Category: General

  • Movie treatment

    It might be funny to explore a treatment where one guy drinks, but it has no effect on him, but it makes a total stranger drunk and all the crazy stuff he would do, but never picks up a drink.

  • A life well lived

    My friend Patrick T. Curran passed away last Thursday, 12 August, 2010.  His obituary in the Pioneer Press did little to describe a man who cared for his family, his friends, and his God.  He loved baseball, his home town of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Dairy Queen cones.It was my privilege, for about five years,…

  • Google Wave

    All the buzz this week is about Google pulling the plug on Wave.  The biggest question that floats around is why.  From my perspective, it’s because by not allowing my gmail account to flow into Wave, I had to start an entirely new vector for communicating with people, and that — is a pain in…

  • Jerk

    I went for groceries on Sunday.  As I was preparing to leave, a white Corvette raced across the parking lot, and took a space in an isolated corner.  A guy got out with his bleach blond hair and strutted towards the store.  It made me wonder, “Does that car really make your dick any bigger?”

  • Happy Anniversary

    Happy Anniversary Mrs. Wingnut.  I still love you after 22 years; hope you feel the same.Don’t forget to get a little snack so you’ll be good until dinner time.

  • Cannon Valley Trail

    The ride on the 3rd of July, with Jill and Kate Ryan, was so nice that I asked Dave Norling if he wanted to go last Saturday and ride the whole thing from Cannon Falls to Redwing and back (40 miles).  Of course Dave can’t say no to a bike ride.  It was a glorious…

  • For my birthday

    Jill and I went on the Segway history tour of the Minneapolis riverfront.  What a cool ride.