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Weathered Iron Ranger tops British charts
Bob Dylan’s new release “Together Through Life” has topped the UK charts. This is Dylan’s seventh British #1 but the first in 39 years, breaking a record for the longest gap between #1 records. Dylan Days in Bob’s hometown of Hibbing, Minn., are May 21-24. This is a grassroots celebration of music, literature and art…
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Divide the Range? One redistricting map suggests this heresy
In case the 2010 speculation isn’t enough, Swing State Project is exploring possible outcomes of Congressional redistricting in 2012. Minnesota is expected to be on the line between keeping and losing its Eighth Congressional District (the one that has historically housed the DFL labor bastions of the Iron Range and Duluth). With seven districts, redistricting…
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That bunny looks funny
Over at the DailyKos, DarkSyde explains the evolution of rabbits now considered relevant to the secular celebration of Easter. Depending on your point of view, this critter either evolved into the Easter Bunny or was smote from the Earth by a vengeful God less than 5,000 years ago. Either way, Happy Easter! Related posts: No…
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All’s not well at Lake Wobegon
Something fun for Minnesotans and fans of Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon: “Two Dozen More Bodies Found in Lake Wobegon,” The Onion Related posts: No related posts.
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A fresh start
Baseball’s opening day is often described as a time of hope. Your team might be the greatest ever and, until tonight at 7:10, no one will have evidence to prove otherwise. Thus: We’re going to win Twins;We’re going to score.We’re going to win Twins;watch that baseball soar. Crack out a home run,shout out hip hooray!Cheer…
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Leaving the Fourth Estate for farm livin’
Reporter Janna Goerdt, who covered the Iron Range for the Duluth News Tribune, is leaving the paper. Her farewell column is in today’s edition. I’ve been reading lots of farewell columns lately. I damn near had to write one myself (until I escaped through the underworld beneath the opera house … the way I always…
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Deploying blogs in northern Minnesota
Interested in how your business, organization or hastily assembled militia can better use blogging and the internet in a changing 21st century society? Check this out. I’m passing this along as a favor for my friends at Northern Community Internet, one of several fascinating online media experiments going on right now. I’m working on similar…
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Ay, Oh, let’s snow!
Here it goes again. A foot of snow possible through tomorrow. Related posts: No related posts.
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Passing the buck
Marshall Helmberger’s Sunday editorial in the Timberjay papers (Ely, Cook, Orr and Tower) should make some waves in the state budget debate. He lays out a compelling argument against the stopgap methods the governor hopes to use to plug the state budget deficit. My only addition is that budget disasters like the one we have…
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Watching the water
Looks like things are in a holding pattern in Fargo. Kudos to everyone who worked so hard getting those sandbags up. The cold weather is slowing down the flooding, but this could be a long couple of weeks for our western friends. I have a counterpart writing an “underground” alternative voice for the Fargo area.…
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Deer 1, Matt Lauer 0
I was about to give Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today show some Northern Minnesota props after he missed this morning’s show because of “an accident involving a deer.” That is, until I learned that he was on a bike and didn’t actually hit the deer, but rather flipped over his handle bars trying to avoid…
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‘Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy’
I got a great laugh (and some valuable perspective) from this Conan O’Brien interview of comedian Louis CK about the state of our economy and the times in which we live. Enjoy! h/t Andrew Sullivan Related posts: No related posts.
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Bunyan vs. Bigfoot
Ever wanted a shirt depicting a woodland battle between Paul Bunyan and Bigfoot? Well, you will after you see this awesome shirt. Perfect for Father’s Day! Or Easter! Or Day That Aaron’s Wife Sees This In Her Feed Reader Thanks to Paul for the tip. Related posts: No related posts.
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Don’t beer us; we’re sad
Master statistics/baseball/politics/entertainment/beverage blogger Nate Silver shows in another deep post how beer sold for home consumption is apparently no longer recession-proof as it has been in throughout the modern era. Beer sales are dropping with the rest of the economy, defying the grand old trend. Silver shows some great numbers on the topic and comes…
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Twins confident in starting rotation; I am confident in lottery win
Headline: “Twins are confident in their young starters“ Yes, just as the dictators of South American nations are always “in excellent health.” Just for once I’d like them to come out and say “yeah, we’re going to cobble something together on the cheap again and see what happens.” The Twins are always a fun team…