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Kare 11's lead story on tonight's 10:00 news was an interview with Rick Kahn, the fiery former campaign worker whose speech at the Wellstone memorial outraged a whole lotta people. It's been like six months since it happened, but the dude still seemed so very fragile. He cried a couple of times, he talked [irrationally] about the aftermath of his speech being 'unfair', and - brace yourself - he kind of half apologized for being a key player in an election that ended up changing the balance of power in Washington.

The whole interview had a weird vibe to it. Kahn was a little too sad, a little too gushy, a little too... uhh, well, it kinda seemed like he had a crush on the Senator or something. When Kare 11 threw up a couple of senior picture style shots of Wellstone over some sappy background music, any pretext of subtlety flew out the window. I'd seen enough. Back to the Wild game, please.

On a less mournful note, there's an interesting article on Slate today that ponders if psychedelic drugs good for you. Read on and feed your head.

On a please-wait-at-least-a-day note, I thought this story about a couple of economists from the state's Council of Economic Advisors waiting all of 20 minutes to say that Pawlenty's tax ideas are cracked was pretty funny. The job market for big-shot economists must be in pretty good shape.

And lastly, on a fatso note, we're hitting the next stop on our Jucy Lucy tour on Friday night. I play my first outdoor soccer game the next morning. The forecast calls for pain.