Does Falcon Heights really have walkable community stores? The University Grove and Commonwealth Terrace residents can walk to the shops in St Anthony Park, but those aren't really walkable to the rest of Falcon Heights

Perhaps after the Weekly World News, there was no floor, not even a facetious one, and everything sank lower and lower to uncharted depths

I'm totally fine with a search engine or other web form asking, "did you mean _____?" if I include a typo or maybe an uncommon term that is similar to a common term. But assuming that I made a mistake and giving me results for what it thinks I wanted instead? What is this absolute fucking garbage?

My old friend Joy has observed that Hurricane Milton will do more economic damage than any other Milton except for Friedman.

An article in the Star Tribune about the Cafesjian Carousel reminds me that there is a carousel carving school in my old neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama. In case carving a carousel horse (or other creature) has ever been on your bucket list: www.irachaffinsculptures.com/chaffin.html

I read the alt text and thought, wow Jonathan Creek looks just like a young Alan Davies 🤦

I've been baiting the mousetraps with bits of poppyseed muffin. If they manage to eat it without triggering the trap, at least they'll fail their drug tests.

I don't despise all non-diegetic music in film, just all the non-diegetic music in *anything* I've tried to watch on Netflix lately.

An observation about the Twin Cities Marathon: Although I ran the entire distance, many people who took breaks to walk passed me and finished well ahead of me. Sure, that means I'm kinda slow, but I feel there's another message here.

My nephew was appalled that I didn't have a working tape deck (he's into retro, I dig it), so he fished one out of the trash for me. Spattered with paint, broken radio antenna, some dude's name painted on it. It was great, but I have since upgraded.