Well, it hasn’t been raining all the time, but all day yesterday was gray and gloomy, with just enough rain that things never dried out. That turned out to be a good thing, since I stayed inside and got a fair amount of work done. In fact, the only thing on the agenda that didn’t get done was updating my resume, which I figure I need to do pretty soon. Today’s supposed to be about the same, so I’m hoping I can be similarly productive.
I also realized yesterday that there are less than two weeks left before the Saints pre-season starts. I’m excited about that.
- More on the story on KGS: Last gun shop may be facing final battle. The city claims there are other locations where Mark can set up shop, but he looked at the 188 locations they told him were okay, and found they were things like the Star Tribune complex, the Target Center, etc. A year after he’d moved to his current location, they provided him with three additional locations which would work, but he couldn’t afford to move again. The hearing is still set for May 19.
- A new report says Smile: you’re under global surveillance. The encouraging news is that nearly 100 NGOs worldwide have joined in to say that round-the-clock, round-the-world surveillance might not be the best way to solve the problems with terrorism. [claire]
- But hey, if you’re not doing anything wrong, What Are You Afraid Of? Well, there are enough laws at the city, county, state and federal level, that the odds are you’ve broken at least one of them. That means that some sort of police have an excuse to arrest you, even if you’re doing your best to comply. [claire]
- I mean, these guys were probably smuggling herring through the security checkpoint or something. Or maybe they were completely legal. Who can say for sure? [papascott]
- Is Hennepin County just telling us to Grin and Bear It, Suckers! when it comes to building (and paying for) the new Twins ballpark? Well, when the politicians admit they don’t want to put something to a referendum because the people will vote it down, that sounds to me like we’re getting a bad deal rammed down our throats. [mitch]
- Normally I’d save something like Bunny suicides for a Friday, but this is too good to wait, and I think I need to lighten up the mood. Note: no actual bunnies committed suicide. [holy schmoly]