Month: May 2008

  • Curry Up! and Kabobs

    I seem to have gotten on an Indian cuisine kick lately – not just Indian restaurants, but also grocery stores, where I can buy those colorful Indian sweets, made with condensed milk or lentil flour or sesame seeds, and flavored with pistachio, coconut and mango and all sorts of spices. Patel Brothers Groceries and Video,…

  • I Can't Believe I Watched the Whole Thing: That's Why They Play Nine, You Communists, Part Two

    AP Photo/Orlin Wagner As I sat staring vacantly at the TV in the ninth inning of last night’s Kansas City-Minnesota game, I had another of my brief, increasingly pathetic revelations. My God, I said to my dog, This really is my life. Which is something I find myself saying to my dog with alarming frequency…

  • Tragic Sun-Funktion Spring Showers

    THEATER & PERFORMANCEThe Comedian’s Tragedy The Comedian’s Tragedy is a contemporary play set in ancient times that tells the tale of a young artistic prodigy who falls in love with an unlikely muse, an ancestral enemy of Greece. Encouraged to take his rightful place as a Tragedian, the greatest of artists, young Aristophanes finds himself…

  • Tweak Locally, Think Globally

    Green is the new watchword for consumer products and goods. We can track our carbon footprints, find out how many miles our food traveled to our plates, and make a point only to have toe-curling carnal gymnastics with Prius drivers — so why do we insist on persecuting those entrepreneurial souls trying to provide a…

  • Ambrosiatic Productions: Euphoria

    People struggle to survive in the midst of crisis. Is hatred stronger than love? What horrors are we capable of when our survival is at stake? And what happens to the survival instinct when you no longer have a reason to live? The Playwrights’ Center presents Euphoria, a new play by University of Minnesota student…

  • Chicks Live on Farms

    It occured to me this morning that I must update my post "Bimbos, Himbos and Harleys" with new content and here is why: While it is true that the DelSol, the VW rabbit convertible and the Corvette are charter members of the Bimbo & Himbo Hall of Fame, not many of you drive these things.…