At a family function in '83, my cousins and I retreated to their basement to watch some MTV. Journey's Frontiers album seemed to be the shiznit at that time. I don't know if this song was ever a real single or not, but I remember the guitar riff and the video. Checkerboard motif, mannequins, and Steve Perry looking like he was having a seizure ( Read more... )

State Fairs simply aren't fairs without fair food...on a stick. This year, I tried one of the newbies: Fried Fruit on a Stick. Not bad at all. It's a kabob of grapes, strawberries, kiwi, pear and pineapple deep-fried in batter. I seem to always spend an average of 5 hours at this thing. And by hour 4, I always feel like I've been drugged with ( Read more... )

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Yesterday was my niece's 1st birthday. I threw some homemade magnets in with her gift. You just take some glass stones (these were rather large--almost 1 1/2 inch in diameter), a printed photo, some Mod Podge to seal the image to the glass, and a magnet for the backing.


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I'm a horrible sewer, but I managed to hand-sew some curtains for a bookcase full of clutter (aka CD's, etc.). Ikea now sells cheap fabric, including some I could actually stand. It's a tad tweener-esque, but a very charming pattern.


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Ugh. It's pretty devastating stuff. Luckily, I don't take 35W to or from work...but I drive over that bridge on some weekends. At least 6 have perished at this point.


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Travis hadn't toured the Twin Cities since 2001, so I got to catch them at First Avenue last night. Fantastic show. They charmed the pants off of everyone, right from the moment they took the stage...by coming out from the front entrance through the audience in boxing robes to the Rocky theme. Fran gushed about it being "ages and ages" since ( Read more... )

I'll miss you, Grandma Josephine.

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I bought this strawberry plant when it was still flowering, thinking that it wouldn't produce much of anything. With windows facing north, who knew that something edible would appear a few weeks later?


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