Clik here to view.
Le Freak, C’ est Chic.
Colleen Kruse I saw the freak show at the State Fair last year, and for the most part, I felt that I got my money’s worth. I saw a truly amazing contortionist, a fire eater, and a Fakir, not to mention...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life Lessons When Life Can Only Go Uphill … Or Maybe it’s Downhill …
Matt Peiken I turned 50 yesterday and, wow, it’s a gift having every mistake I’ll ever make in life behind me. At 50, there isn’t a rodeo I haven’t roped, a waltz I haven’t walked, an alliteration I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smart Phones and the Fall of Humanity
Thadra Sheridan I’ve done it. The call has been placed. There’s no turning back now. Unless I want to fork over a $30 restocking fee, I will soon own a smart phone. If you know me, you realize what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crimes and Miss Demeanor
Thadra Sheridan I was recently sitting in my living room at four in the morning, because I never go to bed, when a human-shaped shadow appeared on my porch. I assumed it was my roommate. After a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feminist: I’m Not One
Thadra Sheridan When I was four years old I announced to my mother that after weighing the pros and cons I had decided that I was glad I was a girl. My reasoning for this was that girls had the option...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Thrill of the Chase
Thadra Sheridan This week I saw Fast and Furious 6. There are six of them. It’s the sixth one. I saw it in the theater. I paid cash money, got a bag of popcorn, plopped down in my seat, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Study on Our Collective Loss of Common Sense
Thadra Sheridan An article in last week’s Star and Tribune presented a new study linking breakfast to the prevention of type two diabetes. They didn’t ask what people actually ate, just if they ate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Faith in Filibuster
Thadra Sheridan l have always loved the word filibuster. It has a spectacular ring to it. It’s clunky and awkward and mysterious. I assumed that the bust part had something to do with busting in on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marlene Dietrich and Her Homemade Facelift
Thadra Sheridan Marlene Dietrich was an all around looker. You might recall her from the silver screen, or at least from that famous photo where she’s wearing a suit and top hat, seated and leaning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Spoil It! On Our Desperate Need To Talk About Stuff I Haven’t Seen
Thadra Sheridan This weekend I went to see Star Trek with my mother. At a crucial part where you think all is lost and there is no hope, she leaned over to me and did this thing she has been doing to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
America’s Historical Tendency to Throw the Book at the Wrong People
This week I’m thinking of Sacco and Vanzetti. You may not have heard of them. They were tried for the death of two men in an armed robbery in 1921. Both were italian immigrants, the top of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airline Anxiety
Thadra Sheridan This week I have to go to San Francisco. I say have to, because I have been dreading this trip for weeks. I have no reason for this anxiety. I’m going to attend the wedding of a very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Those Who Never Give Up
Thadra Sheridan On my recent trip to California, I was surrounded by all of the writer performer friends I worked with when I lived there. It was a bittersweet trip. There is a lot I miss about that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the Subject of Self Image
Thadra Sheridan I dedicate this column to the waify little bimbo wearing shorty shorts that looked like she’d skinned a disco ball to make them who sat on my patio sneaking sips of her gin and tonic to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Need a Knight in Shining Armor Like I Need a Hole in My Head
Thadra Sheridan When I was a little girl, I balked at this concept of a knight in shining armor. I had no desire to be a princess. Princesses were stupid, and probably tripped all over their long...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Constant Struggle for the Right Body
Thadra Sheridan I used to exercise a lot. I mean A LOT, because I was a girl in my twenties, and I was raised in America, so I wanted very very badly for my body to look just like it was supposed to,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manifest Density: Or, Fuck Off, Colonialist Pricks!
Hannah Cushing Among the myriad of things that I like to blame on the Puritans, one of them is the sense of entitlement many men possess regarding access to my heart, mind, and body. I know it’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Depeche Mode Stirs my Adolescent
Thadra Sheridan I went to see Depeche Mode at the State Fair last week. It was against my better judgement. I am not a fan of stadium shows or throngs of people or the oppressive heat that swaddled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give Your Body a Break
Thadra Sheridan Once a month I convince myself I have breast cancer. The ladies start feeling sore on the sides, where the lymph nodes are. And lymph cancer is no joke. I think, I’m over 40. I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Love: What is it?
Thadra Sheridan Have you ever been in love? I’m not sure I have. It’s kind of a vague concept. It’s not like there are specific symptoms you can pinpoint to diagnose it, or anything. I mean, I have...
View Article
