I have an idea! How about instead of dangerously crowding and heckling the bicyclist who is safely and legally executing a left turn in your outrage at being momentarily possibly inconvenienced by the presence of another vehicle on the road in front of you, you put on your grownup pants, sit down, and learn the traffic laws in the state you drive ( Read more... )

My commentary on MPR's All Things Considered:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/06/06/haddayr/

"Goblin Secrets… is outstanding, in this increasingly crowded and imitative field, for the unlabored imaginative authority and completeness of its setting, and for the fine, vivid English it’s written in. It’s an endearing book. And there’s something else to it that I can’t put words to: a haunting quality, a sense of depth, of unspoken further ( Read more... )

Warning: I found this commentary excruciating to research. May be very upsetting, especially for parents of African-American and/or autistic kids or any special-needs kids:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/03/07/woods/

The book is heeeeeeeeeere!


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It closes March 18. Check it:
http://wiscon.dreamwidth.org/45921.html

Count on the Autism Society and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to have a reasoned, calm, non-poo-flinging statement about the proposed changes in the DSM defining autism ( Read more... )

Having lived in Minnesota for more than 18 years now, and influenced by the table of Britishisms explained, I have decided to go into public service. You're welcome, transplants to Minnesota!

What a Minnesotan SaysWhat s/he meansWhat the transplant thinks"I'll get right on that!"I will never do this.This will be done very quickly!"Um, I guess that ( Read more... )

I just finished reading my son The Tale of Despereaux. And when I got to the coda, Storyteller, I wept. Because right now, I am in a fair bit of darkness. (I am fighting it, like our hero, with needles -- not one brave needle pointed straight at a rat's heart with all of my might and passion, but with many ones: placed by a professional in proper ( Read more... )

Thank you for your letter which made it clear that your staff had not bothered to read my message regarding my horror at your support for the indefinite detention bill contained in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act ( Read more... )