Born Fargo ND, 1958. Lived in Minneapolis since 1976, with a four-year tour of duty in Washington DC. Presently I am: a columnist for the Star-Tribune. I'm the author of eight books, including The Gallery of Regrettable Food. Previously I was a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, City Pages, and the Minnesota Daily, and a talk radio host on KSTP AM-1500 in the 80s and the 90s. I wanted to be an architect. I am blessed with a talented daughter, a gorgeous wife, and a smart, if inordinately worried, dog.

Some ancient pictures of Norman Rockwell-style post-war childhood can be viewed here.

I work in journalism, but I'm not a journalist - that title is best reserved for people who do the hard work of calling up sources, checking leads, and other forms of diligent labor. I make things up, really. Or, if I do a feature story, I just show up somewhere and describe an event.

Fascinating pictures of a really important career can be found here. Well, they're pictures, so that much is true.

DAD

The Station - from opening day to the night they tore it down. (Revised after ten years with larger photos.)

GRANDMA'S CAMERA: a look at the past through an old old Kodak camera. OVERHAULED Dec. 2010.