I spent a long weekend in Minneapolis for block break. It's a strange city-- like Portland and Seattle, its depressed period was early, and so now it's recovered and booming. Every street is lined with tidy '20s houses, and everyone looks professorial. Warehouses are being replaced by condos, the sorts of corners where Ratso Rizzo and Joe Buck ( Read more... )

So my new cell phone number is (319) 621-0906. Correct yr records accordingly ( Read more... )

Call this a temporary return. I don't know, I was kind of sick of not communicating with people I still care about, so I return to the old blogosphere, at least in spurts. This won't be a regular thing, this I've promised myself. But yes, actual interpersonal communication makes me feel like I'm foisting myself on unwilling readers. The ( Read more... )

Spaces between lines have been deleted to give a sense of unification to the quote ( Read more... )

Last class of the year begins, Environmental Geology with Rhawn Denniston. Me, two sulky Owls in the corner, a large number of depressingly nerdy people, and Freddy Mistry. The class can neatly be summarized as "Why LA is totally fucked." Which it is ( Read more... )

My final is done, and I never have to stare down lab assistant from hell Laura "My Vegetables Are the Only Ones Who Really Love Me" Krouse down again. Woot ( Read more... )

First signs of summer... crickets are chirping, magnolias, redbuds, and dogwoods are in full bloom... Mount Vernon smells like lilacs, grilling, and firecrackers ( Read more... )

So Here's the Playlist for the Special Two-Hour Edition of the radio show ( Read more... )

So Spring Break is over, and I read several books, got a haircut that’s barely noticeable, sent my computer into the shop, and found a large hexagonal cardboard crate that reads “Philips Crab Pasteurized Crab Meat ( Read more... )

Tonight was the Low concert, which was excellent. As with their latest album, "The Great Destroyer" stood head and shoulders above the rest of the songs ( Read more... )