Timberwolves, be gone with ye! I don\’t know why I do this to myself. I start actually caring about whether they win or lose. I start thinking that the outcome of this series will have some impact on my life.
But it won\’t. Despite how undeniably likeable KG and the gang are, and depite the Lakers [...]

This time last year I was peeling 30-year-old yellowed wallpaper off the walls in my bedroom. Or rather, off the walls of the room that would later become my bedroom.
We closed on the house (a misleading term, since really what you’re doing is opening the house) on May 1. School finished in the middle [...]

Warning: this post contains graphic language and may not be suitable for young readers. Rated M, for mature.
Grand Theft Auto is a video game with prostitutes. It is not, I assume, the first video game with prostitutes, nor the last, but for some reason that has become its distinguishing characteristic.
Oh, sure, there are other [...]

2 + 2 = 4, and gas prices hit $2.20 this weekend in the Twin Cities.
Both are as obvious as three fingers slammed in a car door, but only one doesn\’t add up. And only one is making me feel like, well, slamming my fingers in a car door.
It’s the gas prices, the arbiter of [...]

If by b-boys, you mean, people who never watched a basketball game throughout the regular season, and now are not only on the bandwagon, but vying for the reins.
That\’s me. All year long my affiliation with the Timberwolves has been scant, and my attitude cold: I didn\’t bother them if they didn\’t bother me.
But now [...]

The United States is moving up in the world. That\’s a little hard to believe, I guess, since we do pretty well in so many areas. But there are plenty of things we could be doing better.
Soccer is one of them. 30 years ago, soccer occupied the same place in the American consciousness that curling [...]

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If you\’re looking for a boring opera, nothing\’s better than … the opera.
Usually.
Last night was different. We went to see The Magic Flute at The Ordway, and the only boring thing about it was when it reminded you of how boring other operas can be.
It helps if you don\’t think of it as an opera. [...]

The wrinkled hand of age is reaching out for me, and I can\’t escape its feeble grasp.
I got mail the other day from the AARP – one of the largest lobbying groups in the country, with over 35 million members. In the envelope was my ticket to the future: a temporary membership card. And it [...]

Late night playing Scrabble last night, no time to post. It was a tight game, with words like Yawl and Cootie making the difference.
At least it wasn\’t this bad.
Back tomorrow.