May 2010
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Memorial Day, 2010 →
Permit me a brief vacation. The Bleat returns tomorrow. Strib Memorial Day column here. Rest assured this will not be a truncated week, though – the entire rich panoply of updates is finished and…
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The Parade of States →
Went to child’s “Parade of States” event at school. Auditorium was rockin’ with the sort of glee you only get when school ends next week and this afternoon’s been devoted to a show, cake, and…
May 28th
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May 27th
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Perfect, con’t →
Another perfect day. This is getting so OLD. I lie, of course. The weatherguy in the paper today the long-range forecasts call for a cooler, wetter period – “June through August.” Which is also…
May 27th
May 27th
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Animated GIF of the Day: How Lost Should Have...
If you recognize the dog, you may have spent too much time on the internet.  thedailywhat: Now I get it. [randompictures.]
May 26th
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Out of Context Ad Challenge →
What can they possibly be selling? Answer tonight.
May 26th
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Loose Ends →
The entire night was devoted to constructing Wisconsin in cake form. Tomorrow’s Parade of Edible States is the highlight of the waning days of schooling, and we’re all set. The cake is decorated…
May 26th
Comic Sins: Maybe →
Superman is more boring than usual this week. Go HERE.
May 26th
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May 25th
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Hot. Fonts. Also, Lost. →
May in Minneapolis: It got warmer. It was 90+ most of the day, with humidity and a breeze: just what I want out of summer. Not for the entire summer – had enough shirt-soaking summers…
May 25th
Monday Motels →
Five more postcards from the era of individual neon. Go HERE.
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There Goes the Weekend →
The weekend begins, as it has for so many years, with piano lessons. Child grouses off the bus and grouses into the car, gets into a better mood en route as we fall into conversation. When we get to…
May 24th
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May 21st
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May 21st
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The Star. You can trust your car to the man with... →
One of those timeless days devoid of the dreary details of modern life – no burbling phones, no BONGs to announce an email, no b’ding! from your DVR to warn you that it would like to change the…
May 21st
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May 20th
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Gym Class Memories and/or Nightmares →
Very little here today; a smidgen at the tumblr, and PopCrush, and a late afternoon post at the Strib blog. Combine a nice evening out with friends with a morning school track-and-field judge…
May 20th
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Out of Context Ad Challenge: Solution →
Behold the power of the butter lobby. You could sell margarine, but it couldn’t be butter-colored right off the bat. You had to convince it.
May 20th
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May 20th
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Out of Context Ad Challenge →
This one is easy. Or is it? I don’t remember this, but I know what it means. How about you?
May 19th
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Listen Dimension X radio show version of...
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May 19th
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