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| 7.10.13 09:50 | | YOGURT OF THE DAY: CHERRY ORCHARD #yogurtoftheday |
| 7.10.13 08:51 |  |  Symantec (Roseville, MN) |
| 7.10.13 01:00 |  | Let me get this straight: @WWE, masters of "5 cuts per second" match presentation, expect us to sit through 10+ second super slo-mo replays? |
| 6.10.13 22:03 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #21: CHRISTOPHER CLARK (LIBERTARIAN PARTY) Clark, 40, lives in Downtown West (although he answered Downtown East on his Star Tribune questionnaire - but in his defense, they ARE right next to each other). The impeccable handwriting on his filing of 8/9 specified "Libertarian Party" as his party or principle - I've gone on about the nonsense of specifying the actual word "Party" and how I didn't a few times as well as the grief that that's caused me with Elections, but I'll spare you this time around. He's such a dedicated Libertarian that he listed lp.org as his campaign website. Back in June, he sought out the state party on Facebook to inquire about an endorsement - but said that he couldn't make it to their meeting in Eden Prairie unless someone gave him a ride. He failed to get a ride OR secure the endorsement. (Full disclosure: I also failed to secure the endorsement, probably because I also didn't drive to any of their meetings.) He ran for mayor in 2009, finishing fifth out of 11 with 3% (1,337 votes). Hell, I probably voted for him as he was the only declared Libertarian on the ballot. I expect he won't do as well this time around and although I'd love to do as well THIS time around...I remain pessimistic. Clark also ran for City Council in 2005, receiving a protest vote of 15% (935 votes) against the incumbent. There's been at least one run for school board in there as well. He HAS been filling out questionnaires and his favorite thing to talk about is cutting. There's...worse stuff to talk about? He also mentions a bunch of things the mayor doesn't really have the power to do, but there are a lot of candidates who seem to be doing that. I thought I'd have more given that we're the two declared Libertarians on the ballot, but this appears to be it! I'm not sure if I'm pulling punches out of solidarity or there really isn't all that much out there despite multiple campaigns. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I feel like I might be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: The guy who DID get the LP endorsement! |
| 6.10.13 22:02 | | Sounds like "Eastbound & Down" was definitely booked better than #WWEBattleground - I made the right choice! |
| 6.10.13 21:21 | | "Eastbound & Down" is still airing without interruption! #WWEBattleground |
| 6.10.13 18:36 | | Is THIS @NFLonCBS' "A" team? Good Lord. |
| 6.10.13 18:18 | | For those of you who don't like the NFL, the NLDS, the WNBA Finals or "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" I GUESS you could drop $45 on a @WWE PPV |
| 6.10.13 16:42 | | Can of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 6.10.13 14:21 | | Hey was I in today's Star Tribune? (Do any of my friends besides my in-laws even get the paper?) |
| 6.10.13 14:17 | | Fusion Honey Ginseng & White |
| 6.10.13 13:25 | | The anxiously anticipated Star Tribune voters' guide was posted today! (I believe a much shorter version is also available in the Sunday paper?) Thirty candidates returned their questionaire, including me. My profile is linked down there, and you can get to all 30 at http://www.startribune.com/mayorcandidates . (Link to Star Tribune: Christopher Robin Zimmerman) |
| 6.10.13 13:20 | | 30 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY - MAYORAL CANDIDATE #20: TROY BENJEGERDES (LOCAL ENERGY/FOOD) "It is not just good business to vote for an alternative candidate, it is a moral imperative to evict the religion of the money changers from the mayor’s office." Benjegerdes (38, East Phillips, filed 8/9) has a very optimistic domain name for his blog (mayortroy.com) where he doesn't update as much as I'd like and as on point as I like, but the quote above really resonates with me, so I'm sharing it with you. We're actually pretty close politically - Troy is another Ron Paul caucus'er who couldn't stomach the thought of sticking with the Republicans after the deplorable treatment they received from the "small tent" national leadership. His personal facebook lists a political view of "Libertarian Socialist" - so maybe he goes a little further than I do. After giving up on the GOP in the 2012 cycle, he started an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to lobby the Libertarian and Green parties in the 2012 election with... soybean oil. He raised $120, falling just short of his $55,000 goal. He'd also like to see all the streetlights in Minneapolis powered by the wind. No matter WHO the next mayor is...they should try to take him up on that. Hell, it's not too late for Rybak to take him up on it! Also like me, he seems to have a presence on every social network on the Internet (except, oddly enough, Twitter). His YouTube channel isn't mayor-related at all; it's more revolved around what appears to be his real day job as a farmer...as does his three word party or principle, Local Energy/Food. Get this - he wasn't allowed to use the word "Farmer" as the DFL apparently has rights on the word. (Strange that Elections let me get away with saying "Libertarian" without "Party," when you think about it, but there's a lot about the DFL and Elections that I find strange.) He's a proud advocate of locally sourced crops for food AND for energy. The farm he lists on Facebook is in the wonderfully named town of Manly, Iowa (about 123 miles away). Curiously, he seems to be actively campaigning for everyone's #3 ranking. Since I'd prefer your #1 ranking, I guess it would be possible to make both of us happy on Election Day. ;-) Finally, he accepts donations in Bitcoin. That's pretty cool...even if it doesn't seem to completely coexist with his thoughts about money in the system. (Although I should probably say MY thoughts about money in the system - he never actually comes out against all funding so I may be projecting here.) I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I think either of us as mayor would be very interesting! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: My Libertarian nemesis |
| 6.10.13 01:47 | | Cub Foods (Saint Paul, MN) |
| 6.10.13 01:01 |  | It is The Birthday Suits http://twitpic.com/dg8p6d >http://twitpic.com/dg8p6m http://twitpic.com/dg8p6w http://twitpic.com/dg8pbu |
| 6.10.13 00:36 | | Last stop on the 2009 tour @ Turf Club |
| 6.10.13 00:00 | | It is @PINKMINKmpls http://twitpic.com/dg8g8u >http://twitpic.com/dg8g99 http://twitpic.com/dg8g9r http://twitpic.com/dg8gae |
| 5.10.13 23:27 | | RT @DJDanielson: Does this guy really belong in a cowboy bar?! http://pic.twitter.com/dowIfxQqoG |
| 5.10.13 23:26 | | @davefinton You'll like the next one, and find the one after that equally interesting if you're still here |
| 5.10.13 23:04 | | It is @SEAWHORES (take 2) http://twitpic.com/dg87sc http://twitpic.com/dg87sm |
| 5.10.13 23:03 | | It is @SEAWHORES http://twitpic.com/dg879c http://twitpic.com/dg87n9 |
| 5.10.13 21:48 | | @davefinton It hardly seems believable! |
| 5.10.13 21:45 | | In the place to be! - Birthday Suits, Pink Mink, Seawhores, DJ Danny Henry - Turf Club (St Paul, MN) |
| 5.10.13 21:45 | | In the place to be! (at @Turf_Club for Birthday Suits, Pink Mink, Seawhores, DJ Danny Henry w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/1cifl6X |
| 5.10.13 21:28 |  | Spire Credit Union (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 5.10.13 17:32 | | He ... doesn't really have more class than him, no. #NASCAR |
| 5.10.13 17:30 | | Should make you a fan of everybody else RT @guruzim: Kyle Busch is not making me a fan. |
| 5.10.13 17:20 | | Coverage of the @keselowski 2K fun run will continue in a moment |
| 5.10.13 15:42 | | @scottchristBLH You can't powerbomb Pabon (is what I'm supposed to say) (also I'm watching Nationwide race instead of this) |
| 5.10.13 15:10 | | English Breakfast |
| 5.10.13 00:51 | | RT @dertbeats: no matter what, just put your best effort forward, do your best work. respect before checks. |
| 5.10.13 00:14 | | Dumb & Dumber Hashtag #AddaWordRuinaMovie |
| 4.10.13 23:06 | | DONG |
| 4.10.13 22:48 | | @JayJayDean Oh, James... Hey wait |
| 4.10.13 22:44 | | #AddaMemeRuinTwitter |
| 4.10.13 22:05 | | Can of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 4.10.13 19:15 | | Can of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 4.10.13 19:05 | | Pizza Lucé |
| 4.10.13 16:57 | | RT @PhyllisKahn: RT @ZerlinaMaxwell: thx for writing this MT @AlecMacGillis: My lingering disquiet over the shooting: http://bit.ly/1774epz |
| 4.10.13 15:35 | | Double Bergamot Earl Grey |
| 4.10.13 15:00 |  | SYMC closing quote: 24.84 ▲0.57 (Range: 24.30 - 24.92) |
| 4.10.13 14:47 | | @jjyeley1 SPEED DICE: 6 |
| 4.10.13 14:46 |  | Worlds collide! Here's #twolves president @WolvesPrez with Sergeant Slaughter: http://pic.twitter.com/QH38XOxCLB |
| 4.10.13 13:44 |  | Happy 10th Anniversary, Kim - I love you! |
| 4.10.13 13:23 | | I was the last one out of my circle of friends to get married (and I think a few of them worried that I'd be an eccentric loner forever) but I had to wait for the Internet to really take off before I could reach a girl who could fall in love with my big sexy brain before learning how physically attractive I was...not as much. She liked my pro wrestling writing, she understood my arcane references to the Mexican television I had to watch in college because there was no cable, and most importantly she liked "Joe Jackson: Live 1980-86" as much as I did so I knew pretty early on that she was the one. There was the matter of her being in New York while I was in California to get past but I suppose the terrorists helped there. She gave up New York/everything for me, but because life is funny we were only married nine months in Santa Clara before fate led us to Minneapolis. Tonight, it's been a decade as husband and wife. When you think about everything that had to happen a certain way at a certain time, it's no wonder I consider myself the luckiest man in the galaxy to have such a beautiful, smart, creative, talented, passionate person to continue to put up with all the crazy shit that comes with an association to me. I love you so much, Kim Zimmerman. I have tried to put it into words, but I fail every time...it's indescribable and you pretty much had to be there. Fortunately, you're always there. You got me, you got me and you get me. Thank you for the ten years since that pretty great party we had where we made it official. At least eighty to go! (Grooveshark: Joe Jackson - One to One (Live 1980)) |
| 4.10.13 01:16 | | Can of Caffeine Free Diet Dr Pepper |
| 3.10.13 23:32 | | Can of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 3.10.13 23:17 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #19: TONY LANE (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY) Originally from New Zealand and still has the accent to prove it, Lane lives in St. Anthony East. He has previously run in other states (Lt. Gov. of PA) and also ran last year as a write-in candidate for Keith Ellison's seat, where he received 9 votes. I also found him as a write-in in 1996, again for Minnesota, where I finally found his age - he was 44 then, which would make him 61 now. Although he filed for mayor on 8/8, Lane was running early enough to secure a spot in an eight candidate June "One Minneapolis" debate (which included two folks who later decided not to run) and received very little coverage except on Twitter and on YouTube (thanks to The Uptake, which is how I acquired this screen grab for a photo). It looks like anybody who asked would have been invited - I see Mr. Everett didn't learn about the forum until the day before, and ended up not getting invited. I hadn't decided to run yet in June. Lane has also granted an interview to a writer for the website of examiner.com (an exclusive class of writers that includes any sucker willing to lower themselves to writing for examiner.com) which served as the most significant source of biographical information - and the most significant source of the writer for examiner.com patting himself on the back for his lot in life. (Ask me what I think about examiner.com sometime!) He's actually not only a Socialist, but a Worker! He works for Olympic Steel in Plymouth. Back in the 1990s he worked at Northwest Airlines, where he tried to turn fellow members of the International Association of Machinists onto his party. He listed the website of The Militant, a "socialist newsweekly," on his filing. He doesn't appear to have an online presence of his own other than the occasional byline for The Militant (almost 200 Google results for "Tony Lane site:themilitant.com" - perhaps I should have said "frequent" instead of "occasional"). Not only a journalist, occasionally he is featured as story subject; he is mentioned often where he describes recently earned bonuses as "blood money" - so he donates them to the Socialist Workers Party Capital Fund. I admit I'm not up on my socialism, but I'm not completely sure that makes things right. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this lady or not, but based on party affiliation along I believe I would be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: Mayor Troy |
| 3.10.13 20:50 | | @BackoftheHead @JFK_1963 can start over again on January 1st, right? |
| 3.10.13 17:41 | | The stadium agreements have finally been made public. It's expected that they'll get the rubber stamp of approval from the MSFA within hours...despite the fact that the City of Minneapolis still hasn't quite made their case for how $150,000,000 of taxpayer funds can leave the city without a vote in accordance with our City Charter. Interestingly, while two of these three documents are in machine-readable format (which means you can do text searches from your browser), the longest one - the 222 page PDF - isn't. Hopefully it will be made available in a more open format as soon as possible. (Link to "Development Agreement and Stadium Use Agreement by and Between MSFA and Minnesota Vikings MSFA - Minnesota Sports F...") |