Change Coming?

I'm starting to get juiced up for the elections. Things for the righties are going sour seemingly constantly, suddenly Bush is changing his public approach on Iraq, and Democrats around this ever-growing purple state are doing well in the pre-election polls.

Though he isn't a senator in this state, it's been hard to miss Sen. Barack Obama, D.-Ill. on the tube. He's doing interviews constantly over the past two weeks and I've caught much of them on shows like Meet the Press, Larry King, Tavis Smiley, Oprah and others. He's definitely not shying away the question of whether he'll run for president in 2008 and he reguarly talks about priorities that are important to me. He seems geniune, grounded and I applaud him for actually answering questions instead of dancing around them like most politicians. I want to hear more about his ideas, so I went out and bought his new book.

I feel like the lefties were doing well in the polls prior to the 2004 election when I held out hope for Kerry-Edwards and others. This time I'm holding my breath - but I might just about throw a party if big changes come to Congress in less than 2 weeks.

Best Meal Ever...

I nearly died last night. At the table. After my first bite of my dinner at Campiello's in Uptown. Bamm - shock nearly threw me out of my seat.

Nancy and I marked one year last night by heading out to a nice dinner. Since it was a nice occasion, I expected a good meal. While I don't think Nancy was overwhelmed by her plate, I'm fairly confident that's the best tasting meal I've ever experienced. The balsamic-glazed short beef ribs are something I'd consider ordering last if I'm ever on death row. They were that good...

Mickey Mouse Is Too Friendly

Don't believe me? Maybe parents better think twice about their favorite mouse and friends. Just look at what's happening at Euro Disney.



Oh, and by the way, I was bad about posting last week. But things are fine and I'll be back shortly.

Cutting A Vein

Yesterday's game was a buzz-killer, but as the Twins have played all season, I expect better results when the pressure is really on. It was a real rush to try and work a few hours, hop on the light rail, and make it the game on time yesterday amid the chaos with 55,000 people trying to get to downtown Minneapolis when many parking spots were already taken by daily commuters. Luckily, I gave myself an hour to get a mere 9 miles from my office to the dome via the train - and was just skinny enough to squeeze into the first train car that came.

A couple weeks ago, Nancy and I got our blood types tested at the state fair. Turns out that I am an O negative, the universal donor type, and that it's most sought after blood type right now. I've never given blood before, but figured I should stop being lazy and donate already. So, I signed up with a blood drive through work and plan to give a pint of myself away in a couple weeks. Needles don't bother me - in fact, I almost enjoy watching shots or blood being taken from me.

Think Anchorman

I don't know how I happened to stumble across this on YouTube.com, but it's worth watching. It's the opening to WCCO 10 p.m. newscast from the spring of 1981. Don Shelby and Pat Miles. Even the Target commercial is humorous.



I was a year from being born when this originally aired, but damn, it looks like it was shot 40 years ago. Poor Don Shelby...

Homer Hankie Time

Unless I have readers I don't know about - I demand that everyone who reads this is now a Twins fan. This team is something else, and seeing them come through in the clutch game after game is something special that doesn't happen unless it's fate - or if God's setting us up for one big laugher after our World Series dreams are dashed.

Everyone else is writing about the Twins right now, so there's little need for me to gush over what they're doing right now even more. You need luck, chemistry, pluck, pitching, power and some good gloves to win the World Series. Every sign to me says the stars are aligning just right and we're well on our way to one hell of an ending.

The playoffs start in less than 24 hours and I'm skipping out on work. Guess where I'll be...