Travis Norvell

This year I reckon the ushers will beg us all to sit in their sections.

I usually get a beer, talk with friends in right field for a couple of innings then get a seat.

Record, yawn $2 beers on the weekends, outside in a beautiful park, $3 standing tickets (but after three innings probably be able to sit in the press box)

I once saw a dude mowing a small Lutheran church grass lot in the cities with a gravely tractor

Everyday another horror, everyday another reminder that all of my remaining days will be an attempt to repair the damage by this administration.

Is it the mayor?

ill be honest, as cool at the St. Paul jacket is...I like my comfy pair of socks better.

When will the Minneapolis “Members Only” jacket be released?

On Sunday we displayed all of the cards, letters, notes, & prayers people have sent to Judson Church over the last few weeks. It took 6 tables (it is now 7 tables, b/c more cards arrived today!

Our 💕 are full of gratitude

I bet if the mayor had added a special sticker on strava for most watts burned while shoveling a four foot berth then all those dudes on the upper west side would spread out across the city and probably pay the city to shovel!

*id

I had my wallet stolen on Sunday morning, I had an after worship flight. So I used a church bulletin that had my name on it. That was all the if I needed

Kindness is free

today person got on the bus and said, with a very faux British accent, "Courtesy ride please?" How could the bus driver say no to that? Of course the rider rode free.

D-line

The Olympic athletes are amazing and all but today on @metrotransitmn.bsky.social I saw a dude walk up and down the aisle with a beer in a clear Dixie cup and never spilled a drop despite the ice ruts, the potholes, and the bus swerving not to hit a dog. Gold medal performance

What about an exclusive @wedge.live edition corduroy jacket with the corporate sponsorship banner from the former ballon shop on Hennepin Ave?

When I asked my son for a review of the Triple Chocolate Donuts from A Baker’s Wife he replied, “They are better than the double chocolate”.

thought for sure this was a Tyler Kepner authored article, but it wasn't

I spend 90% of my time on the Mpls/St Paul feed, almost all my news is hyperlocal so when I went to Bakers Wife today and saw triple chocolate donuts I thought that’s strange no one on bluesky has mentioned them…yet!

I started seminary across the street from a Presbyterian seminary. The Presbyterians took our schools initials BTSR and made it into a word “butt-sore” for a while I didn’t like it, but now I giggle every time I think about it. TBH we probably were a pain in the ass to the Presbyterians

Made this after my dad @pedalingpastor.bsky.social put this on his church sign. Download and print if you like! I think it might make cool spoke cards or postcards.

The train stopped before crossing the Mississippi at Hastings. As we ceased movement I checked Google Maps to see how far we are from Union Depot and because I always check public transit first, this is what came up.

I’m on a train, aka Public Transport

(3/3) Amtrak wisdom story conclusion

That was the classiest way I’ve ever heard someone move on from a small explosion between the legs

(2/3) Amtrak wisdom story continued

The sound came from the person sitting across the aisle from me and Lori. First they said, “Excuse me” to the person sitting beside them (the seat mate was a stranger). The gas releaser then said “I needed a private moment, sometimes that happens”.

(1/3) Amtrak wisdom story:

After an hour of gentle rocking/trundling everyone on the train car was snoring (myself included). As I was waking up I heard the distinct sound of a fart nearby.

We were here for two nights, to see Jinx’s play. Heading back now. Are you in Chicago?

I ❤️ transit temples

Because my forehead is so large, I feel like the nun this morning really missed her chance for artistic wonder; she had such a canvas to work with - rather than just one cross she could have created an entire crucifixion scene: three crosses, the hill, directional signs “This Way to Golgotha”

Borealis

A seven hour train ride from
Minneapolis to Chicago time for a few naps, lovely conversations with @mathgirlmpls.bsky.social and the silence to read, chew and digest Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social

And there is the mystery of a few Rax restaurants in Guatemala. Why only there? My oldest wants to do an investigative podcast on this very question