Here’s where you’ll find loads of my favorite links. Check back often; it’s an always-evolving list!
National News and Information
Local News and Information
Minneapolis / St. Paul / Metro- Minneapolis Star Tribune daily newspaper
- St. Paul Pioneer Press daily newspaper
- KARE 11 NBC Affiliate – Minneapolis / St. Paul
- WCCO CBS Affiliate – Minneapolis / St. Paul
- KSTP ABC Affiliate – Minneapolis / St. Paul
- FOX 9 FOX Affiliate – Minneapolis / St. Paul
- Lazy Lightning – Bill Roehl
- Bring Me the News – Rick Kupchella
- Rochester Post Bulletin daily newspaper
- KTTC NBC Affiliate – Rochester
- KAAL ABC Affiliate – Austin
- Duluth News Tribune daily newspaper
- Northland’s News Center
- Duluth Shipping News
Unique Gifts
- Uncommon Goods Find anything but ordinary.
- Levenger Tools for serious readers (and writers).
- Sundog Company Unique gifts for every occasion.
- Etsy Buy and sell all things handmade
- Bibelot Shops Some good stuff.
- The Library Shop New York Public Library shop.
Favorite Blogs
- Ginger Ammon The blog I’ve followed the longest. One of the most interesting and insightful women I “know” online.
- The Ordinary Adventures of Ms. Pitt Ordinary adventures? Ms. Pitt is one interesting woman, and ordinary doesn’t exactly describe her…
- Fresh Footprints (Heidi) Heidi, a new mother of twins, shares her daily adventures.
- Conner’s Blog Asking questions and failing to answer them.
- Farmgirl Fare Recipes, stories, and photos from a crazy country life on 240 remote Missouri acres.
Favorite Funny Sites
- Passive-Aggressive Notes Painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces. Hilarious.
- Post Secret New anonymous secrets every Sunday. A must.
- Don’t Even Reply E-mails from an asshole, who responds to classified ads in order to “mess with” the people who post them. Hilarious!
- Awkward Family Photos Spreading the awkwardness.
- White Whine A new white person complaint every day of the week.
- Overheard in Minneapolis Just as the name implies, stuff that’s overheard in Minneapolis.
- Stuff White People Like A blog devoted to stuff white people like.
- Texts from Last Night Remember that text you shouldn’t have sent last night? This website does.
For Word Nerds and Grammar Gurus
- Apostrophe Abuse Funny visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve.
- The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks Exactly what it sounds like. And hilarious.
- Word Spy The word lover’s guide to new words.
- The Eggcorn Database Collections of unusual English.
- Urban Dictionary A new urban word every day.
- Worldwide Words Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British viewpoint.
