Urbane Ramblings

Restaurant reviews, movie critiques, puppy updates, links to neat places, book recommendations, and anything else that I feel the need to post on the WWW (that is the World Wide Web for the more acronymically challenged)

8.10.2017

Ken Dryden's "I am a Player"

I am a player I love to play I want to win It matters to me if I win or lose It mat...

8.08.2017

Literary Excerpts

It's a majestic city with a patina of elegant decay... Jay McInerney Bright, Precious Days ...

8.01.2017

Biking: Summer 2017 Edition

After a good solid year of getting back on the bike, I decided to upgrade my ride. Last year I was rocking the Trek 820 (c. 1991); this summ...

1.30.2017

Two University of Minnesota Disappointments Today

Two things happened today that irritated and disappointed me, and unfortunately, neither is unexpected. First, I went to the Bookstore in Co...

1.16.2017

Three TV Shows

Over winter break I watched several TV shows. Three of them are worthy of their own blog post, and all of them I am watching on Amazon Prime...

10.03.2016

2016/2017: Year of TV

I am going to try and keep track of my television shows chronologically rather than by current, watched, etc. I will try to update this thro...

9.26.2016

When Your Soul is Crushed by the Man

What do you do when the places you love lose their soul? I used to love Dinkytown, especially its bookstores and coffee shops. All of them j...

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