Another noisy night last night, as a wave of thunderstorms moved through. Flashes and booms during the night as I was trying to sleep kept me awake longer than I wanted. This morning, I need to try to gather up the projects I’ve got subcontracted out and push them through to completion. They’re both pretty darned close, but seem to suffer from repeated “just one more thing” syndrome. I also should hear about a possible new gig for me. Tomorrow? Job interview for a position I’m certainly qualified for, but not certain I want to take, since it would effectively mean shuttering my own business.
And that’s about it for now. There’s home games for the Saints tonight and tomorrow, and then they travel to Gary. It looks like if we make the finals, the first two of those will be on the road.
- On Sunday, St. Paul Saints win, tie for title with Gary, which means we only get two home games in the first round of playoffs. Then there’s the press release from the team: Saints Tie For Second Half South Division Title, which is strangely identical to the St. Paul Paper’s Saints tie for title in second half.
- A Latino team could be Oliva’s last shot at Hall of Fame, but he has to make the all-time Latino team based on fan votes at mlb.com or Chevy dealerships. I found the story about it on MLB.com, and eventually the ballot. Go vote, up to 25 times per email address. [jim]
- Bill Whittle hasn’t written anything since July, but he felt compelled to write about the tribes of pinks and greys, or wolves, sheep, and sheepdogs after seeing how people behaved in New Orleans. [kim]
- With primary elections next week deciding the shape of the at-large pool of candidates, Is Minneapolis Park Board heading to a more harmonious future? Somehow I suspect not. [strib]
- Minneapolis water will continue to have the Same taste, but cleaner as a new filtration plant comes online sometime this week. Hmm. It would be nice if they could get the rotting fish-guts taste out in late summer, but I guess we’re used to it. [strib]