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Mix On, Mix Off - Longfellons Want to Know!

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:39:38 -0500

Mix On, Mix Off - Longfellons Want to Know!: The lastest on the old Molly Quinn’s place on East Lake Street.

In 2006, Twitter was about what you were doing right now. In...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:13:00 -0500

In 2006, Twitter was about what you were doing right now. In 2007, you could reply to what other people were doing. In 2008, Twitter is a full-on disjointed chat room. What is Twitter in 2009?

As seen my by RSS reader, Vienna.

tumblelikeyougiveadamn: maryanne: peterwknox: noigetit: Obama...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:07 -0500

tumblelikeyougiveadamn:

maryanne:

peterwknox:

noigetit:

Obama in Berlin.

Thousands and thousands are out in Berlin waving American flags, shouting, cheering and clapping for an American presidential candidate. This is what it it looks like to be respected in the world again.

Looking good B

MPR: News Cut: The "g" word

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:00 -0500

MPR: News Cut: The "g" word:

Chuck Olsen and Bob Collins go at it in the comments big time. To be honest, I didn’t even bother reading it all though.

UPDATE: It’s basically about journalistic standards and the two of them disagreeing on what’s right and what’s wrong as well as what’s a story and what’s not… as well as the responsibility of how issues are presented. Bob, per usual, comes off as a prickly son-of-a-bitch and Chuck comes off as a free spirited, neener-neener know-it-all. I kind of love it. Quote:

Like I said, what you’ve stated in the comment above could easily — easily — be the same mantra the Sinclair Group invoked in 2004.

I just don’t see the public service in a “I’m not sayin’ I’m just sayin’ form of storytelling.

As near as I can tell, basically what you did was an interview with someone who said something that resonated with your political views, you had this vehicle which has positioned itself as the new journalism, so you packaged it up, shoved it out there and then said the rules of journalism — i.e. ethics — don’t apply to you.

How does that not make you a souped-up, Democratic version of Minnesota Democrats Exposed?

(via grahamtastic) HAHA.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:36:23 -0500

(via grahamtastic)

HAHA.

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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:42:33 -0500

[Via Max in IM]

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:17:49 -0500

[Via Max in IM]

Woah, Ken Nordine has a YouTube Channel? [via]

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:52:47 -0500

Woah, Ken Nordine has a YouTube Channel? [via]

We saw Scott Seekins at the Pizza Farm in Stockholm, WI

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:50:00 -0500

tumblelikeyougiveadamn:

No joke.

He was there with 4 or 5 women that were about half his age. Scott Seekins is a Twin Cities artist who is famous for being famous here in the TC (like Julia Alison, but before the internet). You literally see him everywhere; always walking, always wearing either a black suit or a white one, always with some crazy looking hair and a headband (you’ll know him when you see him). But to see him at the Pizza Farm in Stockholm, WI… an hour and a half from the Twin Cities? It almost wasn’t even surprising. Almost.

Which brings me to another point: Everyone needs to stop telling new people about the Pizza Farm. We got there around 7pm (admittedly a bit late) and had to wait 2.5 hours for our pizza (still totally worth it). They seemed overwhelmed and thought that it might have been their busiest night ever. We also saw a handful of other people we knew from the cities there.

So spread the word, the Pizza Farm in Stockhom, WI sucks and everyone should stop going there.

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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:11 -0500

Whoops! As someone who grew up in Stillwater, I can assure you...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:22:36 -0500

Whoops! As someone who grew up in Stillwater, I can assure you that is not the Stillwater Lift Bridge. Fast forward to 1:27.

"But they often have a similar hatred for private enterprise, which is the back bone of the..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:51:19 -0500

“But they often have a similar hatred for private enterprise, which is the back bone of the libertarian ideal. Let the market decide is a defacto solution for libertarians, but when the market decides something they don’t particularly like, many programmers I know are just as quick as anyone else to demand the government regulate business. Net neutrality, anyone?”

- “They also have the weird habit of saying ‘we’ when they mean ‘me.’” by Jack Shedd