ye olde prickle factory
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spicy meatball, minnesota bog witch, geography lady turned lady in construction, north metro trashbag, lutheran crime syndicate member
half leslie knope, half ouiser boudreaux, fully awkward
half leslie knope, half ouiser boudreaux, fully awkward
*stares at this weekend’s Strib, blinking slowly*
February 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
*stares at this weekend’s Strib, blinking slowly*
my iron ranger husband’s childhood home is next door to a bar, and this is one of the signs inside the bar
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
my iron ranger husband’s childhood home is next door to a bar, and this is one of the signs inside the bar
You know what, Two Harbors is in the IRRRB service area, so yeah - technically it kind of is.
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
You know what, Two Harbors is in the IRRRB service area, so yeah - technically it kind of is.
I’m envious of all the ways MSP folks are stepping up for one another, like the volunteer laundry service. Every new announcement has me like the Soviet guy in the hospital window.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I’m envious of all the ways MSP folks are stepping up for one another, like the volunteer laundry service. Every new announcement has me like the Soviet guy in the hospital window.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
This one, over and over again
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This one, over and over again
Santa out here on the Kash Patel special
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Santa out here on the Kash Patel special
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
Fellow Russian bots, repost with an obscure proof of life in MN.
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Fellow Russian bots, repost with an obscure proof of life in MN.
I know they probably don’t care about blending in, but kind of amusing that this guy is in ground zero for the region of MN with camo hats and work boots and he just blew his cover anyway
Is he off his shift at Minntac? Ope, nope
Is he off his shift at Minntac? Ope, nope
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I know they probably don’t care about blending in, but kind of amusing that this guy is in ground zero for the region of MN with camo hats and work boots and he just blew his cover anyway
Is he off his shift at Minntac? Ope, nope
Is he off his shift at Minntac? Ope, nope
They could’ve walked literally two blocks from the Pickle to one of the shops in town and interviewed the owner (my wedding photographer!) who stocks the shop with cheeky progressive items like this:
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
They could’ve walked literally two blocks from the Pickle to one of the shops in town and interviewed the owner (my wedding photographer!) who stocks the shop with cheeky progressive items like this:
Definitely do not recommend combining grieving and funeral planning with local and national current events
Zero stars
Zero stars
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Definitely do not recommend combining grieving and funeral planning with local and national current events
Zero stars
Zero stars
At a drive thru lights display and a staff member asked me if I wanted a roadie. Wisconsin!
December 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
At a drive thru lights display and a staff member asked me if I wanted a roadie. Wisconsin!
Quietly ordered my own birthday cake this year, because I saw it and liked it and I’m a grown up and I can do what I want. It’s lingonberry! A lingonbirthday cake!
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Quietly ordered my own birthday cake this year, because I saw it and liked it and I’m a grown up and I can do what I want. It’s lingonberry! A lingonbirthday cake!
An ode to my washer, which died yesterday:
Goodbye washing machine
You lasted 17 years
You washed my kid's cloth diapers
And a couple of spilled beers
You survived longer than expected
In a planned obsolescence world
I didn't want to replace you this week
But that's what the universe unfurled
Goodbye washing machine
You lasted 17 years
You washed my kid's cloth diapers
And a couple of spilled beers
You survived longer than expected
In a planned obsolescence world
I didn't want to replace you this week
But that's what the universe unfurled
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An ode to my washer, which died yesterday:
Goodbye washing machine
You lasted 17 years
You washed my kid's cloth diapers
And a couple of spilled beers
You survived longer than expected
In a planned obsolescence world
I didn't want to replace you this week
But that's what the universe unfurled
Goodbye washing machine
You lasted 17 years
You washed my kid's cloth diapers
And a couple of spilled beers
You survived longer than expected
In a planned obsolescence world
I didn't want to replace you this week
But that's what the universe unfurled
The injection sites on her lips are janked, but that office decor might be worse. Girl, WYD, at least push those lamps away from the edge of the mantel.
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The injection sites on her lips are janked, but that office decor might be worse. Girl, WYD, at least push those lamps away from the edge of the mantel.
I saw this at KBIS a couple of years ago and have much to say. First, you're limited to porcelain or sintered stone for counters, and both are hard to fabricate well. Second, I could see the appeal in a small kitchen but the control panel eats a full drawer. Third, how TF is this cooking friendly?
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I saw this at KBIS a couple of years ago and have much to say. First, you're limited to porcelain or sintered stone for counters, and both are hard to fabricate well. Second, I could see the appeal in a small kitchen but the control panel eats a full drawer. Third, how TF is this cooking friendly?
Shout out to St. Joseph’s Indian School for this alarming plea that seems like it was created in a lab specifically for Catholic ladies with dementia
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Shout out to St. Joseph’s Indian School for this alarming plea that seems like it was created in a lab specifically for Catholic ladies with dementia
This is what my mother-in-law’s mail looks like after cutting an annual check to her diocese for the last two decades.
Toward the end of her time living alone, she thought they were bills that needed to be paid.
Toward the end of her time living alone, she thought they were bills that needed to be paid.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is what my mother-in-law’s mail looks like after cutting an annual check to her diocese for the last two decades.
Toward the end of her time living alone, she thought they were bills that needed to be paid.
Toward the end of her time living alone, she thought they were bills that needed to be paid.
My brain is short circuiting looking at this NWS expected snowfall map for the western UP. That is a lot of snow for a short window of time.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My brain is short circuiting looking at this NWS expected snowfall map for the western UP. That is a lot of snow for a short window of time.
Every time I see him:
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Every time I see him:
Important update: not sure what’s going on here, but I feel like whoever runs the print shop might have a couple of stories about this person
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Important update: not sure what’s going on here, but I feel like whoever runs the print shop might have a couple of stories about this person
My favorite part of the drive to my husband’s hometown
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My favorite part of the drive to my husband’s hometown
I have no idea what happened today but here is a cat sleeping in the sun next to some pumpkins
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I have no idea what happened today but here is a cat sleeping in the sun next to some pumpkins
Happy Reformation Sunday to the Lutherans wearing red, drinking weak coffee, and waiting for the organist to drop the bass on A Mighty Fortress like Jason Mendoza at a Skrillex concert
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Reformation Sunday to the Lutherans wearing red, drinking weak coffee, and waiting for the organist to drop the bass on A Mighty Fortress like Jason Mendoza at a Skrillex concert
I love discourse
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I love discourse