Daughter Number Three

The recent mass shooting at an apartment building on the edge of downtown Minneapolis was carried out by a man with both a criminal record and permit to carry the handgun he used.

Here's a random bit of information that I've cited several times since I read it, so I thought I'd better post it here.

There are so many outrages every day that one has to limit the aperture to a lot of them.

I finally watched the HBO five-part miniseries Chernobyl over the past two days.

I try to avoid thinking about AI as much as possible.

Did you do the most recent version of the U.S. dialect quiz?

There are two terms that have become common in modern usage that I don't like and I think I will never use.

My non-resistance State Fair photos are not as numerous, have no fear.

I went to the Minnesota State Fair yesterday.

The second half of August 2026 (following the first half, recorded here).

If you're on BlueSky and have any interest in Minneapolis (and sometimes Saint Paul) history, Vince Mpls is a must-follow.

Among all the weird maps that Facebook shows me for some reason, I saw this one a few days ago.

It's State Fair time here in Minnesota.

Here in Minnesota, we're constantly inundated with talk of fraud, fraud, fraud.

Late yesterday, a Trump-appointed judge refused to force Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign extradition papers for the ICE officer who shot through a door in North Minneapolis back in January, injuring one man and endangering children and other people in…

I don't subscribe to the New York Times, but I sometimes see their stories reprinted in my local newspapers.

I don't write often enough about the scourge that is RFK Jr.

Today I am avoiding the news by looking at this projection of the Earth that unifies the oceans instead of focusing on the land masses: The BlueSky post where I saw it said: Every map slices the ocean apart to keep the land whole.

It's been a while since I wrote about the corporate paternalism of the Endicott Johnson shoe company.

I've been wondering lately what my cortisol level is like, and admitting to myself that it's probably not good.

Appleton, Minnesota, is fairly far west in the state, near the South Dakota border.

I watched the first five episodes of the ABC television show Designated Survivor back in fall 2016.

I finished the three giant escapist fantasy books I was rereading and reading most recently, just in time for the brand new Cork O'Connor book from William Kent Krueger to come out.

No wonder the Right hates sociology and social psychology and tries to defund and destroy it.

I had no interest in voting for Michele Tafoya in Minnesota's U.S.