Trump’s never had a real job, but most of us have. And, all of us would be canned, shunned and jailed if we did Trumpy things at work. Take the Capitol riot, for instance. If I laid the groundwork and incited that shit I’d be sharing a cell today with…

I write a recap of a Boundary Waters trip I go on every year. This one is from last year. — Attendees: Jake Larson, Jake Torgerson, Nathan Goltz, Paul Vincent, Andrew Lehner, Luke Abrahamson, his cousin Lars Johnson and me, Eric Forseth. Dates: May 25th-29th the year of our Lord, 2022. ONE Our group is called The Beaver Bay Fight Club. TWO While gathering for dinner at the Gunflint Tavern in Grand…

Many years ago I wrote this piece for a website that no longer exists. I still like it so I’m pasting it here. Enjoy. — The following songs are autumn themed. Not just in the name, but in the core of their existence. Well, I guess “September Gurls” doesn’t (really) and the Beach Boys song is more about their band then the season of fall or the departure of summer — either way, it’s appropriate…

I visited the Atlantic in 2014 and wrote an article after that trip about my top five “The Ocean” songs. — How many songs are called, “The Ocean”? Not “Ocean” (Sebadoh and Velvet Underground), “Oceans” (Pearl Jam), “I Sat By The Ocean” (Queens of The Stone Age) or “Ocean Man” (Ween). There are quite a few that are just called, “The Ocean”. And why not? The ocean is ample — lots…

I wrote in 2014 and stumbled into it while looking for something else in my Google Drive. Giving it a home on Medium for posterity. Because this is really important *content*. — Halloween is fun. It’s a great night filled with ghouls, kids and costumes. It’s also a night where adults (young and old) get together to get a little wild — or “cray” if you’re one of the young adults. The fellas show up dressed like dead Justin Bieber, sexy Brian…

A Bruce Springsteen show got me thinkin’ — A few years ago, probably on a Monday, I was at work writing about a Smashing Pumpkins show I’d seen the previous weekend. Oh, cool. How was the show? It was okay. While doing so, my creative director stopped by and asked what I was up to. I told him…

This doesn’t happen every time I go fishing. — I reside in the emotional middle. Not too intense, not too apathetic. I’ve been like this for as long as I can remember. My dad and grandpa wanted me to have more tenacity on the basketball court and football field, and sometimes I was fierce. But not very often. I…

School shootings and fart podcasts — I exercise at the Jewish Community Center. I am a Gentile. All are welcome at the J. Around 11:45 today I dipped out of the office, into my 4Runner and drove down the the highway to sweat a little bit. Y’know, feel like I’m making an attempt to counter my…

My first year in advertising is not a great story — It was July 2012 and I was 29 years old. I just finished a year at an advertising school in downtown Minneapolis called Miami Ad School and knew what I wanted to do—think, concept, write, create, and make work with like-minded people.