The Truffled Kettle Corn at the Red Stag Supper Club is amazing.
March 9th, 2009
You know God wants it to be easier to drink on Sundays
February 16th, 2009
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It’s supposed to be a day of rest, isn’t it?
Which is why this is such good news: Minnesota among states looking at liquor sales changes to boost tax revenue.
This sentence in the Minnpost article makes it sound like you can’t buy liquor on election day: “Other states — including Utah (but not us) — are considering allowing the sale of liquor on Election Day…” Of course, that’s not the case. But speaking of bizarre liquor laws, this kind of makes me want to move to South Carolina:
South Carolina: All malt beverages containing not more than 5% alcohol by weight and all wines containing not more than 21% alcohol by volume “are declared to be nonalcoholic and nonintoxicating.” (S.C. Admin. Code § 61-4-10.) (http://www.prohibitionrepeal.com/legacy/hall.asp)
“No officer, I can’t be drunk! I had 36 beers, but they were all nonalcoholic!”
Ok, so maybe the Pope IS a Nazi?
February 9th, 2009
I really do/did think that the jokes about the current head of Catholicism being a Nazi were maybe a bit too easy and even possibly disingenuous. He was a member of the Hitler Youth, but it’s not necessarily right to hold that against him, as he was a child. And I have enough problems with the Catholic church that I don’t need to resort to calling the pope a Nazi. But.
From my favorite daily news wrap-up, David Brauer’s The Daily Glean over at MinnPost.com:
“Pope Benedict recently decided denying the Holocaust was no reason for excommunication, but one of the bishops he reinstated headed a Winona seminary for 15 years, the Winona Daily News reports. Bishop Richard Williamson claims zero Jews died in gas chambers; he headed St. Thomas Aqunias Seminary from 1988 to 2003. The seminary and its ultraconservative society recently repudiated Williamson, but its Web site lavishly praises him.”
Notice the article doesn’t say he WAS a holocaust denier, he IS. Currently. He believes the holocaust was fake. Here are some choice quotes from the Winona article:
ON JEWS:
“There was not one Jew killed in the gas chambers. It was all lies, lies, lies. The Jews created the Holocaust so we would prostrate ourselves on our knees before them and approve of their new State of Israel. … Jews made up the Holocaust, Protestants get their orders from the devil, and the Vatican has sold its soul to liberalism.“
ON WOMEN:
“Because of all kinds of natural reasons, almost no girl should go to any university!“
“Woman’s nature is intrinsically geared to motherhood, so that in all things pertaining to motherhood she is man’s superior, in all else she is his inferior.“
ON HOMOSEXUALITY:
“The sin is so unnatural that Mother Church ranks it alongside murder.“
“What is ‘innate,’ or in-born, in human nature concerning homosexuality is a violent repugnance.”
This is a man that was already excommunicated, and the pope saw fit to, um, unexcommunicate? communicate? recommunicate? I don’t know. I also don’t know why I should care who they decide to kick out and let back into their club. But now I think maybe I can go back to calling the pope a Nazi.
Mugging, part II
January 27th, 2009
[I will likely post on this incident several times in the near future. So, my apologies. There may end up being a post about the Minneapolis PD catching the villain. More on that later.]
When people get their shit stolen, a common refrain is, “it not the X, it’s the Y,” where X=things of monetary value and Y=things of social, sentimental, emotional value. I may speak more on the both the monetary and non-monetary losses later, but for now I want to lament the loss of something seemingly sort of silly, but that kind of meant a lot to me. My old text messages.
Mostly, I liked my old phone, but it was obnoxious that it would only save 50 received text messages. I hated that, and had to delete messages all the time to make room for new ones. But that meant that that phone contained about 40 of my favorite text messages from friends, family and girlfriends from the last 3 1/2 years. I actually would, on occasion, go through old text messages and reminisce. So, for my and your benefit, some of those that I can recall are below. Some of these may be a little personal, but that should not be evident, as there is no useful context.
Jesus is the reason.
Drizzidy Drunk.
Part Uno: [text redacted]
Part Dos: [again, redacted]
Oh, I’m sure that’s WAY more important. I’ll let the queen know.
Just take the turnpike, it’s the fastest route
STOP BOWLING.
Well, come run into me.
When you want to rendezvous?
Stop it, you’re supposed to be HELPING.
With any luck, more will follow as I remember them. Also, these are probably a lot less entertaining without context. Sorry.
Fuck muggers, you cowardly and worthless, God damned, pieces of shit
January 25th, 2009
I hate the fact that I kind of want to get a conceal-and-carry permit. I never will, but still. Thought’s there.
That is all.
Does the second time count more?
January 23rd, 2009
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Or maybe less? First, the reference to non-believers in the inauguration speech, and now a presidential oath sans bible? It’s almost like our government is becoming less theocratic before our very eyes.
Metro Transit Failed Me Today.
January 22nd, 2009
Three #3 buses passed my stop. Three times, I was denied. Like Jesus and Peter, only I didn’t predict it. Yes, I am likening myself to Jesus, minus predictive powers.
Place #2!
January 21st, 2009
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These will henceforth become shorter. The quality of my educational output demands it.
Here is a place I love and actually frequent. The Kitty Cat Klub in Dinkytown fulfills a lot of my needs. A good happy hour (4-7 daily, lots of 2 and 3 dollar things), good atmosphere (in terms of layout, lighting, couches), and live music most nights (of varying quality, mostly local). I saw Jamie Ness (Duluth native and one-time City Pages Picked-To-Click artist) for the first time in about 4 or 5 years last month. Nostalgia and good songwriting can make for a sublime evening. Can be a bit of a hipster hangout, which can be good or bad (you might find that comes up frequently in my recommendations).
It’s also a good place to meet interesting people or maybe run into people you know. Like Molly or Tony (he’s #3).
If I’m actually going to post every day,
January 21st, 2009
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than it would be a bit hard to let yesterday’s drama pass without mention, so I’ll say this: It made me very happy, like many others around the country and the world. When people were asked to stand for the oath (Obama’s, not Biden’s), everyone in the auditorium that I was in stood up, with virtually no hesitation. Inspiring, to be sure. For all the arguments over whether this man and his administration will bring real change, one thing is difficult to dispute. Things will be different. Things will be better. Perception Is reality in some cases. This matters, for instance. But he will do things that I don’t like, that annoy me. Like letting the asshole Warren speak, or any preacher for that matter. But in sum, I expect to be more pleased with my government than I have been in quite a while. So, I’m cautiously optimistic. And I intend to do my best to criticize when he deserves it and to defend when he deserves that. ’s all.
Free Doughnuts = Abortions
January 20th, 2009
I can’t imagine more than one or two people have seen this site since I got all excited about trying to do this again, and I’m probably posting way too much for a day and a half. But you need to read this:
Krispy Kreme vs. the American Life League.
Public relations gaffe, indeed.
Thanks, PZ. God love you. Science, et al love you.