SCENE: Mitch BERG walks into Sluggo’s, a sports bar on University [1]. NFL games are on on six big-screen TVs around the room. Around five, there are small, dilatory groups watching games. Around one TV, though, there are a group … Continue reading →
It was July 1, 1984. I took off from Jamestown at around 5AM in – what else? – my ’73 Monte Carlo with a 396, Fuellie heads and a Hurst on the floor, and drove through a long, hot July day. Poring … Continue reading →
SCENE: At the headquarters of Jared ® Jewelry. Patricia LOPEZ, the receptionist, is sitting at the front desk answering phone calls. Phone rings. LOPEZ: Hello, Jared, the Galleria of Jewelry®… VOICE on phone: Hello, this is Sol Gallivan, the Guardian of … Continue reading →
I had a chance to sit down with Sol Gallivan. By day, he’s a data entry clerk at a regional gas station chain. In his free time, though, he is Woodbury’s self-anointed “Guardian of Empiricism”. I sat down with him … Continue reading →
The following is a guide to the personalities you’ll encounter on this blog. Mitch Berg – I’m the humble proprietor of this blog, and have been since February of 2002. I live in Saint Paul, have two kids who are … Continue reading →