when two become one

through the fence, you can kinda see where the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line is goona meet the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit line. it's just west of 35w near the crack stacks, er... ghetto in the sky, er... riverside plaza.

i wonder if there's gonna be some sort of "golden spike" ceremony a la the meeting of the central pacific and union pacific in utah to make the first transcontinental railroad. if so, i assume r.t. rybak would get the final pound since the tracks DO meet in minneapolis. st paul mayor chris coleman should prolly get a whack or two, as should people from the met coucil whose names i can't remember (peter mclaughlin, maybe? sorry...).

whatever happens, i'll just be glad when the Hiawatha LRT Bicycle and Pedestrain Trail doesn't have that shitty detour. i mean, seriously... it's only like a few blocks,but riding on a sidewalk passed the NSP substation feels really weird, AND more then once there have been SUPER shady characters hangin' out along it. i'm very glad that it appears that maybe the new path between 11th and the cedar/riverside lrt stop will have some overhead lighting. now, if they'd only only do that along the entire path...

unspoken sex

so, i'm walking through Seward on my way back from the a podcast taping of the always hilarious Kermit's Corner* at the Triple Rock Social Club**, and i noticed that there are words in the fence/railing thing that's at the Playwrites' Center on Franklin.

it was much colder than i thought, and i was inappropriately dressed, so i didn't spend a ton of time checking them out, BUT there were two combinations that stuck out:

unspoken death, and want sex.


* i learned of this fucking thing cuz 2 retired announcers for the North Star Roller Girls (NSRG) are half of the crew (cast?). you can check out previous podcasts here: http://www.podomatic.com/profile/kermitscorner
** omg! seriously, if you want a delicious and cheap breakfast or brunch thing, head to the Triple Rock on the weekend. SO good, and it's like a whole day's worth of calories! the bloodies are great too, but i dug 'em more when they were cheaper.

so, if a bike was like a deer...

...this would be a carcass after the wolves were done:

there are still a bit of "meat" on there for the crows, and ravens, and mice, or whatever, tho.

also, poor guy didn't stand a chance, what with being all locked up like that.