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I think there's a law in Hollywood: No Philip K. Dick Movie May Be Good.

Since Bladerunner, there hasn't been a really exceptional Dick movie, despite the torrents of them.

Now, Richard Linklater, who directed the mind-bending Waking Life, is reportedly going to direct a movie version of "A Scanner Darkly" using the same rotoscoped animation technique. Sounds pretty cool so far.

Except Keanu Reeves is going to star. Whoa.

Too bad. But the Law must not be broken.

Tim Bewer is one of the many great people I met while volunteering on the Dean campaign. Besides his politics, he's also a travel writer, and the author of a Minnesota travel book (buy it!).

Recently, he had an article in the Star Tribune on 10 places in Minnesota "you've probably never visited, but should."

Since the Strib nukes its archives, here's an abbreviated list:

1. Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site
2. The Twine Ball
3. Otter Tail County
4. Julian H. Sleeper House Museum, St. Paul
5. Lac qui Parle State Park
6. George Crosby Manitou State Park ("first Minnesota state park designed solely for backpackers")
7. Lake Bronson State Park
8. Banning State Park
9. Moorhead (yes!)
10. The Finnish settled town of Embarrass

City Comforts looks like an interesting book. It seems to be a pattern language for livable city neighborhoods. The author, who describes himself as "mildly libertarian" (and then, "My 'mildly libertarian stance' is, I regret most sincerely, getting milder by the day." -- sounds like me) has a blog for the book.