Narrative
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On Medium: Stories About My Dad
I’ve had this idea for a little while that it would be fun to recount stories my dad told me about his childhood. He lived a pretty reckless young adult life, and now his stories are always a favorite at family gatherings. Yesterday, I finally sat down and wrote a fictionalized version of a story…
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Here come the Minnesota jokes…
Well, this isn’t what Minnesotans wanted to be known for… Hey @ForTheWin — here’s something you don’t see every day! Happened at tonight’s Minnesota United game. pic.twitter.com/DqdqexW1Vz — Ryan Shaver (@RShaverSports) July 21, 2016 Please, Sports Center, don’t put us on your Not Top 10. It’s bad enough that Digg has picked it up.
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Good night, D.B. Cooper
It’s been nearly 45 years since a man known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, exchanged passengers for $200,000 and parachutes, then leapt out of the back of the plane and into mystery. Now the FBI is finally closing the case in order to keep resources from being diverted on a fool’s errand. Peter Holley reports: “Although…
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The Rough Waters of the Conspira Sea Cruise
Anna Merlan has an exceptionally good recap of her time aboard the Ruby Princess, which hosted “the first annual sea cruise for conspiracy theorists.” On the open waters, she came face-to-face with fanatical believers in everything from fairies to mind control; she stood her ground when conference leaders accused her of being a government plant; and she…
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Biking the East Coast
Now this sounds like something I might have to check out: The East Coast Greenway Alliance has been working since 1991 to connect the whole geography of the Atlantic seaboard with protected bike paths. So far, 850 miles of trail have been designated as Greenway. The project is about 31 percent complete, says Dennis Markatos-Soriano, the executive…
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Orlando
What do you say after a mass shooting? I hate that this particularly devastating type of tragedy is so commonplace that my question beckons an answer based in experience. I’m not the one to speak to what happened in Orlando, except to say that I’m so sorry to the families and friends who lost someone…
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Let’s not cry over spilled coffee.
Matt Buchanan at Eater is way more anxious about his morning coffee than I am. You still have to make the coffee, though. You’re so tired you’d love it if a machine made it for you, but cheap automatics aren’t good enough for your great coffee beans, and the good automatics aren’t cheap enough for your budget.…
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Engagementmoon
Well, I’m growing up. Last Wednesday, I returned from a trip to Switzerland and Italy. I left with a girlfriend and came back with a fiancé! Brittany and I have been dating for nearly six years, and on May 24 I asked her to marry me at Grossmünsterplatz in Zürich, Switzerland. I’ll save you the…
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St. Louis Park’s Hidden Gem
The only reasons I ever go to St. Louis Park, MN are to see movies at the Showplace Icon Theatre and, today, to pick up some baseball tickets. Otherwise, I don’t intentionally direct myself to St. Louis Park. It’s not that I have anything against St. Louis Park. It’s a Minneapolis suburb home to approximately 45,000…
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The Noble, Morbid and Tedious Process of Identifying the Nameless Dead
When a person dies, those close to the deceased usually follow a typical procedure: death is declared, a funeral or memorial service is arranged, the person’s affairs are concluded. If the person died suspiciously or violently, extra investigative steps must be followed; but the routine is similar. But what happens when a person dies and…
Timothy Pate 