Now that it's spring (and I'm no longer living in terror of frostbite), the Minneapolis Farmers' Market is up and running. I we...

From Bruce Came in to find Bruce playing dead like a preschooler, tongue sticking out and legs akimbo. Naturally, I took a picture before I...

It's finally getting warm out here (it was in the 50s yesterday!), so I've been leaving a window open.  Bruce loves it.  From Bruce ...

And one came forth to join this mighty pantheon, and lo, he was furry, and black, with green eyes, and missing a fair few teeth, and consume...

Student: How do you say "I'm going home"? Me: Ich gehe nach Hause. Student: How do you spell "Hause"? Me: H-A-U-S-E....

Folwell Hall, home of the German department. My office is here, the classroom where I teach is here, all of my classes are here. This is a ...

So, this is where I live. It's an old brick building, ivy up the sides, lots of dogs (but surprisingly little noise), hallways smell pe...