Category: General

After a year of eating school lunches, Mrs. Q survived to blog about it.She works at an urban school in the Midwest, where she ate bagel dogs (yes, that’s an entree), yellowish meatloaf and chicken tenders, which she likened to “squirts of chicken foam.”With spork in hand, her mission was to chronicle the $3 school…

One of the great things about living in Minnesota is the fact that in January you can defrost the deep freeze by taking everything out, put it into the yard for a couple of hours while you let the freezer sit and defrost and nothing thaws out.  Sweet.

Here I am with all the regalia ready for my study on Monday night… pleasant dreams.After completing a sleep study, they give you a survey about your experience.  The last question is, “If you could change one thing about your experience with the Sleep Health Center, what would it be?”My answer: Have the technologist explain…

It looks like the mid-seventies in this photo I took of friends of Jared Loughner (The deranged shooter of Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson) in a screen capture from a 60 Minutes interview last night.  Sorry to see the long stringy hair, ugly hairband, and pornstache making such a strong return.  It looks like you…

The Harris Poll Alienation index derives from the average number of people who agree that:The rich get richer and the poor get poorerWhat you think doesn’t count very much anymoreThe people running the country don’t really care what happens to youMost people in power try to take advantage of people like youYou’re left out of…

According to an article today in the Star-Tribune, astrologers haven’t been keeping up with their astronomy and the deterioration of the spin of the planet Earth, and the dates they should assign to the astrological signs should be:Capricorn: 20 Jan – 16 FebAquarius: 16 Feb – 11 MarPisces: 13 Mar – Apr 18Aries: 18 Apr…