Posted by tamara at 02:15 PM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by chris m
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Haven't been to the pancake feed coming up Thursday at the DECC (6am-8pm) for a few years. Anyone know when is the best time to see the local news celebrities who volunteer there? I want to maximize my chances of getting served a cup o' joe by Babs Reyelts in a short red mini.

Posted by -Berv at 01:00 PM | Permalink | 5 comments, last by zra.
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Somehow, this graphic/headline combo on the Duluth News Tribune's website seems pretty dirty to me.

Posted by Barrett at 04:10 PM | Permalink | 8 comments, last by zra.
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Posted by adam at 09:14 PM | Permalink | 17 comments, last by hbh
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In Barb Olson's column this week:

"'We support the vision of a Lakewalk for everyone,' Beacon Pointe Condos resident Judy Gordon tells the Council. 'But we don't consider it appropriate to have a Lakewalk right in front of everyone's patios.'"

(Apparently, the "everyone" she is referring to is "everyone" in Duluth who currently owns a million-dollar condo.)

Also, on page 5 is another blow-open-the-scandal article (actually, a letter) about the Red Plan. Seems Duluth Architect Robert Aho thinks Johnson Controls is trying to pull some shady, "possibly illegal" stuff with regards to bilking taxpayers. Or rather, the school board basically told him that's what they were doing. Read it and weep. Then get pissed and do something about it before it's too late.

Posted by rediguana at 09:52 PM | Permalink | 18 comments, last by The Big E
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So, I've been an unabashed fan/lover/reader of Dan Savage's Savage Love since way back when his readers used to address him as "Hey Faggot," and he had a day job pulling shots at Cafe Paradisio...

ANYwhooo...back last month for his Valentine week column, he ran a letter concerning sex toys, and the proper etiquette of the proper disposal of such. Within his reply he made a suggestion that any and all old toys could be mailed to a Kandiss Crone, an "investigative" reporter from Jackson MS, who recently staged a raid on an adult book/video/toy store because, apparently Mississippi is one of a few sex-phobic states that has completely outlawed the sale of "three dimensional devices" intended for sexual gratification. The store had been busted a couple of times prior to Ms. Kandiss' story by the JPD, but to her shock and awe, the store had not ceased its immoral retail activity.

Apparently, Ms. Crone went incognito to the adult store, purchased a purple vibe, and then returned later with a camera crew to confront the store's employees. She even went as far as to try to solicit further involvement of the Jackson, MS police department, but they weren't interested. She was rebuffed with a statement from them saying that the citizens of Jackson would prefer the police be involved with rounding up criminals, drug addicts and prostitutes, and that pursuing a criminal investigation on an adult bookstore for selling sex toys wasn't very high on their list.

I wonder whatever became of the purple vibrator.

Posted by in.dog.neato at 06:06 AM | Permalink | 5 comments, last by Buttonhead
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Posted by tamara at 07:06 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
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This is off the local PBS station's website.
"Duluth public television, PBS eight, is seeking films, Smart Films. We are looking for short films from professional and aspiring filmmakers for possible inclusion in a Saturday night broadcast. ... All genres of film will be accepted for review including narrative, documentary, animation and experimental."
The deadline is May 1, and I know they're still looking for stuff. There's more info here:

http://www.wdse.org/smart_films.asp

Posted by Beverly at 02:00 PM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by Mary
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Continue reading "A chance to be heard!" »

Posted by Boozhoo2U at 02:43 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
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I Falls is now officially the "Icebox of the Nation," legally edging out Fraser CO for bragging rights and the title...

"In 1988, a meteorology professor at St. Cloud State University submitted an affidavit saying Fraser can’t be the nation’s icebox, “because 11 months out of the year its meat would thaw and its ice cream would melt, while throughout the winter all meat and ice cream would be safe in International Falls.”

Incedentally, this morning's low temp in I Falls: -30 with an expected high of -22...and a wind chill of -47 to -44.
Fraser CO: a balmy high of 35, low of 3.

Posted by in.dog.neato at 09:18 AM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by tony d.
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Conference features: Dan Rather, Bill Moyers, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig(!) and more. "Low-income" early bird registration is $95 (ends March 31st).

Posted by adam at 05:05 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
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A photo that pretty much speaks for itself:

DNT | Grandma's Brag Book | January 30, 2008

That kid's got some serious 'tude.

Posted by Barrett at 11:38 PM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by benajnim
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