Entries from March 2008

March 20, 2008

Geo-jewels

A news report on WNYC just described the Midwest as “the country’s midsection.” Since when did we go from being America’s “heartland”–a phrase I don’t particularly like either–to America’s “midsection?” Downgraded from a vital organ to a bulging waistline… This is East coast snobbery at its worst.
In any case, Minneapolis is surely the sparkly navel [...]

March 18, 2008

Sugar, bring me sugar

As you may have noticed, my blog posts on peeps dioramas and Candy Land are consistently the top traffic-attractors on Besotted Gleaner. Not because they are particularly interesting posts–I’m not especially proud of them. My family and friends certainly aren’t returning to them in times of uncertainty, mining them for their golden nuggets (or nougats?) [...]