Monday Morning Check-In: Fear of Revolving Doors
Reading Time: 4 minutes. Happy Monday! Hope everyone survived the weekend and is ready to melt because apparently Mother Nature looked at Minnesota’s weather forecast and said, “Let’s see what…
Monday Check-In: Dog Walking
Reading Time: 7 minutes. Our pup is apparently not quite ready for state park trails. We took her to Nerstrand State Park which is pretty conveniently close to where we…
My Top 10 Vinyl Grailz
Reading Time: 21 minutes. One of my favorite subreddits is r/Vinyljerk, where people make fun of those who ironically refer to their most coveted records as their “grailz.” But that’s…
Monday Check-In: New Wheels
Reading Time: 7 minutes. Last week we got some new cars. I picked up a Subaru WRX, which is basically the car I spent years grinding with the most in…
Top 10 Debut Albums of All Time
Reading Time: 7 minutes. Before the fame, before the expectations, before record labels start demanding another hit, there’s that first record. In many cases it’s a collection of songs the…
Monday Check-In: Tug of War
Reading Time: 5 minutes. What I’ve Been Doing This weekend I led a Cub Scout campout, which went pretty well overall. Tent camping with Cub Scouts is always an adventure.…
A Debate with ChatGPT on whitewashing the Jan 6th Insurrection
Reading Time: 37 minutes. I decided to have a debate with ChatGPT. One of the interesting parts about doing this is it’s sort of like talking to someone who talks…
A Southern MN District School Referendum Fails, Thanks to A War on Public Schools, Brought to You by Your Local Facebook MAGA Uncles and Karens
Reading Time: 5 minutes. So a school referendum failed on Tuesday night in my little outskirts-of-the-Twin-Cities town (Tri-City United – Lonsdale, Montgomery, LeCenter). Look, I can respect arguments against spending…