DEAR DIARY, The Snow.

There is not much that needs to be added to the title above to describe in full the experience of shoveling snow and watching it fall right back down and undo all of the aforementioned shoveling. As in the leaf raking task, snow shoveling serves no real purpose but to keep kids and the unemployed constantly at task. The only good that comes out of laboring in the snow- is when it is over and you can come back into the warm house and watch the food network. -miya

Oooh Miya isn't she funny! Yeah, having a whole house in which the landlord doesn't do everything for you is a truly new phenomenon for us. Wooh! And, then on top of it what is up with Mpls. Recycling. Every darn thing has to be separated. That means glass in one bag, tin cans- another, aluminum- yet another bag. How would a tiny NYC apt. have room to do this separation? Dairy tubs, plastics- nope they don't take any of it. Apparently, this means that Mpls. recyclables are super clean and pure, but I think it means a lot of people don't even bother. -Ruby