Nina Thorsen

All righty then, hon!

Looking up a street at the Minnesota State Fair - thousands of people over several blocks. In the foreground, a girl holds some kind of food on a stick

Exactly!

This is a great example of the value of having local photojournalists - who could realize the value of the Grain Belt sign in the background and know where to be to line up the shot. And it's the kind of detail that's so meaningful to those of us from MN, but doesn't take away from the overall image

Locally Richmond: Guillermina Asian Art and Antiques Guillermina Emy LaFever is the owner of Guillermina Asian Art and Antiques, an antique shop specializing in Japanese items, but with a growing collection of pieces from all over the world. She began t...

Guillermina! richmondconfidential.org/2015/10/02/l...

"Insanity is at the wheel and it must be resisted. Minneapolis cops need to protect the people of Minneapolis. Taking over Greenland is insanity. The people who put the president in office need to extract him. Our country cannot survive this."

YouTube video by Glen's Centennial Oldies I Wish That I'd Been Born In Borneo (Crumit 1920)

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It's winter

I was unusually lucky in having a father who was a Heyer fan!

This happened to my grandfather once when he was young, and as a result I and most of my relatives usually leave half an hour early for any appointment "because there might be a train, ya know"

'How to Talk Minnesotan' author Howard Mohr dies at 83 Mohr’s tongue-in-cheek guide to the state’s quirky culture included segments on “The Power of the Negative” and the “Minnesota Long Goodbye.” It’s considered a classic of Minnesota humor.

This is the late, great Howard Mohr BTW.

James Vukelich also has a lovely series of Ojibwe vocabulary videos on Facebook (and probably elsewhere, that's where I started following him)

Oh jeez, I hadn't even thought that far ahead, I was still trying to figure out if the Winter Carnival treasure hunt can go ahead as usual

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

The Minnesota Star Tribune has identified the shooter (gift link). www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

it's the holy lamb of God, not the holy beef

This is awesome, Patrick!

NY Post: expensive luxury boots a sin
BSky commentors: actually those are pretty mainstream and MYOB
Minnesota women of a certain age: OMG four inches of exposed flesh between her skirt and boots in January, the poor thing is going to die, could she not have found some nice woolen tights to go with?

In high school, I played tambourine in Self Driving Trivet

A squinting young pitcher in a minor league uniform (future Oakland perfect-game pitcher Dallas Braden) watches a local politician in dark glasses, slacks and a polo shirt (future President Barack Obama) throw out the first pitch. Decent form.

Obligatory Obama-Dallas Braden first pitch photo

"Okay you turkey necks...gather 'round"!

(Because we're snobs. But also, Target wasn't very nice back then.) G.D. Dayton's grandson Ken, the last family member to work there, was a patron of the arts, especially the Minnesota Orchestra, as well as the board chair of American Public Radio, and he would have forgiven KDFC, I'm sure.

1902 was the year when George Draper Dayton opened his first department store in downtown Minneapolis. Target was an offshoot of Dayton's; its first store opened in Roseville, MN in 1962. (My family moved nearby in 1965, but we usually went back to downtown St Paul to shop at Dayton's.)

I'm sure all other expat Minnesotans listening to KDFC in the Bay Area winced along with me just now when Lara Downes was backannouncing a Scott Joplin piece by talking about other highlights of the year it was published, 1902, and said it was the year when "the first Target store opened" 1/2

For the 'BART Pony,' Riding on Train Was Work, Not Play | KQED A miniature horse called Sweets became a social media darling after appearing on BART earlier this week. The ride was part of the horse's training for its future role as service animal.

Yes! www.kqed.org/news/1178550...

I'm in favor of more live shaming by train operators and station agents. My second-favorite BART moment is being on the platform at Rockridge when a voice boomed overhead "This is a message for the GROWN MAN riding the SKATEBOARD, I KNOW that YOU KNOW that is WRONG". (First place was the pony)

Artisanal Handcrafted Thoughts

Do the Minneota Twins play in the Old Sod Shanty League?

Definitely not! I did like bossing the kindergarten kids around though

I had one in third grade school patrol.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but if Jeff says it's good, it goes on my list.