I guess it ain't just Lunds

Seen in the Uptown Lunds cheese cooler: Champignon Cheese with Mushrooms. (I shoulda took a picture.) Moar
("Champignon," shamelessly stolen from French, is a German word for "mushroom" -- specifically button or Parisian mushrooms, but what I remember being used as a general "Did you buy mushrooms" sense.)

Someone was seen eating clam chowder for breakfast this morning along with a resuscitated baguette and crackers. You cannot claim we only eat water fowl no more. And no complaints about the sliced ham being too smoky so far. (I was buying the ham when the cheese sign jumped out and bit me.)

Moar on the eloquence of Niall Ferguson, Harvard Professor of Dim Wits, or Do I Repeat Myself?

Speaking to an investors conference early this month, historian Niall Ferguson was asked what John Maynard Keynes meant by his famous statement that “in the long run, we are all dead.” In an ad lib response, Ferguson suggested that Keynes’s philosophy reflected the fact that the “effete” economist was gay and childless, and therefore did not care much about the fate of future generations.

The audience reportedly went quiet at the remark, but once the comments became public, the backlash was anything but quiet. After undergoing heavy criticism online from economists and historians — many of whom pointed out that Keynes wrote a famous essay titled “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren” in 1930 — Ferguson issued an “unqualified apology,” noting that his words were “as stupid as they were insensitive.” (Of his subsequent efforts to defend himself against his many critics, the best that can be said is: “Stop digging.”) Moar

Shamelessly Stolen from Daily KOS

Happy Mother's Day!

If you're a mother, this day's for you!
Well, for you and Hallmark.
Well, for you, Hallmark, and other card companies.
Well, for you, Hallmark, other card companies, and florists.
Well, for you, Hallmark, other card companies, florists, and restaurants.
Well, for you, Hallmark, other card companies, florists, restaurants, and chocolate stores.
So, if you're a mother, have a nice day!

Dialect Map

Waay cool!
Shamelessly Stolen from a passing tweet from William Gibson.

Neener! Neener! I grew up in 7.North Central. All the rest o' you talk funny.

The Weather -- It changes

It's currently sunny and 37 degrees fondly Fahrenheit. The high for Tuesday is projected to be 89 degrees fondly Fahrenheit.

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In my ongoing campaign for Moar Better English

I propose we rename  "May" to "Mayrch." I think it has a nice ring to out and, besides, it's quite descriptive.

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Moar on the Recent Unpleasantness in the Neighborhood

MPD, witnesses differ on accounts of motorcycle accident that killed Ivan Romero [PHOTOS]

Shocked! I'm just shocked! There were the Minneapolis Police lallygagging through a green light when this spic wetback Hispanic Latino Mexican on his crotchrocket motorcycle wearing flip-flops caromed through the intersection screaming "Viva Mexico" with his girlfriend, who was wearing a bikini and dancing on the back seat, running a red light and almost damaging one of the police vehicles while they were on their way to a violent encounter that had ended a half-hour before. From ghods lips your ears.

OK, I may be exaggerating slightly, and I do understand that all the posturing and statements are for the lawyers and the court cases to follow. I have not had a burglary in a long time, but the last time I did, it was very much, "Don't call us. We'll call you if we have any information." I don't, as a white male, have much trouble with Minneapolis police. I do have the sense that this whole episode set them off like a hive of bees.

Midsummer in Sweden

A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden