IKEA says goodbye to Futura (http://ping.fm/a5Fs5)

RT @tonyyarusso The #MNStateFair people sent Conan a bust of himself out of white chocolate w/ bacon for hair.  Awesome. http://ow.ly/lx8T

Maybe it's #karma: #UMN spends $288 million on new open-air stadium, gets a rainy day to introduce it to staff. http://ow.ly/lf2Z

An urban farmer spreads some dirt in Minneapolis (MPR) (http://ping.fm/Qq4Ly)

Working girl!

Tried to find new Tony Hale web series "Ctrl"; was instead directed to marketing survey which wanted to know if I thought Nestea was "exotic and powerful".

"[W]hile the Chevy Volt holds promise, it will likely be too expensive to be commercially successful in the short-term." http://ping.fm/AlIcA #whatis230

Fighting insomnia. iPod not helping -- there's no app for that.

Interesting bit on Slate about possible ways that America could "end", from an aging population to "gray goo" #endofusa (http://ping.fm/8ZdcC)

$5 idea: buy Phoenix's "5 and Diner", convert it into a chemistry-themed restaurant; we'll call it the "5 and Dimer".