It doesn’t appear that I have to plan for a forced vacation (government shutdown) like I did two years ago. But, as part of the final minutes ran past, there were all kinds of crazy bills that got passed. WCCO has a Reality Check that lists the following: • $75,000 for a fish cleaning house […]
Power Outage
Our power went out last night for a little over an hour. Right around 10:15PM, everything died. We walked outside and the whole block was down. Frank was visiting some of his friends a few blocks away and they were down too.  It was crazy.
Brood XIII
Sweet! We may start seeing some cicadas soon! I don’t have a recollection of seeing any before. They can be the size of shrimp, they fly, and they can be really loud…
Bye bye smoke!
Gov. Pawlenty signed the statewide smoking ban into law this morning outside an Eagan restaurant. Minnesota will outlaw smoking in bars, restaurants and other establishments starting Oct. 1. Yeah! This is awesome for people like me that are adversely affected by cigarette smoke.
What? Cancel Jericho?
Dang-it! Just when I find the rare TV show that I actually like, it goes and gets canceled. Why does it have to be another Firefly? At least Heroes will be back next season.