My friend and former Minnesotan Paul Ryan sent me this Star Tribune link about the 3-year-old winner of the Minnesota Mullet Contest. There's a picture at the link. It is indeed a fine mullet, but this is no day to celebrate. A mullet is a conscious choice for which a child cannot legitimately give consent.
New York Magazine tapped former "West Wing" writer Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. to write a script about a potential scenario at the 2008 Democratic Convention. Titled "Four Days in Denver," the piece is lengthy but quite entertaining and good salve for people who miss "The West Wing."
In a way, it reminded me of a guest piece I did for Paul Ryan's Daily Ramblings back in 2004. I should sue.
My friend Paul Ryan wrote a nice column about the passing of our advisor from when we both worked on the UW-Superior Promethean college newspaper. Bruce Kasden was a good man who left us far too soon. A lot of the funniest stories aren't ones that I'd necessarily publish, but he was one of the few I've met who absolutely and totally believed in people and challenged the whole world to become better.
