The weather people have been saying it’s supposed to be in the 80s today, followed by possible snow this weekend. Completely nutty weather around here lately, and I noticed yesterday that it isn’t doing the hops I put outside much good. While some of the longer vines have died back, there’s new growth replacing them already, so I figure they’ll probably be okay, but they definitely look worse for the wear. And with the warm temps, I’ll probably be tempted to head outside and put more plants out too early, but I think I’ll be able to resist today. I’ve got a bunch of work that needs doing, and I expect that will keep me occupied.
- Oh hey, today’s the first birthday of the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act. Noon party on the steps of the Capitol in St. Paul. Maybe I’ll manage to squeeze some time out of my work-schedule today to head over there. There’s a counter-rally by Citizens for a Safer Minnesota at 11:30. From a comment on the post:
Permits issued: 17,249
Permit holder road rage shootings: 0
Parking space shootings: 0
State Fair shootings: 0
Finding out that law-abiding citizens are… well, law abiding: Priceless. - Jim Bouton is Still pitching, and will be at Ruminator Books in St. Paul tonight signing books, talking about stadium politics, and receiving the Dave Moore Award from Elysian Fields Quarterly for his new book. It’s $5 to attend, but that’s refunded if you buy one of his books. [press-patch]
- A reader points to The Raw Story, calling it a
new liberal alternative to Drudge
. I dunno. I took a look at it and I’m not really that impressed. Then again, I tend to have a bias against sites that put everything on a black background, unless they’re photography sites where the pictures look better that way. But what the hell, I’ll link to it and let you decide. - The U of M now provides free blogs for students, staff. They’ve developed their own software based on Movable Type and have room set aside on a server for about a thousand blogs. [daily]
- The Midtown Greenway Coalition’s annual meeting this year (it’s next wednesday) will attempt to Bring the Streetcars Back! and it’s open to the public. It sounds like an interesting event, but it’s on the same day that the Saints open training camp at Midway, and I’m expecting to be pretty fully booked that day.