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"Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
Lake Harriet, standing on a cold beach with strangers on a Tuesday night in November.
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lake Harriet, standing on a cold beach with strangers on a Tuesday night in November.
Tacos El Kevin has figured out the gender inclusive restroom pretty well.
August 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Tacos El Kevin has figured out the gender inclusive restroom pretty well.
People willfully ignorant of local history should not be put in charge. Like, this is all very well-documented. The sad truth is there is a tragedy behind many things we take for granted.
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
People willfully ignorant of local history should not be put in charge. Like, this is all very well-documented. The sad truth is there is a tragedy behind many things we take for granted.
River was nice yesterday. No public water access to this entire pool means that any boats need to come up through the Ford Dam. If you have a canoe or kayak there are other ways in. It was just me, saw no other boats in 4 hours paddling. That bagpiper in St. Paul was the only thing not relaxing.
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
River was nice yesterday. No public water access to this entire pool means that any boats need to come up through the Ford Dam. If you have a canoe or kayak there are other ways in. It was just me, saw no other boats in 4 hours paddling. That bagpiper in St. Paul was the only thing not relaxing.
If it didn't work so well as this, I would have made the bar swap already.
August 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If it didn't work so well as this, I would have made the bar swap already.
Like the Minnesota Twins, Summertime is having a fire sale, so get it cheap before it gets too smokey, rainy, or just ends entirely for the season.
August 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Like the Minnesota Twins, Summertime is having a fire sale, so get it cheap before it gets too smokey, rainy, or just ends entirely for the season.
Unfortunately I lost or broke all my other physical Pixies media, but cranking this, the most important one. Seeing them live tonight in St. Paul.
July 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Unfortunately I lost or broke all my other physical Pixies media, but cranking this, the most important one. Seeing them live tonight in St. Paul.
That NYT article about Alpha, the for-profit AI school in Austin has all these photos that are kind of terrifying if you zoom in and see what the adorable youngsters bathed in sunlight are looking at on their screens.
July 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
That NYT article about Alpha, the for-profit AI school in Austin has all these photos that are kind of terrifying if you zoom in and see what the adorable youngsters bathed in sunlight are looking at on their screens.
Made it in to shore just before the storm, loaded up the canoe, and took shelter under a bridge for a bit. Then continued on my way doing the slightly sinister bike-pulling-a-canoe-in-the-rain-at-night thing. Singing softly to myself with made up lyrics.
July 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Made it in to shore just before the storm, loaded up the canoe, and took shelter under a bridge for a bit. Then continued on my way doing the slightly sinister bike-pulling-a-canoe-in-the-rain-at-night thing. Singing softly to myself with made up lyrics.
Now that I have a working Walkman again, going through my cassette collection:
Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill in his 1995 solo album "phantom of the rapra"
So much better than I remember it.
A highlight is when he breaks the 4th wall, telling the assigned FBI agents to "listen up" on "Mr. President".
Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill in his 1995 solo album "phantom of the rapra"
So much better than I remember it.
A highlight is when he breaks the 4th wall, telling the assigned FBI agents to "listen up" on "Mr. President".
July 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Now that I have a working Walkman again, going through my cassette collection:
Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill in his 1995 solo album "phantom of the rapra"
So much better than I remember it.
A highlight is when he breaks the 4th wall, telling the assigned FBI agents to "listen up" on "Mr. President".
Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill in his 1995 solo album "phantom of the rapra"
So much better than I remember it.
A highlight is when he breaks the 4th wall, telling the assigned FBI agents to "listen up" on "Mr. President".
Not my most ridiculous contribution to the #carryshitolympics but everything fit nice on the cargo bike, and turns out the Yepp seat can perfectly cradle a propane tank.
July 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Not my most ridiculous contribution to the #carryshitolympics but everything fit nice on the cargo bike, and turns out the Yepp seat can perfectly cradle a propane tank.
At least one of the photos I saw of an officer wearing HSI insignia looks like a MPD officer who used to moonlight at Ken & Norms. Maybe no longer with MPD, IDK. I just don't forget faces.
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
At least one of the photos I saw of an officer wearing HSI insignia looks like a MPD officer who used to moonlight at Ken & Norms. Maybe no longer with MPD, IDK. I just don't forget faces.
Example of technology devolution:
I have tried every type of LED and CFL and nothing beats these incandescents that are only available as a lucky find at the thrift store.
I have tried every type of LED and CFL and nothing beats these incandescents that are only available as a lucky find at the thrift store.
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Example of technology devolution:
I have tried every type of LED and CFL and nothing beats these incandescents that are only available as a lucky find at the thrift store.
I have tried every type of LED and CFL and nothing beats these incandescents that are only available as a lucky find at the thrift store.
I have a hard time when an international touring act shouts out "what's up Indianapolis" from a Minneapolis concert stage, so for Kare 11 to mix the cities up is pretty lame.
May 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I have a hard time when an international touring act shouts out "what's up Indianapolis" from a Minneapolis concert stage, so for Kare 11 to mix the cities up is pretty lame.
They seem to want to take a lot of things from all of us, these next few years.
I hope they don't try to take the view from the Minneapolis side of the river in the spring.
That would be the very last thing.
I hope they don't try to take the view from the Minneapolis side of the river in the spring.
That would be the very last thing.
April 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
They seem to want to take a lot of things from all of us, these next few years.
I hope they don't try to take the view from the Minneapolis side of the river in the spring.
That would be the very last thing.
I hope they don't try to take the view from the Minneapolis side of the river in the spring.
That would be the very last thing.
Just a narrow little stretch of open water along the north shore of Lake Harriet, between the ice and shore. Very hard paddling into the wind, then just sailing back to the bike.
March 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just a narrow little stretch of open water along the north shore of Lake Harriet, between the ice and shore. Very hard paddling into the wind, then just sailing back to the bike.
I googled "Elon on Social Security" for you if you can at least read a few headlines to get to the gist of why people might want to protest.
March 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I googled "Elon on Social Security" for you if you can at least read a few headlines to get to the gist of why people might want to protest.
Why did I just see two F-16s fly over the full moon in Minneapolis?
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Why did I just see two F-16s fly over the full moon in Minneapolis?
The creek was a color I have never seen today. I did not get too close.
February 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The creek was a color I have never seen today. I did not get too close.
A lot of bad news. Switching my kitchen radio to TAPE from RADIO.
February 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A lot of bad news. Switching my kitchen radio to TAPE from RADIO.
Rode the studded tire bike to work, so I could sneak some Minnehaha Creek ice in for a short part of the commute. Made me a little late, but maximum joy. Crystal clear in spots, riding on a fish tank with little brown trout darting under your tires.
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Rode the studded tire bike to work, so I could sneak some Minnehaha Creek ice in for a short part of the commute. Made me a little late, but maximum joy. Crystal clear in spots, riding on a fish tank with little brown trout darting under your tires.
Winter is running for its life out here.
December 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Winter is running for its life out here.
I went to Full Cycle, the used bike shop at 35th and Chicago. That place has everything. Needed some new grips for my winter bike, got some really cool dead stock ODI Mushroom grips.
December 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I went to Full Cycle, the used bike shop at 35th and Chicago. That place has everything. Needed some new grips for my winter bike, got some really cool dead stock ODI Mushroom grips.