Questions for Today

1. Has Minnesota always been a magnet for the bizarre and the tragic (take your pick) and I just never noticed until now?
2. Should one think twice about using the restrooms at MSP? (By the way: even if it doesn't get you arrested, a wide stance is apparently bad for you.) Updated Monday night: This whole incident continues to bother me (to vastly oversimplify, I don't know who to root for or against) and I suggest reading this NYT op-ed, America’s Toe-Tapping Menace, (registration may be required).
3. Can Garrison Keillor make the phone book sound good?
4. Might Capogiro open an Upper Midwestern retail location?
5. Should the postal service be able to change the state for your mailing address?
6. Could sushi from Target satisfy my sushi cravings? Dare I find out?
7. Will I have to accept that it is just plain odd of me to order an extra shot of espresso in nearly every coffee drink I buy and that therefore people will draw attention to it in funny ways (such as "redeye" or "moose shot")?