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Winning
Been meaning to recount this scene of rare and wonderful awesome dorkitude on my part ( Read more... ) -
Shutdown letter
Here's the letter the gov sent to me and my fellow ~36,000 state employees today, it's not very exciting, but I figured it was worth sharing:
Dear Fellow Public Employees ( Read more... ) -
Northern Spark next weekend
Okay kids...I'm not much of a night owl but this sounds too neat to miss:
From the Northern Spark website:
Northern Spark is a new MN Festival modeled on a nuit blanche or “white night” festival-a dusk to dawn participatory art event along the Mississippi and surrounding areas. It will take place the evening of June 4 (sunset 8:55 pm) till the ( Read more... ) -
Today's WTF Moment
So, I walk to work the four blocks through the ample slush, glad I wore high heels keeping my pant cuffs mostly off the ground. However, when I get to my office I notice with annoyance that my left cuff did get pretty wet. I figure I walked funny or stepped in a particularly slushy spot and that's why it's only the left one, I mostly forget about ( Read more... ) -
Last month for the Bedlam in the West Bank
As you may or may not know, the wonderful Bedlam Theatre has to move out of its current location at the beginning of September. Although not entirely a surprise it's sure a bummer, since their West Bank space had so many neat features. They’re certainly not shutting down for good, they’re already looking for new temporary and permanent spaces. ( Read more... ) -
Harry and the Potters in Minneapolis -- Tomorrow!
Harry and the Potters are coming to town for an all-ages show at the Bedlam on Friday. Bring your kids, bring your parents, bring your friends! -
Summertime
FYI for local peeps: I've updated the "Things to do in the Twin Cities" calendar with some of the movies and food events going on in the next few months ( Read more... ) -
Important Business Lady (TM)
I just finished the fifth of the five meetings I had today. That makes 13 in three days (a total of nine hours), which I'm pretty sure is a personal record for me. I’m tired, but not totally exhausted, I think partly because most of these meetings were actually productive or at least informative, and not those stupid pointless meetings that make ( Read more... ) -
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Just realized it's a binary AND palindrome day!