January 2011
December 2010
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WatchWith 33.4 inches so far this is officially the snowiest December on record here in Minnesota. For example, our landlords maintenance crew is snow blowing our roof right now.
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WatchAndy Sturdevant - “When I’m With You” (Clip)
It’s time for your monthly peek behind the curtain at Salon Saloon. This month we’ve invited some of our favorite guests of the year to come back on and contribute to the first annual “Salon Saloon Heavy 100.”
Other magazine’s will have you believe that they’re the guardians of cool and their...
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“We’ve done what we’ve done slowly, a couple of things at a time....”
– Nicole Barron from the Minneapolis Public Schools Food Service Department in Getting to Know the Minneapolis Public Schools Food Service Department, Part Two: Small Changes, Big Improvements. I love this attitude.
(via fresh.mn)
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WatchRoller Skating Jam Named Saturday.
(So what if it’s Friday!)
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mediation:
To show my support for Bernie Sanders...
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tremblebot:
Diplo Presents Blow Your Head Bonus...
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WatchLast night Ali and Luke augmented the Bell Museum dioramas something magical.
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Justin Bieber - Baby (El-P Death Mix) via...
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WatchMr. Owl goes to the photobooth!
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Himle resigns as U vice president →
When asked whether the timing of her resignation had anything to do with the “Troubled Waters” controversy, she laughed. “No,” she said. “It did not.”
This was just “the perfect time,” she said. “It feels right.”
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“You can call what I am doing today whatever you want. You can it call it a...”
– Bernie Sanders has been talking for almost 5 hours non-stop. Twitter is blowin’ up.
BREAKING: Angry Senator Has Been Talking for a... →
langer:
It’s Friday afternoon! Which means you’re sitting at your desk, you’re counting down the minutes until the weekend (and the Awl Bawl, duh), you’re furiously refreshing Twitter in a desperate search for some kind of distraction to pass the last few hours of the work week, and the thought never even crossed your mind (understandably!) to check C-SPAN 2 (aka “the deuce”), where you would...
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Homemade french fries and homemade ketchup.
Just who do we think we are?
“When I am working on a book or story I write every morning as soon after first...”
– Ernest Hemingway on the merits of getting up early. (via ideas are awesome)
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“Well, here’s the thing. Our “creative types” are no more talented than anywhere...”
– Dennis Tester on the Minneapolis arts scene. I’m not just being Minnesota Nice when I say that the man has turned being crotchety into an art form. (via edkohler)
Ha! Jennifer Tuder left a great response for Mr. Tester:
Respectfully, I must disagree with Mr. Tester and Mr.Schletzer. I was born in...
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“… it’s not much of a leap to surmise that if “we” are conversant in the swings...”
– Jim Walsh in a great summary of Tuesday night’s ‘Minnesota Identity and the Arts’ event, which Works Progress helped to create. You can read the whole article here: Why is Minnesota such a hotbed of creativity? Artists take a crack at it. The event certainly gave me a lot to think about… (via...