… and I am Somebody male. in my thirties. recovering alcoholic. live in minneapolis. work in progress. gay. serenity please.

Jacko’s Neverland Ranch, courtesy of Google Maps. ...

I grew up watching Dallas every Friday night, followed by Falcon Crest. Angela Channing was never quite as sinister as JR Ewing, so I usually fell asleep during the latter, with my parents dragging me to bed. Even though I can’t imagine I understood much of the show, I always enjoyed watching the Ewings and ...

Dustin has been sleeping with the enemy: You’d never guess he works in retail, would yah? ...

I just walked in the door this evening around 9:00pm. I grabbed a few chicken breasts out of the freezer and threw them into the microwave to thaw. That’s when I noticed it – the clue. The clue My mind started racing – should I open the door, or run and get Dustin? Could I ...

I came across a neat online tool that allows you to build blog buttons – you know those little 80×15 pixel images that link to other sites like I have listed in my sidebar? It’s called the “Button Maker” and I just LOVE it! Here’s a button I made for my site: Now go make ...

Spent much of the day cleaning house, doing chores, and paying bills. The stuff I don’t really care to do, but have to do in order to keep my life somewhat sain. I decided I’d spruce up my activities by taking a few snapshots of a couple of gifts I received for my birthday: Ballerina ...

Your host, Sparkles, shared the stage at First Avenue with a group of coworkers in the agency’s annual spoof on the 70′s Gong Show. It’s an annual agency tradition to put this show on. Everyone who started during the year must participate in an act of some sort. My group decided on the YMCA. While ...

Another viral marketing campaign, presumably run by CPB … at least that’s who runs the mini’s ads and the domain name is registered to a guy living on the beach down there I actually met Mr. Boguski at an event one time. He was being mauled by all of these junior account types trying to ...