Total gas station used to be on the corner of First Avenue and Atwood in Shakopee. The house my parents’ rented was right across the street. I worked the 3-11 shift most nights in 1996…
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Day 113 of 200: And Then I Wept Through a Sitcom
First of all, a woman on Supermarket Sweep just said she had a “six-month-year-old” and I wonder if it still haunts her lo these twenty-seven years. Second of all, I still feel like garbage and…
Day 108 of 200: On Listening to Sinead’s ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’
I was 16 the first time I passionately stated an opinion and after a grown man laughed at me and said, “Tell us what you really think.” It was Mr. Davids who laughed at me….
Day 100 of 200: We’re Half Way There
I spent the winter of 1986/1987 listening to Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet” on a pink, off-brand Walkman. I actually bought the record, but I made a tape so I could listen on the go,…
Day 88 of 200: Pep Fest
During my sophomore year of high school the seniors were the class of 1988. We were the class of 1990. A lot of Fridays we would have pep fests in the school gym. They’d pull…
Day 84 of 200: Ode to Copper Blue
Today is Bob Mould’s birthday. I know this because my twitter feed is filled with Mould/Husker Dü/Sugar trivia. I’m not complaining because I love Bob Mould much like I do my Uncle Wayne. It’s a…