Wash Out People groan and moan about how terrible the Metrodome experience is, especially when baseball and the Twins are concerned. I’m one of those people. But I may becoming less of one of those people after traveling hundreds of miles and spending about the same to watch a Cubs game outdoors in Wrigley Field …
Monthly Archives: September 2003
Amazing Shushing Action I want to get one of these Librarian Action Figures with hand operated shushing power. We need more real action figures for the unglamorous set. Action figures for community workers, prevention abuse councilors, ESL instructors, labor organizers, etc. Then you can play the special board-game,’Community’ (Please note: red tape not included with …
A Tale of Two Logos and a Need For a Name Oh boy, the process and product that created the new VH1 and MoMA identities stretch the continuum of re-branding strategies to the point of of snapping it like a hardened piece of silly putty. The new logos have politicized me almost to the point …
My Vinyl Weighs a Ton I spent the better part of yesterday moving 30 plus boxes of Vinyl recordings from distributed parts of the city into the new dwelling. Why couldn’t I have chosen to collect something more lightweight like dried flowers or butterflies? This addiction is going to be the death of me. Today, …
Bluing the Hard Business of Domestic Urgency Life is a pastel wash of moving boxes, paint chips, freeze pops, and rug doctors. Last night I ate sushi on white plastic patio furniture that I had set up in the living room for a fine dining experience. Today I’m going to start painting what will eventually …
Paige Davis Versus the Barcalounger What I thought was just a serious case of pennant fever, turned into a debilitating and sense depriving head cold yesterday. But the Twins won again last night so I feel much better. I started the day by giving the immune system a serious pep talk. I’m expecting nothing short …
Three is the Magic Number As if I needed one more thing to stress about this month, the Twins took over sole possession of first place last night, delivering a dominating boot to the head to all of Cleveland’s Cavalry. Now I’m clutching onto the safety bar of a pennant race roller-coaster that I don’t …
Strange Place BluesEverything is in perfect outlaw harmony this morning. The rain has return after a month of drought, the Twins have made a triumphant return to first place in the AL Central pennant race, and that browbeaten nihilist Johnny has been returned to his beloved June. If ever there was a day for playing …
Stop it AlreadyI’m trying to get my work on for the day but it is being impeded by a monumental battle taking shape between myself and some piss-ant punk kid who is picking up loose pieces of asphalt from our crumbling back ally and throwing them at squirrels, the foundation, and on top of our …
Mornings in Amsterdam I just got back from Amsterdam this morning. Har, har. Ok, I just really wanted to write that in a wishful thinking kinda way. But seriously, I did just spend a large chunk of the morning cruising the beautiful Amsterdam web site and as far as virtual tourism can go – I …