Reader Mail

“When the Successories store at [the Mall of America] had their going-out-of business sale, I asked the clerk if he thought the affair more than a little ironic. He did not, nor did he find my question amusing.” —Randy, a fellow Mpls. South High alum

P.S. I used to live ten minutes away from the Mall of America. The first time I visited — with mom — we could not locate the exits. I once fainted in the Mall of America, and was revived with the help of Swedish Fish. Now I hear the MOA, as it’s known, is drawing European families who come to the U.S. for their back-to-school shopping. Wow. Just wow.

P.P.S. Check out the photo at the top of the Sough High link. It looks, as ever, like a correctional facility. Yay public schools!

All those other Q&As left you unsatisfied? Well, here’s another one.

I spent many an afternoon reading the City Pages back in the day. It went well with coffee and bitterness. Can anyone tell me what happened to the Twin Cities Reader?

(Here’s the last, perhaps best, line of the interview, if only for how it does that “ripped from the headlines” thing right: ”Ironic detachment is a carefree — or seemingly carefree — posture that only works in boom times.” i.e. My book =  Timely!)