Way back in 2007, Alex Steback wrote a blog post about foreclosures in North Minneapolis that set Johnny Northside into motion. As I understand the tale, this is what motivated John Hoff to go to Blogger.com and start a blog of his own. Hoff went on a bit of a real estate fraud rampage in [...]
Foot Pedal Public Trash Can, originally uploaded by edkohler. Germaphobes, check this out. A foot operated trash can in Toronto. Sure, on could just not have a lid at all, but the half eaten hot dogs may get a little ripe cooking under the sun all day. Not as cool as the foot pedal bathroom [...]
I checked in to the Hampton Inn in Champaign, IL just before midnight, so this may have been the room they were dreading renting for the night. But, rather than turning on their a No Vacancy sign, they rented me this monstrosity. A sign at the front desk boasted that they will give you a [...]
I took down Dupont and Emerson Avenues in North Minneapolis from Olson Memorial Highway to Weber Parkway today. My kick off spot was the Nice Ride location next to Summit Academy, because I considered winging it across the Camden bridge, so may have needed to pick up a bike in NE to get back around [...]
I dig this analysis by Martin Hutchinson at PrudentBear.com where he breaks down the returns states see on investments in higher education. The thinking here is that educated people earn more on average over their careers, pay more in taxes based on their higher incomes & tax rates, and end up providing a positive return [...]
Chip Michel’s Misleading “Environmental Activism” – September 2, 2010 Back on August 4th, I called St. Paul’s Town & Country Club welfare queens because they threatened to sue the city because the city planned to build a sidewalk along their property on Marshall Avenue. As I understand it, every citizen of the City of St. [...]
I had a chance to attend Minneapolis City Council Member Gary Schiff’s monthly Breakfast with Gary this morning where Brother Ali was a guest speaker. Normally, I don’t make it to 7:30 events, but for Brother Ali I made an exception. It turns out that this was well worth it. Brother Ali shared a ton [...]
Update: Problem solved. As some of you know, I’ve been slowly working on a hobby startup in my spare time called Junk86 that’s designed to help people get off of print mailing lists in order to return their mailbox to something with a more sane signal to noise ratio. Sadly, we find ourselves living in [...]
I noticed today that every seat on my Sun Country flight is a “premium” seat worthy of an $8 charge if I check-in online and pick a seat at that time. (Yes, even middle seats where the seats on both sites are occupied.) However, if I go to the airport and check-in in person, there [...]
Okay, maybe I haven’t reached full outrage status, but I do feel deceived.** Earlier this week, I read a story about a former campaign director of Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign, Mark Buesgens, getting pulled over for driving at twice the legal limit. The StarTribune story starts like this: A Twin Cities state representative and former [...]
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