we just upgraded our cable internet from residential service to business service because my husband, while unlike most men in many ways, remains just like most men in his weakness for faster and more powerful technology. this is partly a utilitarian response to having to plough through 750 tax returns every year, but partly it is a pure testosterone response to speed and power that puts him in league with nascar fans and gamer geeks. any lingering doubts about his testosterone addled worldview were dispelled when i looked behind his filing cabinet to find a knotted nest of usb cables, coaxial cable, ethernet cable, and electrical cords. it looked a lot like this photo, and i wasn’t exactly sure where to turn when he asked me to unplug the monitor. it was a bad moment for this scandinavian minimalist.

honeywesuckle (?) vine

saint paul, minnesota