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Son#2 just asked, “Dad, can you paint your car like the...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:55:21 -0500

Son#2 just asked, “Dad, can you paint your car like the Peace Coffee van?” It would kinda rock.

The new “news cycle?” I heard first on Twitter last...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:19:43 -0500

The new “news cycle?”

I heard first on Twitter last night that a man had been fatally shot in South Minneapolis.

I read specific details first on a local newspaper web site this morning that a man had been fatally shot in South Minneapolis.

The new “news cycle” seems to be working just as it should. Twitter and news sites are complimenting each other. I use both. One should never replace the other.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! [via boofda:]

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:43:12 -0500

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

[via boofda:]

The Draft: The Strongest Beer in the World Drinking the...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:04:30 -0500

The Draft: The Strongest Beer in the World

Drinking the strongest beer in the world is like eating a burger with someone trying to convince you it’s tofu: for the first sips, all you can say is, “this is beer? are you sure?” It’s so rich, and the flavors are so strong, it tastes like a beer reduction, boiled down to its essence; almost to nothing. Is it beer? Barely.

The current title goes to Scottish brewery BrewDog’s Sink the Bismarck, which weighs in at 41% ABV.

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robosheep: adambez: (via bigboxcar) my first thoughts on...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:30:10 -0500

robosheep:

adambez:

(via bigboxcar)

my first thoughts on seeing this are pretty obvious.

Tumblr is a creativity boomerang. Throw something out there and it comes back with improvements. Well done!

Photo

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:25:00 -0500

I know Photoshop. Show Me. (via juliasegal)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:53:34 -0500

I know Photoshop.

Show Me.

(via juliasegal)

Mugshot Monday - “Meta Mug #3” mug w/ Ethiopian Yirgacheffe...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:08 -0500

Mugshot Monday - “Meta Mug #3” mug w/ Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Light Roast by Peace Coffee.

This is the iteration of Meta Mug #1 to Meta Mug #2 to Meta Mug #3. I dubbed the first mug in the series Meta Mug #0.

And now say hello to Meta Mug #4! Will there be a Meta Mug #5? Dunno. Interesting to see the photo color denigration — my nose looks all sun-burnt splotchy freaky in the second meta shot.

Check out all the Mugshot Mondays at www.MugshotMonday.com

The Good Life in Minnesota — Rep. Michele...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:42:57 -0500

The Good Life in Minnesota — Rep. Michele Bachmann

MinnPost.com photo illustration by Corey Anderson

MinnPost.com March Goodness Ten Buck Slam Dunk Awesome...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:14:00 -0500

MinnPost.com March Goodness Ten Buck Slam Dunk

Awesome illustration by Photoshop maestro MinnPost web editor Corey L. Anderson. We’re in this Razoo.com March Goodness contest — The non-profit with the greatest number of donations (not most $$ donated) gets to compete in the final four. So we’re asking readers to donate $10 to help us win. Leaderboard results are here.

Please help spread the word!

The MinnPost story: MinnPost.com is recognized locally and nationally as a nonprofit pioneer in providing and sustaining high-quality journalism. We’re building an engaged online community of tens of thousands of people who care about Minnesota, its democracy and its quality of life.

Trying “Grand Cru” by Blue Moon (Limited Edition)....

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:14:20 -0500

Trying “Grand Cru” by Blue Moon (Limited Edition). Really really tasty Belgian White.

We bought a new couch today. So we rotated our old living room...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:58:23 -0500

We bought a new couch today. So we rotated our old living room couch to the basement room, and then pitched the old basement couch (pictured above). We’ve had that one since college — it was a hand-me-down from my wife’s parents. It was such an awesome couch that I had to snap a picture of it. I can only hope that the new one will be as good.

Coolest Pig-ano I have ever seen. [via 9gag:]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:33:39 -0600

Coolest Pig-ano I have ever seen.

[via 9gag:]

Love this photo. (Will post credit if/when I can find it) [via...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:58 -0600

Love this photo. (Will post credit if/when I can find it)

[via carmelb: industrialfire]

It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:31:46 -0600

It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship - Gizmodo

Want: Zen Magnets

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:29:44 -0600

Want: Zen Magnets

Jimmy Kimmel: “Handsome Men’s Club” This is...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:47 -0600

Jimmy Kimmel: “Handsome Men’s Club”

This is simply brilliant. Well done, Mr. Kimmel.

Mugshot Monday - “Handle Deficient Mug titled ‘Mae’”...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:12:41 -0600

Mugshot Monday - “Handle Deficient Mug titled ‘Mae’” w/ Nicaraguan Medium Roast by Peace Coffee.

I made this mug in 1991 while studying abroad in Osaka, Japan at Kansai Gaidai. My sensei, Yoshio Inomata, was this incredible instructor who learned to speak English with his students by teaching his Japanese Ceramics course over the years. His hands were like clay.

All of my mugs died in the kiln because I couldn’t make the damn handles work. I really wanted a mug, so I made one without a handle. And I thought it would be a good idea to somehow indicate which way was the front of the mug, so I chose the Japanese Kanji character “Mae”, which means ‘Front’ or ‘Before’, as art.

Other than being a little difficult to hold, this has become one of my favorite mugs.

See all Mugshot Mondays at www.MugshotMonday.com.

Four thoughts: 1) This is awesome. 2) I am old. 3) I miss the...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:00 -0600

Four thoughts: 1) This is awesome. 2) I am old. 3) I miss the old big fat boomboxes. (Today’s models suck.) 4) Interesting to think how this scene would have been different, or may have never even been scripted, if the movie was made in 2010.

[via dpstyles:]

Posted by @sallyjos on twitter today: Today’s @mngop...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:35:00 -0600

Posted by @sallyjos on twitter today:

Today’s @mngop hashtag #ss2 is totally global, also fetching tweets about Korean boy band Super Junior’s Shanghai tour. Best mash-up ever!