March 2010
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The 11:05 p.m. report, East Lake Street.
Westbound ride from 42nd Avenue vicinity. Wind is SE at 14 MPH. Current temperature is 49 degrees F. Potholes on Lake are minimal.
The woman at the 21 bus stop at 28th Avenue thought “he looked like Stan.” Stan is advised to stay clear of the East Lake Street area and all 21 buses. She sounded really, really angry.
Some guy riding a bike and carrying another bike beside him at...
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bisutun asked: My ladypal and I are looking for a very fine cocktail for spring. Asking Google yields mostly tips for theming your spring wedding on Smirnoff Ice Cucumber Melon. What will midwestern thaw find in S. 12th highball glasses? (Or is the Democrat on the job year-round?)
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S. 12th Teen Party Annex. →
As my hero Alex recently pointed out, there have been some notable demographic shifts in the S. 12th readership lately. Formerly the exclusive preserve of underemployed cranks, art school graduates, fake socialists, 33 year old former zine publishers, sex-obsessed linguists, PhD candidates in the soft sciences, Minneapolis ex-pats, conceptual artists that have not exhibited in over a year, Damon...
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Settlement: The Park and "this space cop." →
The most rewarding thing about the Internet: sometimes you write a bunch of hooey about space cops, of all things, and wake up the next morning to find someone else has taken it and turned it to something thoughtful and beautiful. Logan Antill writes:
In both Space Cop and the future we’ve fashioned our protagonist is long dead. He died in space, floating above the city, floating above the...
"Space Cop."
The advance word was that it was the most accurate portrayal of police officers in outer space ever created. No expense was spared to present a realistic vision of the rigors of extra-planetary law enforcement. Not only were top law enforcement professionals consulted, but so were numerous physicists, space program officials and former astronauts.
The filmmakers chose Venus as the film’s...
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“Blue Moon,” Big Star. There is not a...
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Sixteenth largest metropolitan areas by country.
Greater Oshawa, Canada
Hangzou, China
Meerut, India
Grenoble, France
Greater Bournemouth, Great Britain
Saratov, Russia
Chihuahua, Mexico
Darwin, Australia
Natal, Brazil
Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA
It would be a nice party, I suppose, but everyone in attendance would have a chip on their shoulder. Half the dignitaries might wear sashes with the names of the cities on them, so the people...
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annotations asked: what's your REAL opinion of powderhorn park?
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This is my 999th post on S. 12th. What’s a...
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Do teenagers still listen to Joy Division? Do they...
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