When we last off I was my own nagging spouse, and now a list of things I would totally give myself head for if I were my own nagging spouse: Making sure the washer, dryer, and dishwasher are empty waiting for their next load of things to do Chopping up all the vegetables as soon as I get home from the grocery store so that making a buncha cruncha delicious salad only takes two minutes Generally keeping the big bag…
David Carr did the best he could
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat, because some of you won’t make it to the end of this piece. David Carr’s memoir The Night of the Gun is really good. It’s dramatic, spell-binding, engaging, encouraging, and all sorts of good stuff you look for in a book. In fact the memoir is so good I often forgot it was non-fiction and had to remind myself that David Carr was a real man in the world…
Things you can learn on a Sunday night
That the first season of Mad Men is on Comcast ONDemand, and free to watch (learned while recording the Oxidize Podcast with Tony & Adam of oxidize.com). My watching of Mad Men last season was spotty. Now I can catch up before watching the new episodes from this season saved on my DVR Juliana Hatfield is releasing a memoir Dicky Barrett, lead singer of the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones whom I loved so much as a 23-year-old that I made my…
Baby learns to crawl — Introducing Minnesota Reads
People who know me (and a lot of them who don’t) know that I have three great passions in my life: writing, Paul Westerberg, and books. Back in 2000, I started I Will Dare giving myself a place to write. A little over a year ago, I started Paul Westerberg.net a place for like-minded Westernerds to rant and rave. Today I am happy to announce my latest project, Minnesota Reads, a blog by and about Minnesota readers and writers. There…
American girls
I was stunned by the sheer amount of giggling. It was like a wall of giggles. Phil Spector would have been impressed. The last time I had seen the Shakopee Town Square Theater so crowded it was for The Omen on 06/06/06. As we wheeled into the super-secret back parking lot, I fully believed that Jaycie, Max, and I would be the only ones in the joint to see the 10 a.m. showing of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. The…
Doughty playing River Rocks Fesitval
$20 will get you into the River Rocks Festival on Saturday September 20. Not only will you get to see Mike Doughty, The Alarmists, Heiruspecs, Semisonic, and Live, of Lightning Crashes fame, you’ll get to see me dancing, probably.