Mixed mood this morning. It's Friday. Tomorrow I get older. The Saints won yesterday. Work stuff today. Shooting tomorrow. New carpeting arrives today. I have to install it. Ups and downs, not necessarily in that order.
And with that, I really should get on with the links.
- Here’s the story from the Press-Patch about Chad getting traded: Streak’s alive, but he’s gone. Strangely enough, it wasn’t in the section they have set aside for Saints news, so I didn’t find it yesterday.
- Yesterday’s game? Rookie Pitcher Holds Own In 6-2 Win, and earned $25 (I was told) for his five innings of work, but he got a win with a 3.6 ERA for his appearance. Plus he got the Saints back to .500 ball for the second half of the season. Nice work, Aron. We also got to see two innings from new arrival Amad Stephens, who shut down the game.
- The smoking ban has Minneapolis restaurants taking it outside, with 64 new restaurants adding outside seating this year, bringing the total to 222. That’s a pretty good jump in just one year, but it won’t help keep customers happy once the snow starts to fly. [press-patch]
- In the post-Kelo world, there’s been at least One for the Little Guy. A Richfield man will get an extra $20-$30k for relocation costs because he was threatened with eminent domain so his house could be
redeveloped
. - Got bad breath or stinky feet? There’s good news: Bacteria Feed On Smelly Breath (and Feet) and have been isolated. No cure yet, but they’re working on it. [boing boing]
- Claire got Plaxoed the other day, and boy is she unhappy about it. [claire]
- Want the details on Hunter Thompson’s funeral? Writer’s remains en route to funeral has the information on the fireworks show/funeral that’s scheduled for tomorrow. [fark!]
- Last week saw the launch of the ministry of reshelving, and already it was covered on MPR this morning. [jim]