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[practicalobscurity]

As the newly authorized user of a University of Minnesota expense account, it might help you to be aware that you cannot use said account to purchase radioactive materials or research animals.

Can you use the account to post bail for a friend and then take him/her to a massage parlor? No, and no.

[practicalobscurity]

"Hoff, whose normal voice most resembles a yell, says he was simply reporting neighborhood rumors, many of which were either contained in a criminal complaint against Larry Maxwell, the man convicted of fraud, or in the subsequent lawsuit against Moore."

- John Tevlin, in yesterday's Strib column, "Local Blogger's Defamation Trial could have Broad Effect," about the libel trial(s) of "Johnny Northside," (aka John Hoff).

[Reaching for popcorn]