READER CHALLENGE: Can you write a headline about snow that doesn’t sound as racist as the Star Tribune’s?
We’re not going to get on a high horse and say that it’s easy to write several headlines a year, year in and year out, about all the w..
How to have a glamorous time in Duluth without Elton John’s help
Disappointed because you missed out on tickets to Elton John’s upcoming concert in Duluth? Don’t be! Minnesota’s Zenith City doesn’t need ..
The Tangential How-To Guide: How to Pick Someone Up at a Dance Club
1. Get a drink.
2. Go to the middle of the dance floor. If your wingperson is of the gender you’re looking to pick up and is good-l..
Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs,” reviewed by someone who hasn’t heard it
The King of Limbs is another challenging and oftentimes gorgeous album from the iconoclastic pathbreakers who call themselves Radiohea..
QUIZ: Energy drink, roller coaster, or band playing at Memory Lanes?
Force One
Birth
Odysseus
Surly Jones
Brontojet
Blue Streak
Astro Storm
Hjertestop
Twin Star Rocket
Bacchus-..
Public safety warnings in the form of passive-aggressive tweets
Maybe if you hadn’t used that plastic bag as a toy, you wouldn’t be so DEAD right now, dumbass.
Who the fuck uses a Lake Superior place..
Jay Gabler’s Guatemala: A dangerous mission
I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to get out of Guatemala alive. I’ve just accepted a dangerous mission, with the blogosphere itself..
Who is Mario Vargas Llosa??!!?
The reception met by the Arcade Fire’s Grammy win has a precedent: while no one got around to collecting them on Tumblr, social media ..
Sources of Valentine’s Day stress, from ages 5 to 80
5: How do I get that girl to quit chasing me around the playground asking for a Valentine’s Day kiss?
10: This box of 25 Transform..
“Justin Bieber: Never Say Never”: A giant 3D encounter with the Jesus of Pop
As my coblogger Sarah Heuer and I walked out of the preview screening of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never on Wednesday night, a publicity re..
If items from PristinePlanet.com came in the same shades as Kara Nesvig’s nail polish
Commander in Chic Men’s Eco-Friendly Hemp Organic Cotton Crew T-Shirt
Playa del Platinum Bulk Seaweed
Back Shatter Biodegradable..
2011’s ten strangest tweets mentioning my name
January 1: Alerted by my tip, @MinneapolisMaps helps you find dirty dancing in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
January 2: We..