Ed. note: I started this fairly soon after the shooting, but it’s taken me some time to put my thoughts in some kind of order. This is still pretty stream-of-conscious, free-flowing, but I fee...
http://theminna.com/2016/06/19/lgbtq-folks-are-not-your-superheroes/
It’s the last day of 2015, which is surreal to me. Where the hell has this year gone? Looking back, it seems as if so much has happened, and yet, so little. On a social media level, I’ve pull...
http://theminna.com/2015/12/31/top-10-things-you-wont-believe-made-me-cry-gasp-and-laugh-in-2015/
I wrote yesterday about some of my mental health issues that I want to work on in the new year, but the post devolved into me navel-gazing yet again. To continue with that musing, I’ve been thi...
I tackled the concrete things in my life I want to do in the next year in my last post, and now I want to focus on the mental health issues that I want to work on in the upcoming year. This is mo...
http://theminna.com/2015/12/29/taking-out-the-emotional-trash/
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because I have enough opportunities to flagellate myself year-round without the added pressure of being aware I haven’t lost twenty pounds in two weeks, ...
This morning, my problem child*, Raven, horked on the carpet in the foyer and shit on the bathroom floor. He obviously got into the eggnog and partied too much last night. He’s like the teenage...
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I used to be a sports fan, specifically of the Vikings, the Twins, and the Timberwolves*, more tangentially, the Wild!** I’d watch the games and be elated if they won and despondent if they los...
http://theminna.com/2015/12/22/its-my-party-and-ill-tear-it-apart-if-i-want-to/
As some of you probably know, I played Dark Souls and beat it, so obviously, I’m an expert on the game. I’ve written several posts about the experience (trawl my archives), some of which are ...
http://theminna.com/2015/12/20/the-top-10-ways-youre-playing-dark-souls-wrong/
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, despite the lack of snow. Everywhere I go, there are Christmas lights dotting the scenery, Christmas ads on the radio/television, and everyone is ta...
http://theminna.com/2015/12/19/psa-when-youre-not-feeling-jolly-at-christmas/