My day trip to Duluth was enjoyable. My colleague Beth and I delivered a good presentation on employment and disability issues for a mixed audience of social workers, service providers, and even a few students. We had lunch at Grandma’s, a Duluth landmark. I wish I had more time to check out the city, but I did get the opportunity to sit on the shores of Lake Superior before I headed back to Minneapolis. Here are a couple pictures from my excursion.
It was good to get out of the office and see some of Greater Minnesota, something I need to do more of now that I’ve lived here almost ten years. We Minneapolitans tend to think of the rest of the state as a vast expanse of farmland sprinkled with resorts. That kind of attitude isn’t fair to the people who live outside the metro area. Maybe a place that doesn’t have a dozen Starbucks in a six-block radius should be commended rather than denigrated. Of course, I’m sure people in rural Minnesota have their opinions about us cityfolk, but that’s a topic for another entry.
Now I’m going to plop myself in front of the TV and watch the VP debate. The Republicans are acknowledging they got outspun last Thursday and are preparing to play hardball. To which I say: Bring it, bee-otch. There’s always a chance that Cheney could outplay the newbie Edwards, so I’m hoping John-Boy has his Litigator’s A-Game ready.
Cheney killed him
If Cheney had actually been telling the truth instead of being perhaps the most compulsive liar in the entire world, I just might be inclined to agree with that assessment.
But in fact virtually every assertion he’s made, including the irrelevant one about how they hadn’t met before that night, was easily proven false.