I have really enjoyed Scandal so far, and Kerry Washington is fantastic. I really wish Hollywood would actually adopt race-blind casting and look for the best actor for the role, regardless of race. Too often it seems like shows are happy to accept that diversity means casting one minority character even if that means…

So, my best friend from college just broke up with her long-distance boyfriend a few weeks ago. She desperately wants to meet someone and get married and have kids, but time's a ticking since we're both 36. Any advice on how I can be supportive to her and/or advice to give her on the dating scene? She lives in…

I loved this message on the Wellstone t-shirts.

This is the Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and it's the centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden next to the Walker Art Gallery near downtown Minneapolis. The Sculpture Garden is fabulous and this sculpture is the pretty much the most famous piece of public art in Minneapolis.*

Do they have adult co-rec sports leagues in your city? Often teams are looking for women, so if you're at all athletic this may be a good way to meet people. My husband's soccer team is always looking for women to play and we always need women for our broomball team. The good thing about recreational sports is people…

According to reports here in Minnesota, Bachmann has announced her intent to run in the reconfigured Sixth District rather than go against McCollum in the Fourth (my home district!). The real question is whether she's going to move into the Sixth District.

This is very timely in that I just saw a mouse in my office this afternoon. I am absolutely petrified of mice, so it was very traumatic.