Dana Wessel

Think it's a jealousy thing?

You know it's gonna be a good day when you get mentioned in the daily edition of Midwest Excellence.

I’m turning 40 later this month. It’s magical because the brain quietly deletes the file labeled “impress strangers” and you start saying things like:

“No, I’m not going out tonight.”
“That sounds loud.”
“Let’s eat at 5:15 so we beat the crowd.”

The kids are alright

Maybe he thinks we're too "Inside Ball" and a lot of his followers wouldn't understand our sophisticated and nuanced approach to ball talk.

You seeing this @randballsstu.bsky.social ?

Oh.

I had some life-altering tacos today from Taqueria La Hacienda. Locations in Richfield, Minneapolis and Burnsville. And yes, these would be worth the risk of going to Burnsville.

I have the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time for our anniversary on the 29th.

The wife and I are spending our anniversary at the Hewing Hotel at the end of the month. Never been. Any suggestions or recommendations in the neighborhood? We're more dive bar/arcade kinda people but want to do something nicer for the 'versary.

Uptown Arby's and the Hooters from Big Daddy.

The World Cup is going to be an unmitigated disaster on every level, isn't it?

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

How's everyone doing?

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

The St. Paul Corduroy Jacket Is Bruce Springsteen. Let Me Explain. On October 27, 1975, despite being a relative unknown to the general public, Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek. People under 35 reading this: Those were print magazines. Pe...

Friday's Midwest Excellence tries to squeeze a little more juice out of The Jacket. Mentioned: @bringmethenews.bsky.social, @racketmn.com, @danawessel.bsky.social, J. Edgar Hoover, Watergate.

If you get skunked, don't over spend on resale. Resale prices always go down as the show gets closer and the are more tickets that get released. Keep on checking the site every day

And how good of a guy is @rossraihala.bsky.social? It's his birthday and he got ME a gift by personally booking this Boss show. Happy birthday, brother.

a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while standing on a stage . ALT: a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while standing on a stage .

My best friend Bruce is coming back to Minneapolis with all his band buddies. 42 days until Bruce show number 25. Not sure I'll get any sleep between now and then.

I remember seeing that movie with an ex. The whole theater walked out in stunned silence about how amazing it was.

Her: "So..."
Me: "Don't ask me because I'm not sure either."

Let's rebuild Action Park, Jeets!

😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood

I hope Team USA Hockey keeps remembering and honoring the legends that paved the way for them to be in Italy today.

The Minneapolis brass band bringing joy amid grief: ‘When people see us playing, it gives them hope’ Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd’s murder, and now also marks the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at its weekly meetup

If you're not in Minneapolis, in addition to the real work of patrols and food drops, this is what the resistance has looked like:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

You too were some of my favorites from Twitter. I still have the recording of Dana, Ben, and Giselle calling my wife for me for valentine’s today. So fun! Thanks for being good people.

I need to start posting here more.

Ducks still make me think of @danawessel.bsky.social

The de-aging aspect of the Jurassic Park ad was frightening, but I actually found it funny because I feel it spiritually incorporated some of my Jurassic Park bits with @danawessel.bsky.social

@danawessel.bsky.social So much terrible in the world right now, but here's a Dominican duck family out for a swim in the resort "lake".

Unpredictable!