School security changes on deck from Minnesota republicans
Florida might be on the very opposite end of the country from our northern-most Minnesota, but every last corner of the country has felt the tragedy that rocked Stoneman Douglas High School this past...
Weekly Events: 2/26 – 3/4
The best bets for local happenings this week in the Twin Cities:
Art -
2/28 Writing on the Wall: A History of Graffiti, Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery, STP, 5pm-6pm
3/3 The Peacock Cabaret, Historic Mounds Theatre,...
First contact with aliens is coming soon. But will the aliens care?
First contact with aliens is coming soon - but will the aliens care? Not according to famed physicist Michio Kaku who said, during a recent Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") which focused...
Get your last winter hurrahs at these great Twin Cities ice rinks
Perusing Target the other day, I couldn’t help but notice they’ve already put out the swimsuits and summer clothes. Usually, my general reaction to swimsuits is something like impending dread. But this time, bundled...
Catcalling in the Twin Cities
Warehouse District, Minneapolis, Friday night. Taxis pull up to the curb, stopping alongside drunken bar hoppers, bachelor and bachelorette partiers, locals and late night revelers laughing and talking in groups, engaging in the long Minnesota goodbye,...
Steve Jobs’ job application shows a normal guy, pre-Apple
And now it's worth $50,000 (or more). Not so normal, after all.
But the job application for an unidentified position, written while Jobs was still and English Lit major at Reed College, shows that he...
Cannabis might save your liver, according to a new study
Cannabis has been shown to have various health benefits: pain management, quelling nausea, and, of course, the calming effects of relaxation.
And now that legal weed for recreational use is becoming increasingly common (9 states...
Recipe: Stuffed & Baked Shells w/ Ricotta and Tomato
Stuffed & Baked Shells w/ Ricotta and Tomato, yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
1pkg Conchiglioni, (large shell pasta)
½c ricotta, whole fat and room temp
¼c cream cheese, room temp
¼c Parmesan, grated
2ea eggs (free range, of course)
½c breadcrumbs
3T basil,...
MCM goes on a ‘Wild Kratts’ adventure
A new experience and exhibit, a collaboration between the Minnesota Children's Museum (MCM) and the creators of the PBS Kids series Wild Kratts, will be premiering in January of 2019.
While this seems like a ways...
Learning to love something new
More specifically, learning to love eggplant.
The eggplant that sat on a porcelain plate in the center of the dinner table; a vegetarian pièce de résistance in all of its terrible glory.
Diversity was the name of that...