Apparently there's a wildfire raging close to the town of Ely. This is a lovely community, and the fire is awfully close--I hope it can be contained. [...]

2012 update: Went over to the area and took a few pics since it is being remodeled. Blog post originally written in July 2009; most pics also taken in [...]

Confessions of a Vicodin Eater. [...]

Here are some questions I haven’t been able to find answers to regarding the Vikings stadium plans and financing schemes. To me, these are thing [...]

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Rogers Hummer dealership. Those three words beg the question: WHY??? For a period in the mid-2000′s, General Motors insisted on milking the civi [...]

Today, I served as a chaperone on Julia’s second-grade field trip, an outing to River Bend Nature Center in Faribault. She went there during bot [...]

Finding the best BBQ in our stomping grounds is a bit of a quest. There are a few chains, a few restaurants who offer some sorry excuse for pulled por [...]

Today was a day like most others. I woke up shortly before the alarm clock (which was kind of nice since lately my body has decided that 6:30 is perfe [...]

Eighteen.Eighteen more days of elementary school. Eighteen more walks to the bus stop each morning. Eighteen more opportunities to hook arms at 8:33 a [...]

ABC seems to be following the lead of rival NBC in adding more comedies on similar nights to its schedule. Going head to head with "The Voice" on both [...]

I’m lit from within with the beatific joy that comes when you discovery your deity of choice. My deity is called Ellen Willis and she was a writ [...]

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Jay Gabler My sister Jenny, who's the mother of three children and is still nursing the third [...]

Jay Gabler You might object to the ceaseless violence in Battleship, and you may not care for [...]

First, I’ll start by saying I don’t consider Pat Anderson the enemy. There’s just an issue where the two of us disagree philosophica [...]

Rabidly homophobic nutbar preacher Bradley Dean Smith, aka “Bradlee Dean” to his followers, is known for filing bogus copyright-infringeme [...]

Now that former Congressman Rick Nolan has the DFL endorsement, the Minnesota DFL delegation is pulling together a fundraiser for him. He certainly ne [...]

Click here to get Qualler and Brigitte's extensive thoughts on all six glorious seasons of Dawson's Creek. And wow, that is one horrible awkward famil [...]

Disclaimer: This post is all about Star Trek.  You've been warned.Trekkers almost universally dislike Enterprise, the prequel series that aired i [...]

By: Samuel LinderThursday: Signmark Where: McNamara Alumni Center When: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free Signmark (aka Marko Vuoriheimo) is a Finnish deaf rapper. [...]

By: Sarah Harper  THURSDAY Crimes and Teenage Moods Cause Spirits and Soundbar 3001 S. Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis 9 p.m. $5 21+ If you haven’ [...]

Remote Island is closed for business. This is my last post at this site. But don’t worry - TV blogging is alive and well at a more populated res [...]

My posting on today’s Phoenix in-store set at the Electric Fetus marks the end of Poplife and the beginning of a new, all-things-A&E blog ca [...]

Well, the other shoe finally dropped. As expected, Awake will be a one-season wonder, joining the ranks of other [...]

A quarter-hour show can barely even support one plot in an episode. More often than not the Adult Swim shows eschew a traditional plot completely, ins [...]

Egg and cheddar BLT with sambal mayo, smoked trout spread, French yogurt cake, spaghetti with dandelion greens and wild ramps, and cucumber gazpacho. [...]

Butcher & the Boar scores four stars from Rick (we dug it at its preview), two good versions and one bad version of chana masala, Fulton gets its [...]

The James Beard Foundation Awards just concluded this past weekend, and as an attendee, I thought I would throw out some random thoughts about the...R [...]

SPONSORED Minnesota is the land of the one-dish meal, better known as hot dish or casserole. There’s definitely something to this – why di [...]

UPDATE: Two hours after locking me out I’m reinstated. What happened? Who the buzz knows but of course, that’s the point. While at lunch t [...]

Serendipity this morning brought me to an article, How to Give a Great Keynote by Gabe Zichermann.  Even though I intended to see how he presents to [...]

The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of t [...]

The University of Minnesota launched an online catalog of open-source books last month and it’s just been revealed that the University will p [...]

First of all, thank you to everyone who attended our first official SEO School event. Our goal is to simply demystify basic local SEO and other search [...]

Last month I mentioned that Barb and I are putting on our first SEO School event Thursday, March 22 at the St. Louis Park Marriott. We’re excite [...]