
All kinds of promising rock shows are scheduled for this evening: Curtiss A’s Tribute to John Lenon is at First Ave, this being the anniversary of Lenon’s murder; The Alarmists are at the Turf Club; Beatifics are at the Uptown–which reminds me that the beatific Mr. Chris Dorn left me a message a while back, … Read more
Apocalypto, 2006. Directed by Mel Gibson, written by Gibson and Farhad Safinia. Starring Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Bird, Carlos Emilio Baez, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Fernando Hernandez Perez, and Maria Isidra Hoil. Among many others… Now showing in theaters around town. From the sermons of street critic Guy Fresno: Roll … Read more
Give me snow. I want it. I want to play in it. I want to see it. I’ll shovel. I’ll get wet shoes. I’ll let my boss give me whitewashes. Much to my suprise while doing some research this weekend, I realized that we have actually been getting more inches of snow per year in … Read more