Heidilama
@heidilama.bsky.social
Ponderer and wanderer. Interested in everything; expert in pretty much nothing, alas. Day job: process and systems improvement. Life goal: Understand how everything works.
"That's just the way we do things" is not an acceptable answer. To anything, really.
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"That's just the way we do things" is not an acceptable answer. To anything, really.
HSI agent was "in fear that he was being abducted"? You don't say.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
HSI agent was "in fear that he was being abducted"? You don't say.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
All Yule log enjoyers are pagans. Think about that the next time you set the 12 hour Yule log in fireplace video as background for a family gathering this season.
Yule ≠ Christmas
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
All Yule log enjoyers are pagans. Think about that the next time you set the 12 hour Yule log in fireplace video as background for a family gathering this season.
This parking slush coulda been a snow emergency.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This parking slush coulda been a snow emergency.
I went with Ice Out but use your imaginations.
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I went with Ice Out but use your imaginations.
This 6 day 12 reply email thread coulda been a meeting. 15 minutes of your time. Seriously. Please.
This skeet coulda been an email.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This 6 day 12 reply email thread coulda been a meeting. 15 minutes of your time. Seriously. Please.
This skeet coulda been an email.
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This skeet coulda been an email.
If anyone in Minneapolis would be willing to talk to me about the DFL senior caucus and give me some insight before I join, please let me know. (For example, they don't seem to define "senior" but I'm pretty sure I'm not yet one, and is that ok?)
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If anyone in Minneapolis would be willing to talk to me about the DFL senior caucus and give me some insight before I join, please let me know. (For example, they don't seem to define "senior" but I'm pretty sure I'm not yet one, and is that ok?)
This week's hot topic:
REFRIGERATOR ETIQUETTE
I know having to show up to an office to work for no good reason is somewhere between annoying and rage-inducing but c'mon, you can still be a decent and sensible human being.
REFRIGERATOR ETIQUETTE
I know having to show up to an office to work for no good reason is somewhere between annoying and rage-inducing but c'mon, you can still be a decent and sensible human being.
Step 1: Large wave of state agency employees returning to office
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This week's hot topic:
REFRIGERATOR ETIQUETTE
I know having to show up to an office to work for no good reason is somewhere between annoying and rage-inducing but c'mon, you can still be a decent and sensible human being.
REFRIGERATOR ETIQUETTE
I know having to show up to an office to work for no good reason is somewhere between annoying and rage-inducing but c'mon, you can still be a decent and sensible human being.
Taking a break from city politics for a sec to just say Tom Emmer really really sucks.
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Taking a break from city politics for a sec to just say Tom Emmer really really sucks.
Step 1: Large wave of state agency employees returning to office
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Step 1: Large wave of state agency employees returning to office
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
Step 2: Intranet article on "Microwave safety in the office"
Honestly couldn't ask for a nicer day to vote. Thank you November, blue sky, trees of Powderhorn Park, body that still lets me walk when I really want to.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Honestly couldn't ask for a nicer day to vote. Thank you November, blue sky, trees of Powderhorn Park, body that still lets me walk when I really want to.
Hell yeah! Says the underachieving first born daughter.
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hell yeah! Says the underachieving first born daughter.
Halloween blizzard of '91? Been there, done that. Let me tell you about Halloween '87. Chilly but not cold; cloudy; no snow. Walking home from the grocery store, kids asked for candy. Looked in my bag and best I could offer was a box of Cap'n Crunch. They declined. I enjoyed my cereal. The end.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Halloween blizzard of '91? Been there, done that. Let me tell you about Halloween '87. Chilly but not cold; cloudy; no snow. Walking home from the grocery store, kids asked for candy. Looked in my bag and best I could offer was a box of Cap'n Crunch. They declined. I enjoyed my cereal. The end.
Heard a tremendous racket, came to the kitchen, found this. At least it's not another shattered coffee cup this time.
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Heard a tremendous racket, came to the kitchen, found this. At least it's not another shattered coffee cup this time.
Went digging in a drawer for something else and found this.
I think Minnesota used to be super DFL? Anyway, Just Do It.
I think Minnesota used to be super DFL? Anyway, Just Do It.
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Went digging in a drawer for something else and found this.
I think Minnesota used to be super DFL? Anyway, Just Do It.
I think Minnesota used to be super DFL? Anyway, Just Do It.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
We need original documents.
We need original documents.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
There is no date.
There is no date.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
October 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
We need original documents.
We need original documents.
Well, damn.
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well, damn.
Wholesome neighborhood content. Powderhorn, Minneapolis.
September 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Wholesome neighborhood content. Powderhorn, Minneapolis.
Got lots of thoughts about this but LOL OF COURSE is the best I can do for now. I mean, I'm not against back to office policies per se, but whether private or public, management needs to get their shit together. Maybe take some classes? Professional development?
A mix of confusion and dissatisfaction is festering among Target employees, as its biggest corporate unit settles into a mandatory three-day-a-week office schedule.
Target employees return to the office with a mix of confusion, dissatisfaction
A June employee survey found mounting frustration with leadership and the Minneapolis-based retailer’s direction; about 40% said they lacked confidence in the company’s future.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Got lots of thoughts about this but LOL OF COURSE is the best I can do for now. I mean, I'm not against back to office policies per se, but whether private or public, management needs to get their shit together. Maybe take some classes? Professional development?
Awful lot of signage for a place with only 16 people.
September 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Awful lot of signage for a place with only 16 people.
I used to drink raw milk from our cows... Just sayin'. It went from the milk tank into our fridge then onto my cereal. Do not try this at home.
My mom's work is not forgotten because she had a full time job and paid no mind to the farm stuff.
My mom's work is not forgotten because she had a full time job and paid no mind to the farm stuff.
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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September 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I used to drink raw milk from our cows... Just sayin'. It went from the milk tank into our fridge then onto my cereal. Do not try this at home.
My mom's work is not forgotten because she had a full time job and paid no mind to the farm stuff.
My mom's work is not forgotten because she had a full time job and paid no mind to the farm stuff.
Aww, cows! I had a cow in this barn once. A pure-bred Guernsey named Queenie. Unfortunately she happened to be in heat that week and was quite uncontrollable so I/we came in last in showing. Also happened to be the year I learned to play poker. In this barn. I was 13.
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
August 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Aww, cows! I had a cow in this barn once. A pure-bred Guernsey named Queenie. Unfortunately she happened to be in heat that week and was quite uncontrollable so I/we came in last in showing. Also happened to be the year I learned to play poker. In this barn. I was 13.
I really want to move back to the country. To the house my parents built on 10 wooded acres after selling our dairy farm in 1983. Could make an awesome artist/writer retreat. But I'm struggling to find a more self-defeating and intentionally isolating part of the state. #quandry #ToddCounty
August 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I really want to move back to the country. To the house my parents built on 10 wooded acres after selling our dairy farm in 1983. Could make an awesome artist/writer retreat. But I'm struggling to find a more self-defeating and intentionally isolating part of the state. #quandry #ToddCounty