Banner DayI’m getting my mobile today from Amazon, I installed F10 Launch Studio on the Mac Machine and I’ve read that Johnny Depp is the frontrunner for playing Willy Wonka in a Tim Burton remix of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As for the mobile, I did decide to go with T-mobile, after some good …
Monthly Archives: August 2003
The Great Twin Cities B.U.G. Out While chomping on yummy home cut fries the other night at the Edina Grill, I noticed the large advertisement on the back of The Rake Magazine for an upcoming event being organized by the design institute called B.U.G – or – Big Urban Game. Naturally, I checked out the …
Mosaics and Millions Yesterday morning I went down to the River Center in Saint Paul to try and pay our president and leader a visit. I’ve had a few things on my mind lately about the course he’s taking my country. So I thought, since he’s coming to Minnesota with greater frequency these days, that …
My Charity Lost Out to Desire Confession time. Lately I’ve been having to spend more time on the road, in my car, dashing around to meetings, to the printers, to different events, etc, etc. My car, bless it’s big ol’ heart is not equipped with your finer high-end stereo products. My car was born way …
Minneapolis Tax Payers Off Duty Yesterday it was a ripe 99 degrees here in sunny Minneapolis. The humidity kept climbing all day long. I could actually see my neighbor’s lawn progressively turn a lighter shade of brown. A good samaritan was trying to rescue thirsty and dying trees along Lyndale Avenue, armed with a hose …
The Last Pottery Sale World famous potter, avid cribbage board collector, sometimes political agitator, and my step-father, Peter Leach will be having the last pottery sale of his professional career tomorrow. When Peter announced at a packed pavilion of close friends earlier this year that he would be closing his studio and effectively retiring from …
Last Stop on the Lost Days of Summer My poison ivy is starting to fade away, it finally rained last night, and I can officially declare that August has been my busiest month of work yet this year. What gives? I’m thinking that everyone put off a lot of work at the beginning of the …
Mystery Pee Girl Strikes Again And this time I saw her do it! What the hell is going on? It all happened just as the misses had described it last week, except this time I was there to see it. The freaky thing is, the mystery pee girl did her deed at almost the exact …
The Haunted Mansion When going to see Pirates of the Caribbean, I knew I would probably have to sit through a gaggle of Disney movie previews. I can’t say I was too excited to sit through previews of movies about dogs who could talk (didn’t Benji and Chevy Chase close that chapter in American cinema …
Blogging in a blackout As the blackout took over the Northeast many took to the streets capturing pictures with their phone. Then they sent them here (via BoingBoing). It’s another chapter in the Blackout History Project.