I can't write or create in a messy house, so a few hours after I get an idea, the place is immaculate. The Milkmaid knows when the story's working.

Two Minnesotans are representing Minnesota in the All-Star Game! Old news, sure, but I forgot to mention it yesterday.

I had an idea for the CoC while I was at work, but it's gone. It was probably current-event or Twins-related. So, go ahead and comment on whatever it was that I planned to say.

Dwight Howard is a Rocket. Well, that sure didn't work out, Lakers. Matt Cooke is now with the Wild. That should keep this team from being likable anytime soon.

The benefit of a young child's short memory is that everything seems new. "This is the first time I've ever seen fireworks!", Sour Cream insists. Okay then!

Welcome to Earth. *punch*

People who were single when I left Minnesota are now married with kids, and it's driving home just how long I've been away from where I belong. I still can't see an end to this, though.

Does anyone else think it feels like ages since the last time the Twins and Yankees faced each other? Maybe I totally tuned out when they did so last year. I know that was the plan.

Does anyone else have that thing where you can't go to bed for two or three hours after getting home from work even if you get home at nine or ten? I wish I didn't.

This year, for her birthday, she's getting all the yoga stuff she asked for. It might not sound exciting to simply get what you asked for a couple of months back, but she's married to a person with the memory of a goldfish, so I'm betting it'll blow her mind.