We were on our way to Mankato to see Jason Isbell. Wolfdogg, Heather, Jaycie, and I were not really speeding down 169, but making our way. There was a lot of road construction. As we…
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The Endlessness That You Fear
“I am sad,” I say to Walter a few times a day. He always looks at me with his Arms of an Angel eyes, then I scratch his butt, and feel momentarily better. I keep…
February’s Gonna February Until the Very Last Minute
Things went off the rails on Saturday afternoon after I got up from a not-entirely-restful nap. It was one of those naps where you wake up cranky and you just can’t shake it. That was…
Day 158 of 200: All I Do is Win at Dirty Santa
Sometimes I have zero regrets about missing a day. Yesterday was one such day. Mostly, because I realized I’m the only one who really cares. Also, it’s okay to give myself a break and recover…
Day 53 of 200: The Hooker Picture
I didn’t realize it until I sat down to write this post, but Thursday was me & BFK’s 18th Friendiversary. We met September 13, 1999 the first day I started at Jasc. We didn’t really…
Day 45 of 200: Cupcake & a Movie
I wonder if it’s because we spend so much of our lives on an academic calendar. Or, for me specifically, with so much of my family-life dictated by this calendar. Or that in Minnesota so…
Frivolous, He Said.
Last night, I sat under a blanket watching the Golden Globes (ASIDE: It appears I cannot type blanket without typing blankey first, which is really weird because I never really utter the word blankey, not…
The Melancholy of Late October
Generally speaking the best times to be alive in Minnesota, a state where so much of your emotional life can be dependent on the weather, are June and October. I am sure there are some…
Online Dating Advice I Gave to FFJ at Lunch
FFJ and I meet for lunch a few times a month at Wok in the Park, my favorite Pad Thai joint of all the Pad Thai joints. We meet there so often that the beautiful…
Discerning the Line Between Flirting & Mansplaining When You’re a Single, Feminist Musicgeek
Last month after listening to a podcast where Lydia Loveless talked about her favorite album, The Replacements’ “Pleased to Meet Me,” I got a little huffy on the Twitters. I thought the podcast host was…