This just in: my wedding is only three days from now. That’s essentially a long weekend. I wish there was a word to describe this cocktail mix of emotions I’m feeling right now. It’s a weird mix of excitement, happiness, fear, joy, anticipation, and about 100 other emotions that I can’t even begin to describe.

Today’s the day we’ve all been waiting for, folks! Behold old Indy in all his ancient and yet action-filled glory:

After living in Minnesota for almost three years, I’m finally getting around to some of the things on my “Becoming a Minnesotan” to do list. I’ve already checked off a visit to the Spam Museum, so now I’m making an effort to understand baseball and pretty much crossing off or trying to understand everything on this list: http://www.commonplacebook.com/jokes/you_know_youre_a/you_might_be_a_2.s....

But this summer I’ll be doing something that I’ve wanted to do since I was in high school, and something that is distinctly Minnesotan.

Right now, I’m caught up in a fervor of planning and excitement. It happens to me a lot. I tend to get an idea in my head and then just run away with it. Usually, it’s a building project or a plan of some sort, and as I get more and more into the idea, the bigger and more expansive (and expensive) my planning becomes.

I’ve seen the latest movie, but the books are always better.

I just read a feature article about the new "Harry Potter" movie. It comes out only two weeks before the new (and final) "Harry Potter" book.

I don’t get a lot of phone calls. There are two reasons for this, as far as I can figure: