Women rocking out

A random find, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, Eileen Ivers, and Regina Carter  in concert.  (Mobile link, google it if needed...)  Awesome.

We got hit with lots of snow. I'm tired of shoveling twice a day.  Last weekend the lady and I snuck away for some upcountry Nordic skiing way outstate.  We stayed in a tiny cabin with a wood stove and outhouse and ate Norwegian/Swedish food in between hitting the trails.  We got lucky and hit a time when the snow was good and it was not bitter cold or melting too bad. 

We also got lucky because the place was very friendly, as advertised, until a jerky M.D. arriving for a conference felt the need to play gender/sexuality police.  I hope the wolves howled outside his door all night with that crazy full moon we got...

Anyway, a few photos of scenic northwestern MN up by the White Earth rez, some old school handmade skis, random signs as decor, and a caboose cabin.

Truly awesome crop art

 The Bride With The White Hair Lives 

So let me get this straight...

Target, the corporate chain my GF loves to hate, who still defends their funding of Tom Emmer, the man who loves to hate, is now trying to sell those he hates t-shirts proclaiming pride in that which he hates, just in time for Target's unwillingness to oppose new more official, add it to the state Constitution hate.  But only online, not in their stores where straight people might get upset at the idea of gay pride and rainbows being sold next to the beer and hunting shirts.  And only in June, not, say, election time when the issue will be more live.  And the designs... you can do better if you actually attend Pride.  Or even making your own with a Crayola.  At age 5.  On Mars.  Because you would.use words like "Gay" or "Queer," or maybe "Lesbian" if you're really out there, instead of vague euphemisms.  With puffy rainbows.

Seriously?

"Target is not anti-gay," Michael Francis, Target's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, told The Los Angeles Times. "It's important to set the record straight..."

Poor choice of words.

I predict the GF will not be shopping there any time soon, despite it being the closest retailer to work.  Hate on.  They too too crazy.

Well, honesty, I'm holding out for Brony tees, at least.

Cool

From http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/CylonOLantern

Grand Theft Bridge?

 Heh. Owners baffled by theft of 50-foot-long Pa. bridge.

Anyone think the metal scrapping is getting out of hand?