Sad story follows, sorry. I was in line today at the grocery store, and it was taking a bit longer than usual, so I picked up the nearby newspaper from the rack, and was glancing at the front page news. Saw the sad headline of a 24 yr old mom (in STP), coming home after […]
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Re-Reading “The Girl…Dragon Tattoo”, part 2
Hmm, an update to my Stieg Larsson (“The girl with the dragon tattoo”) book reading. If you remember, I had already read the first two books around 4-5 yrs ago. Got a bit burned out after reading them back to back, and never went back to the final book of the trilogy. This was where […]
Peeve: Talking during a movie in the theater
I was having a conversation (with RML) last night, about people talking in a movie theatre – this person knows how I typically react, and mentioned to me they think I’m trying to be “confrontational” (by my asking the person talking in the theater, “could you please be quiet?”). No, I replied, I’m not trying […]
Baking and Banana Bread!
My thanks goes to Yvonne Van West, a few months ago, I was lamenting about a portion of my bananas going to waste since I tend to buy a bunch of six, but only get to eat three or four before they “over-ripe”. Yvonne was brilliant in sharing with me that I could be making […]
Lailah and recent MN Zoo outing
After doing our usual indoor play activities from 10am until about 1pm, Lailah and I drove over to the MN Zoo (it’s really nice being only 5 mins away). We then spent ~three hours walking around the outdoor animals, like the “Takin”, the Asian Wild Dog, the prairie dogs (she loved those little guys, popping […]
