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{ Monthly Archives } December 2004

Running In The Cold

Before I started running, I would always point and laugh at people from my car, asking the occupants, “Don’t they just look like they are in pain? Why do they always look like they are in pain?” We would laugh, safe with the thoughts that people who run are nuts. I was out for a […]

KCMP

This is some of the best news I’ve heard in a while. The station MPR purchased a few months ago is going to turn into a music station that, if the article in the Startribune is true, will be rather eclectic. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) told its staff Thursday that the new KCMP will present […]

Koskie

It’s a sad day for Twins fans. Corey Koskie signed a 3-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Normally I wouldn’t get all wispy-eyed about multi-millionaire baseball players changing teams, and given the Twins finances, it’s basically a fact of life that your favorite players, if they are good, will eventually leave for greener pastures. […]

City Living

Never a dull moment around here! A Minneapolis man wandered naked through residential streets on the city’s south side and fought with police before being bitten by a police dog and subdued with a Taser gun, officials said Wednesday. The city’s south side… aka 3 blocks from my house! I just missed this all going […]

Biodiesel

Riddle me this, Batman. In this supposed “Hydrogen Economy” Bush keeps talking about, where do we get all the Hydrogen? By electrolyzing water using electricity from “clean coal” technologies. Right.. I’m telling you, The Answer is Biodiesel Diesel-electric hybrids… you think that Prius is sweet? A Diesel-Electric Dodge Intrepid that Chrysler is working on gets […]