April 2010
47 posts
“Imagine a soda fountain that dispensed Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and bleach. Who...”
– Squashed explains why curtailing predatory lending practices does more good than harm.
“So, I’m told I need a passport to travel to Arizona now — or I may be deported...”
– Christina Cordova on the dangers of domestic travel.
Bikeway Central →
Covers the national bikeway and trails scene.
“This is ridiculous. Is there anyone more reasonable I ought to talk to?”
– An email from a student of mine who reacted angrily to the news that he’d been dropped from my class due to excessive absences, per the policy I clearly stated in my syllabus and reiterated to him after his penultimate absence.
I love this line so much, for so many reasons—chief among them the...
“My all-time favorite positive indicator, though, was a school that posted weekly...”
– What boys bathrooms in schools say about a school’s performance.
“The ministry of Luke and Paul Rader, the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, preached...”
– The breakfast burrito at the Longfellow Grill is a step up from what used to reside at 46th Ave S & E Lake St.
“This was not the first time that the river had caught on fire. Fires occurred on...”
– Even the Cuyahoga River doesn’t catch fire these days. Maybe this Earth Day thing isn’t all bad?
Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Alice Waters (Again) |... →
urbanfoodie:
Bill Ward of STrib: You’ve regularly made an analogy between Alice Waters and Pol Pot or the Khmer Rouge. Could you elaborate a bit on that?
Anthony Bourdain: Yeah, maybe Pol Pot is a little over the top. I mean, I am a fan of hyperbole. I agree with the message; I just think she’s just really an awful messenger. There was a recent article talking to her about In- and Out- burger....
“Skyway has earned a reputation as the sleaziest of the downtown clubs, with many...”
– Bijou has a way with words.
“Right now I’m researching flights—I’d like to enter via...”
– Ted Rall is prepping for his trip to Afghanistan. Looks like that’s a bit more involved than a weekend at The Dells.
“Deep in the Stygian of the Minnesota night, whatever contrivance was move on to...”
– What the heck is that? That’s a spammer’s scrape and rewrite of National Geographic’s article about the Google Powermeter. Original paragraph:
Deep in the dark of the Minnesota night, some appliance was kicking on to rob Ed Kohler of hard-earned cash. He’d look later and see...
Marin Misner Photo Tours
Marin Misner is cranking out some cool photo walks around Minneapolis.
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Squashed: Dear Fox News: Stop. →
I understand that fear-mongering pays political dividends, but it’s not worth the additional psychological distress it causes a lot of vulnerable people. Stick to the facts. Present them in context.
Today I got to explain to an elderly women on the verge of losing her home that there was not…
WatchCraig’s ready for the Master’s.
Longfellow Park is looking spring-like.
“A buddy and I were on our way to our weekly tea bagger meeting the other day,...”
– Regarding suggestions to step up fire inspections in light of the inspection record for the apartments above McMahon’s. Every once in a while, there’s a comment worth reading on the Strib.
“A job will never satisfy you all by itself, but it will afford you security and...”
– Michael Lewis (via spiegelman)
“Wall Street jobs made people feel special without actually having to be special.”
“Stop-N-Go isn’t the first convenience store in Fargo-Moorhead to shed its...”
– Pump & Munch could not be reached for comment.
“According to the calculations of Frey and Stutzer, a person with a one-hour...”
– Commuting
That third bathroom in the McMansion in the exurbs isn’t really going to make things any better if you have to pay for it by driving an extra hour to work.
(via thememegeneration)
Are they less satisfied because they have less life to live, too much talk radio time, or mind crushing...