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As you've probably noticed, there's been a bit of a bacon hiatus around here. Stephanie has returned to explain.-EmilyBacon Wednesday #38In Which I Ex [...]

True, true. But watching WHAT? It’s an ad from 1935, a classic teaser that tells you nothing but makes you tune in tomorrow for more details.   [...]

Inside YP has an industry look at the recent attempt in Colorado to create an opt-out system for phone book deliveries. In the end, the attempt to cre [...]

Photo from wikimedia, blog post by The Walking DrumOk we have made some real progress here in identifying the real issue. We all agree that L3SOs are [...]

Today: part two of the journey – the good stuff comes tomorrow, if that’s not a total disincentive to read today’s bit. Be grateful [...]

Photo and blog post by John HoffSo here we are in a neighborhood where Level Three sex offenders have been stacked up--six to a block, three to a hous [...]

I don't have much in the way of anything interesting for you today (do I ever???). I think the fever is back and I'm feeling like shit. My body was wr [...]

A followup to my post yesterday about the awesomeness of Creative Commons… I got a book called Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee The [...]

Genevieve drew this portrait of me last Sunday. The text reads as follows: To Dad By Genna Love Vivi This is you! And this is me She didn’t draw [...]

A new morning routine today felt good. Pretty soon I'll be all like The Situation and stuff with abs of steel and a freakin' crazy ass tan ((virtual f [...]

March has offered the Matron and her family its usual bluster and blow: crisp mornings and cold houses with a hint of heat in the afternoon, tidings [...]

Is Jack Kerouac overrated? Yes. I’ve read On the Road three times and still don’t like it. The Dharma Bums was unreadable. Tweedy song abo [...]

Mike Wigley is the the top dog in terms of Minnesota fiscal conservative activist names, and Team Emmer announced the founder of the Taxpayers League [...]

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The DFL is heading toward a convention that will bestow its usual "kiss of death" to whomever gets it - usually the candidate that makes the "progress [...]

The DFL is heading toward a convention that will bestow its usual “kiss of death” to whomever gets it – usually the candidate that m [...]

In 2008, Big Business crawled in bed with the Obama campaign, figuring that if they played nice, they’d get preferential treatment when Presiden [...]

Rep. Collin Peterson says he won’t vote for reconciliation when the Senate health care bill hits the House in the next week, but Rep. James Ober [...]

By: John SandThursday Music -- Patches and Gretchen The Varsity 1308 4th St. S.E. 7 p.m. $10-$12 The Minneapolis-based group Patches and Gretchen call [...]

You know what makes me angry?! Babies talking like adults! Not only are talking babies a strange concept -- because they are not quite animals but s [...]

I've been listening to a lot of Top 40 this month. Like way more than usual. And so, when a few days I realized I was about due to update Today's Top [...]

By: Mark BrendenThursday Theater -- "Macbeth" Off! Off you go to see the Guthrie put on the juiciest of all Shakespeare's plays. As our resident Renai [...]

MUSICTransmission: Celebration read more [...]

Art by Karl Unnasch LECTUREThe Precious Object Artist Panel read more [...]

Do you have a functioning fridge to get rid of? @BBBSYPG seeks a donation, no delivery required, @CaribeBistro is set to close on Monday to remodel th [...]

If we are defined by where we work, then it's fitting that Annette Peters is employed by local importer and distributor World Class Wines. For nearly [...]

Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers bring bluegrass and banjo to the State Theatre  [...]

Deschutes Brewery expanding to the Twin Cities [...]

So the Block E will be down yet another tenant. Is it too late to start over with this building? Are Applebee's and Coldstone... [...]

Bravo to the folks at the James Beard Association for recognizing so many local chefs and restaurants this year. Then again, because our recently... [...]

After being the recipient of tweets, email, comments under blog posts, and other online communications that miss-the-mark, I’m constantly struck [...]

From the company that brings you Spam®, Hormel, comes this 1965 video showing meat processing in all it’s glory (save for the killing of the an [...]

Pretty sobering assessment of our state and the future of innovation here….we might not have one if we don’t get moving in a positive dire [...]

This morning’s post, “Comcast’s Oscars Fail in MN” was one that’s received a fair amount of traffic today and in it I pr [...]

OK, the name of this is called something else but it’s trademarked. (Check out the two links below) Also, I have leftovers and I’m happy t [...]

It’s no surprise that there is a lot of self promotion when it comes to both search marketing and social media. Go to your favorite press releas [...]