I missed the great Halloween Blizzard of ’91, because I was living in Wisconsin. So this is the first epic blizzard I can remember experiencing. Lucky for me, I live in Shakopee which wins (?)…
Posts tagged MN living
Severe weather dramas
My mom grew up in a tiny green house near a creek in Savage, Minnesota. The house was across from the street from the elementary school baseball field and only had three bedrooms. Six kids…
Oh Duluth, you crazy literature-loving loonies
I don’t often listen to MPR during the work o’clock hours. Mostly, I spend those hours torturing Trip Shakes and arguing with nerds. But today I left The Nerdery to go out to lunch with…
Mama, mama we’re all crazy here
After spending 3 hours commuting in the last 17 hours, I’m pretty sure that everyone of us who chooses to live in Minnesota is a little bit off. If October in MN weren’t the most…
On the street where I live
Temps were in the 40s yesterday here in Minnesota. It caused a lot of melting, and then when the temps went back to normal it caused a lot of freezing and has effectively turned the…
Two tales to renew your faith in humanity
One: Ruby & I took a little slide into the ditch on our way to The Nerdery this morning. It wasn’t dramatic. There was no median jumping, no careening into oncoming traffic, no landing on…