Warm-Up’s vs. Main Event I’m hardly a big boxing fan, but I seem to recall that big fights were usually preceded by one or more “warm-up” fights, also called “the undercard” — just like movie matinees used to have short films before the main event. Essentially, that’s what Minnesota’s game vs. Western Michigan is today...Read More
Très Chic: the Bum Look? First, it became fashionable for middle-aged men to sport a couple days’ stubble, ala Brad Pitt (on, umm, older men, it just makes them look unemployed). See, “Hirsute Conceits.” Now, I’ve started to notice grown men (vs. their teenage sons) going around at social functions and even business presentations with...Read More
Office, Politics That’s the new, official (Edina Realty) City Lakes office policy, as of this morning, per Office Manager Matt Loskota. With a Presidential election in the offing, some controversial Constitutional amendments on the Minnesota ballot this year — and an office full of opinionated Realtors — that’s a wise policy. Hear, Hear . ....Read More
Star Trib Typo’s “Vikings Stoaked After First Victory” –headline, Star Tribune (9/10/12) In the “now you see it, now you don’t” category: the headline above on the Star Tribune’s Web site last night. When I checked this morning, someone in proofreading — or a sharp-eyed reader 🙂 — had brought the gaffe to management’s attention, and...Read More
“Is [What?] the Next [What??]” If you found yourself asking the latter of those two questions . . . you’re definitely not the target audience of Web start-up (and high tech rage du jour) “Pinterest.” So, who is? (Pinterest’s target market, that is). As best I can tell, it consists of “under 30-something’s” equipped with the...Read More
Not as Bad as Ak-Sar-Ben Stadium (“Nebraska” Spelled Backwards) [Dear Readers: Sorry, my body may be back in MN, but my head is still in Indiana. So, bear with me on one more Indy-related post.] If you needed to come up with a mascot for a baseball team in Indianapolis, Indiana, you might think you’d...Read More
