First thing, I should thank everyone for a swell birthday. I meant to do it yesterday, but got caught up in trying to get started on the work-week, and didn’t get to it. Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate on Friday. I had a great time, and all of you who showed up were part of the reason I had a fun evening.
As for the work-week, it wasn’t much of a start yesterday. I figured out the solution to one problem, but that opened up a new can of worms. Today is going to be a bit challenging, as the thing I most want to work on is something I can’t do today. Ah well. My hope is that I’ll still have enough gas left this evening to finish transferring all my various to-do lists into Life Balance so I can start using it to see if it really does help as much as the PR says it will.
Beyond that, I see a pretty normal Tuesday in front of me. There aren’t going to be enough hours in the day, and they’re going to be scheduled somewhat awkwardly, but I’ll probably manage to be productive in spite of that.
- Today in Baseball History has a list of just about exactly what you would expect.
- The Strib has a nice article on Marv Goldklang, saying he’s the man behind Saints’ Veeck. [strib]
- The City of Minneapolis is now demanding high-speed bus lanes as part of the I-35W upgrade that’s already approved and funded at the state level. Those demands could set the project back another year or more. I think they’re asking for the right things, but why didn’t they do this two or three years ago when the project was being designed for the second time? [strib]
- Judge Finley refuses to issue stay in gun-permit case, which means we’ve got the old law for longer. There’s more legal wrangling going on (and more at stake) here than meets the eye, I think. The biggest thing is that if the MCPPA is unconstitutional, so are a whole bunch of other laws that have been attached to unrelated bills. I say strike ’em all down. In any case, if you’re between 18 and 21 and want a permit, now’s the time to apply, since if the MCPPA comes back in, the age will go up to 21. [press-patch]
- Alice Cooper says Anti-Bush Rockers Are Guilty Of Treason to rock ’n’ roll and should stick to things they know, like drinking until they puke. [fark!]
- The Washington Post asks why are there No Girls Allowed in the rock guitar pantheon? And they talked to women like Joan Jett and Nancy Wilson to find out why. [fark!]