I saw this flyer on the wall of the Goodbye Blue Monday and nearly gasped, I felt so bad for Allison.
It’s always best to transfer/copy photos from your camera’s media card ASAP to someplace else (computer, online storage, etc) but it’s a common mistake, just like not backing up one’s hard drive regularly. And most of us have made one or both mistakes.
I heard about the book Go the Fuck to Sleep back in May and asked Monkey See Monkey Read blogger and Northfield bookstore proprietor Jerry Bilek if he carried it. Ever on top of things book-related, he wrote back:
I’ve got them on order. It should be released June 14. It’s getting a lot of buzz. I’ll send you a blog post about it as soon as I have copies.
Jerry now has the book in stock. See his blog post on it for more. Here’s a sample:
The cats nestle close to their kittens now.
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
You’re cozy and warm in your bed, my dear
Please go the fuck to sleep.
From the Wikipedia on Go the Fuck to Sleep:
Go the Fuck to Sleep is a book written by American author Adam Mansbach and illustrated by Ricardo Cortés. Described as a "children’s book for adults", it reached number 1 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list a month before its release, thanks to an unintended viral marketing campaign during which booksellers forwarded PDF copies of the book by email.
The book is available at Monkey See Monkey Read in downtown Northfield.
While Northfield awaits the installation of poems by the 2011 Sidewalk Poetry Contest winners, inspiration can be found in the Upper Arb in the form of this tastefully constructed bit of cardboard strung between two trees with a John Cage quote.
This mama Mallard and 24 ducklings are waddling around the Hidden Valley Park / Valley Pond Townhouse Association neighborhood this week. According to the Wikipedia entry on the Mallard:
The clutch is 8–13 eggs, which are incubated for 27–28 days to hatching with 50–60 days to fledgling. The ducklings are precocial and fully capable of swimming as soon as they hatch.
So how did this lady end up with 24? Adoption?
(I’ve not done a fluff piece on ducks since 2007 so Bruce and Curt, shut up. And John George, that headline is for you.)
Tax Day is April 18th this year instead of the 15th. But as if to compensate, Mother Nature inflicted a measure of cruelty on us Minnesotans today. A cold, wet windy day ended with a heavy wet snow. I took these photos in my front yard about 11:30 PM. On April 15, 1983, we had 13.6 inches so be grateful.
I saw this car on Jefferson Road this morning.
Back window: "JESUS HAS SAVED ME"
Side window: "HELL AIN’T FUN"
Ticket on windshield with note: "TRAFFIC COURT AIN’T FUN EITHER BUT IF YOU PAY ON TIME, YOU WILL BE SAVED — ADDITIONAL CHARGES."
Heh. Our Northfield cops sure are funny.
I got this email from Northfielder and Happy to be from Iowa blogger Margaret Colangelo:
Merry Christmas Griff! Thought you’d enjoy this local “flash mob”. On Wednesday 12/22 my daughter Jean arranged a surprise serenade for her Secret Santa at Northfield’s Caribou Coffee – Mgr Amanda George. The guys involved are some members of the NHS group BCG. From the left they are Dan Remes, Connor Fink, Peter Duba, Cole Harding, Steven Carson, Sullie Ojala-Hembolt, and Theo Hofrenning. Customers there were so happy they were able to witness this! I was able to film the whole thing.
Three of Northfield’s finest were first in line today at 6 am for the Goodbye Blue Monday annual doughnut sale.
Out of respect for Homeland Security guidelines and Quality Bakery, I’ve only identified them as Northfield Police Sergeants A, B, C.
Seen on Division St. this aft, a quadricycle (quadracycle) pulling a trailer.
(Posted from my G2 Android phone and later edited.)