It’s great to see a drop in homicides, but it would also be great to see the city illustrate the drop using year over year comparisons rather than comparing 1/2 of 2009 vs. the full year of previous years. To spit-shine the numbers even further, the accompanying text states: In 2007, within the first 110 [...]
Clean Celebrity Sports Commedians, originally uploaded by edkohler. I have a hunch that Pete Rose wouldn’t make the cut.
Expensive Lifting, originally uploaded by edkohler. The sign states, "Lofting an item from the shelf will automatically charge to your account." Fancy, eh? Lifting charges include: $7 for gummi bears (beer starts at $6) $9 for jelly bellies $11 for hot and spicy cajun mix
Westin’s Eco-Friendlier Showerheads, originally uploaded by edkohler. Westin Hotels have boasted for years about their double shower head systems. However, they appear to be under some eco-heat, so now turn one of the two showerheads off by default. Do they now tell people that one head is better than two?
A couple comments by two North Minneapolis residents on a recent MNSpeak post about Johnny Northside kind of irked me. Here they are followed by my own comments: Kurtis: I don’t think it does a service to any community to exaggerate how awful it is and make it sound like a total cesspool just to [...]
I’ve started reading the 2003 book, On Target, which takes a glowing look at how Minnesota’s favorite big box chain retailer came to be what it is today. Clearly, a book with the subtitle, “How the World’s Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull’s-Eye” is going to present the company favorably at every opportunity. So far, the [...]
The Hamm’s Bear Deserves Better, originally uploaded by edkohler. This monument to the Hamm’s Bear stands outside the Hamm Building in downtown St. Paul. What irks me about this is why didn’t the Hamm’s Bear earn a ful-fledged statue? The guy’s an institution! Mary Tyler Moore had a shorter run and spent less time on [...]
