Day in the Life of an Idiot

 
Image: laser-eyed loon on St. Paul Public Library card

So, I don't always love living in St. Paul (don't ask me about the snow plowing situation), but occasionally my city is EXCEPTIONAL.

For my international and out-of-state friends, what you see before you is the new St. Paul Public Library card. You need to look closely to see that the loon (which does, in fact, have red eyes, in nature,) is shooting lasers from said red eyes. This may seem just funny on its own, but it is made even better by the fact that recently Minnesota had a contest to replace its racist and outdated state flag and at least one of the entries was a loon shooting lasers out of its eyes.

And, you know, let's be honest. There are a surprising number of people, had we had a chance to vote on it, would have probably CHOSEN a state flag with a loon shooting lasers from its eyes.

Also, in the case of ranked voting, I would have picked the one that was just a picture of some guy's dog.

I love Minnesota.

The flag we ended up with is, as my grandmother would have said, "nothing to write home about." Although, it is made better by the people who assume that, if you can squint, you can imagine the laser-eyed loon spewing, kaiju style, an electric outburst. 



Image: The only thing I accept as the truth. Minnesota flag explained via insane laser-eyed loon cartoon.(not my art.)

I mean, I really can't unsee it now, so that's just what our flag is. If I bought a MN State Flag, I would totally put a little red dot in the center of the star.