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This week of vacation is flying by. And it’s been a pretty tame one. Hosted a Daylight Saving Time Brunch on Sunday. Trekked up to Duluth Monday afternoon, after tidying up the apartment (returning from vacation to a clean home is oh so satisfying). It was foggy when we first rolled into town so we weren’t able to see Lake Superior at all. But my smart son? When checking into the hotel he suggested to the desk clerk that we be “higher up” so she moved us from the third floor to the twelfth. When the fog did clear our view was breath taking. We spent a lot of time at the hotel swimming and hot tubbing and reading and watching Cartoon Network. Walked down to Hanabi to meet friends for dinner. Walked to Ragstock to shop. Drove up to Spirit Mountain to ride the Alpine Coaster. Had dinner delivered to our room from Pizza Luce. Had lunch at the Duluth Grill, twice. Stopped at the very sad Lake Superior Zoo on the way out of town. Got home and spent the night reading and lazing with cats. And now our Thursday is half over and there is errand-running to be done.

Five good things:

• Mr. Wu the Cat Getting Served at a New Orleans Bar
• In yesterday’s “Watch Wednesday” edition of MPLS Vids, local rapper Michael Gaughan - aka ICE ROD - talks a little bit about the inspirations behind his innovative Chat Roulette Freestyle shows (another one is scheduled for April Fools Day).
• Excellent news - Swans Crafting Double-Disc Opus ‘The Seer’ With Help From Karen O, Alan and Mimi of Low and others
• In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.
• Another Rusty Quarters Arcade write up: Where “Getting Your Game On” is not a sleazy descriptor of talking to women

Maybe it’s time to get crazy. And, oh, take a shower. And get dressed. And junk. SPRING BREAK! Whoooo!