weapons of massdistraction

Pshaw to those naysayers who think St. Paul doesn’t have it going on. Last night I felt like I stumbled upon my city’s best kept secret (though I’m pretty sure it made the A List). It was the perfect evening for a pretty patio show, cool and breezy, beneath a nearly full moon (great [...]

From a list I’m subscribed to:
In the New Republic, earlier this month, there was a tin-hat story claiming Pakistan intelligence officers said the US was pressuring Pakistan to produce a high-level Al Qaeda operative “on July 27, 28, or 29″ in order to distract from the Democratic National Convention.
Today, on CNN:
He was captured [...]

Ah, the husband…the poor guy is still recovering from a particularly rough night. His evening started out well enough. He left home early, long before his shift started, to enjoy a leisurely meal with an old friend. But eventually it was time to go to his first job of the evening. The crapass one [...]

Today was a better day. The weather was fair. The husband mowed the lawn (thank you, darling). And the little man and I walked into a win-win situation…enjoying the effervescence of our friend Delia Jane, combined with the 10th Annual Art Car Parade. Our timing was perfect. We arrived on the scene early enough [...]

Today was the day. Open casket. Lost my shit more than once. The worst part? Besides seeing his mother and sister in so much pain…besides seeing all the photos of Josh, just as I remember him…and aside from it feeling like some bizarro world high school reunion…the hardest part was looking on, helplessly, uselessly, [...]