Monthly Archives: February 2005

• Pack up the family and head for 94E. That’s right, it’s the magical time of year when St. Paul breaks out their chainsaws and ice blocks and contingency plans and puts on their own big ass seasonal festival. They call it “The Winter Carnival” and I call it “something I go to every year or two but I’ll probably skip this year because it’s been so warm that all the ‘winter’ has melted away and then it’s just kind of sad”. Plus, honestly, who knows how to park in downtown St. Paul? Nobody, that’s who. [thru Feb6]
• Take your inner geek over to Bell Museum, where the University Film Society Minnesota Film Arts (huh?) is finally showing a movie about chess and computers. It’s been a long time coming, but I have a feeling it’s gonna be worth it. [thru Feb10]
• Show some respect for Nostradoodle’s prediction of stardom by attending the Ike Reilly Assassination show at First Avenue on Friday night. They’re not cool and/or whiny enough to be played on The Current, but they have some fun poprock songs and I’ve decided it’ll be worth checking them live at least this one time. Any regrets will be posted by Monday. [Feb4]
• New Orleans: Mardi Gras. Jacksonville: Super Bowl. Edina: I think we might go down to the zoo for a couple of hours and see the fish and the monkeys.

I’ve got the house to myself so I’m chillin’ in front of the tube and eating a handful of Hershey’s miniatures. (Mostly Krackels, no Goodbars, natch.) Oddly, there are only two things on right now.

• On Channel 12, the Wolves are getting their asses kicked by playing Phoenix. As a Wolves fan, I’m not too proud to admit that Phoenix is way more fun to watch than pretty much every other team ever. Seriously, they’re like the frickin’ Globetrotters or something. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team play they way they do, what with all their passing and dunking and spinning and running. Was this what it was like back in the late-80′s/early-90′s – aka the Era When People Weren’t Embarrassed to Say They Watched Pro Basketball? I bet it was. Attention NBA haters: watch a Phoenix game. Attention every NBA team other than Phoenix: watch a Phoenix game, too.
• On every other channel, Bush is updating us on the state of our union. I’m watching it in HDTV and the picture is mint. (The picture is so good, Bush *almost* looks like a man of the people. Ba-dump.) Unfortunately, I’m having trouble following what he’s saying because I can’t look away from Hastert’s “1000 mile toad stare”. It’s awesome. It’s almost like he’s like half Republican / half Hut or something. Anyway, I did manage to hear and see a couple things. There was one part about “moral values” and another part where he said something and the lefties kind of quasi-booed. Classy. moveon.org-ohwaitthatwaswhenwewon.com.