Artifacts of Makeup and Manicures by Daughter Number Three on Mar 18, 2010 in Out and About Media Weirdness A few recent photos that suddenly seemed to share a theme:Two ads inadvertently juxtaposed in Entertainment Weekly. Maybe the model was hungry.Fingernails worshiping at the foot of that false idol, Sally Hanson (seen at Walgreen's, Roseville, Minneso...
As Seen on TV by Daughter Number Three on Mar 10, 2010 in Out and About I am definitely behind the times. I didn't even know that my local Walgreen's drugstore had a dedicated section for products "as seen on tv."This includes those weird plastic Bumpit things that make your hair look like you're a singer from...
Proofreading: It's Not in the Cards by Daughter Number Three on Feb 22, 2010 in Out and About Words at Play The difference between "its" and "it's" was burned into my brain by an inept and sadistic 5th grade teacher, so I'm kind of sensitive on the topic.But is it too much to ask that makers of greeting cards have a grammar curmudgeon r...
The Photo on the Wall by Daughter Number Three on Feb 19, 2010 in Out and About Election 2008 Sorting through the piles of blog ideas that have taken over my desk, I came across these words, written in my semi-readable scrawl on a piece of scratch paper. I'd guess I wrote them in the early part of fall 2008:Obama WorshipI'm not sure how long...
Russian Art in Minneapolis by Daughter Number Three on Jan 16, 2010 in Out and About Art Not many people know that Minneapolis is home to the "only museum in North America solely dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Russian art and artifacts." Founded in 2002 and opened in this renovated church during 2005, the Mus...
Snow Balls by Daughter Number Three on Jan 8, 2010 in Out and About You never know what you'll see when driving down our city's highways in a snowstorm. Gradually, I realized I was following a Ford F150 truck that had one of those peeing Calvin decals in the back window.My eye traveled from Calvin to another decal on...
The Black Dansko Strikes Again by Daughter Number Three on Dec 16, 2009 in Out and About Few readers will recall one of my oldest posts, The Curse of the Black Dansko. Two years ago at a holiday party, another guest walked off in my shoes, and I had to track them down at her house a couple of blocks away.Fast-forward to this past Saturda...
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