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Most bookish women I know lay alms at the altar of Judy Blume, with good reason. I too love Judy. I learned a lot from her, and as everyone knows I am more prone to quote Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing than any poem. But Judy was not my first love. My first real [...]
Since reading about Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry’s Quest to Manipulate Height over on Bookslut last week, the book has been bugging the hell out of me. I’ve been waffling between wanting to read each of the book’s 400+ pages and not wanting the book in my house. [...]
When I was a kid I was something of a sticker collector. It was a required activity for all girls who attended University Avenue Elementary School in Blaine. I was a big fan of Lisa Frank and anything that might have included a glittering unicorn. While many of the girls in Mr. Naegle’s 5th grade [...]
I blog a lot. I read blogs all day. I’ve been blogging a long, long time (8.5 years). My actual job title? Blogger. I know that of which I speak. So take this advice to heart. Here are my tips on how to succeed at blogging without really trying: First of all you have to [...]
Madison is in love. Because he is a cat named after the best dead president, I thought his loves would always be of a more intellectual nature. Like that time he fell in love with Kissing in Manhattan. But now that I’ve seen Madison with Pinguino, I know that the Kissing in Manhattan incident was [...]
You can read Wrapped up in Books 2007, Part I, where I talked about books with a Twin Cities connection and the best short story collections. Here I am gonna tell you about a few more kickass books and a few books you should only read if you’re kidnapped at gun point, chained to a [...]
One of the resolutions I made last night was to read more books and watch less TV. I only managed to read a paltry 47 books last year. Pathetic. So this year I’m giving myself what I call the Largehearted Boy Reading Challenge, 52 books in 52 weeks. Go me! Before I start my challenge [...]
I have heard tales told that when some people need help getting the mojo rising or the juices flowing they follow their prurient interests to porn. Tonight I needed some help. Not with the bow-chikka-bow-bow, I took care of that yesterday ifyaknowwhatImean. Nope, I needed some emotional porn. Ever since I found out I was [...]
Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but it seems that these kinds of displays were rarer and therefore more magical when I was younger. Now, I see at least a dozen of these kinds of displays on my way home from work. When I was a kid growing up in Blaine, there was [...]
I have long been of the belief that one should never meet their heroes because it’s bound to be disappointing. Really, what can come of a meet up with someone who you’ve invested so much in and who doesn’t know you from Adam? Well let me tell you this darling ones, I was wrong. Yeah, [...]
Tonight I was digging around on Amazon, looking for some stuff on a piece for Paul Westerberg.net, when I came across this. Apparently the Barefucking Naked Ladies are fans of Paul Westerberg too. They are ruining everything.
Much to my dismay, I have found myself thinking about him a lot lately. It’s the time of the year. He comes back to haunt me in June and July. His name was Jason and while we never dated, we were sexy friends. I guess that’s the step that comes before friends with benefits, or [...]
It was the perfect last night. There was beer and pizza and the crash of pins mixed with laughter. The alley was full all day with old-timers and first-timers. Lots of people stopped by to bid adieu. Mom even said that at one point in the afternoon there was a 45 minute wait for a [...]
We used to go to the Golden Chair because Anderla had a thing for Eau Claire rockers and I had a thing for cold, cold beer and darts. The Chair, as we called it, was owned by one of the EC Rockers, or an EC Rocker wannabe. I can’t remember anymore. Rumor was that Daddy [...]
I haven’t opened a single Christmas present yet, but I already got the best gift I’m gonna get this year. You see, Saturday night I had myself a little panic attack. I was still pretty raw from my wanton Googling escapade. One minute I was bent over blow drying my hair and the next I’m [...]
MN Reads PW.net
