Snorkel Hoods Up This winter is already shaping up to be a weird one. Still no snow on the ground or in the trees. Yet the continental weather map shows Minnesota as the coldest state right now. I’d be in a horrible state if it weren’t for the snorkel hood power that’s keeping me warm. …

Vulgar Display of Power Pantera on the Hi-Fi all day yesterday. Who would gun down one of the heaviest axemen of all time? Where is the motive? My guess is that the disturbed man who went forth with this crime of violence did so after he spent years and years trying to reproduce the solo …

The Inter-demential Time Travel Cat So there I was playing around with the digital camera taking pictures of the cats in one of their more rambunctious and playful moods, when I snapped the above image of Leila. I took the photo, looked at the preview screen and then dropped the camera in horror and shock. …

Photo Walking Unseasonably warm weather Saturday was the perfect climate for some Minnesota hiking, stopping numerous times to snap a few photos. I really like the compacted metal photo. It looks very organic, like human muscle tissue. The twisted kitchen fork in the middle of the metallic carnage is a nice touch I thought. Also, …

They Came to Rob Las Vegas Back from another tour of Vegas. I finally got eight full hours of shut eye and I’m ready to report on the grand time that was had by all. The drinking started early in the Minneapolis airport and continued on pace throughout the sky. As is always the case …

Inside Bet on the Straight Slide to Debtors Prison Another feast come and gone. I got ambitious yesterday and whisked up a killer vegetarian gravy. I made it with walnuts which I believe rounded out the taste nicely. James Bond’s Thunderball was on the television. James Bond and cooking are a match made in heaven. …

T.V. = Total Violence Wow. What a weekend for violence. Flipping on the tube this weekend was akin to putting a big stethoscope on the heartbeat of America, and that heart is beating out a heavy war drum pattern. Fights during Football, Fighting in Fallujah, Epic fights in Basketball, Fights in music award shows, Fighting …