LILEKS (James) The Bleat
James Lileks is from Minnesota, and is one of the very best writers on the web. He writes an online, personal column called "The Bleat" Monday through Friday. He's almost always worth reading. His is one of several great sites that are linked to on the right hand side of this here weblog.
He also wrote a pretty funny novel that takes place in Minneapolis called Falling Up the Stairs that is well worth checking out of the library.l