shovel at seward community center playground

it looks like some kid got a bit out of control at the seward community center playground just north of mathews park...

minneapolis c. s. i., or is it csi ?

as in "crushed squirrel incident".

no need for the "investigation" part, since it appears obvious what happened to the little buddy.

OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah, and sorry about falling SO far behind, but i DO have like 5 or 6 more things on tap, maybe tomorrow will be a mini-blogathon in an effort to get back on track. there actually ARE some pretty groovy things, well sorta...

burn fat not oil

was up in seward, and among the MANY "lefty" yard signs, i noticed this one that NOBODY should disagree with...

more bike rack probs

the "note" says "not a bike rack".

maybe not, but it IS a nice sturdy pole at the ivy building.

oh, and the obama sign from a few days ago has vanished...

denny's skillcrane breakfast idea

the must be the post-equinox light, but at around 6:00 as i was walking by the denny's across from the town talk dinner, that there's a skillcrane near the door:



so the idea of a skillcrane based self-serve breakfast bar popped into my head.

really! won't it be totally awesome? there could be dif skillcranes for eggs, and pancakes, and hashbrowns, and toast. i suppose bacon and sausage could be in the same one, since they're both super greasy.

it could be a charge by the ounce set-up, or better yet ALL YOU CAN EAT, cuz it'd really turn into all you can GRAB, which from my experience would not be much.

there'd probably have to be different types of claws or scoops depending on the food item, but that shouldn't be a problem.

there could even be a self-serve desert thing with pudding and/or ice cream!

the only drawback that i can see if that this sorta thing might not be very sanitary if the machines aren't thoroughly cleaned.

so, there ya go. if anybody actually reads this and wants to run with my idea, it's all your. best of luck with it.

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totally as an aside...one of the most satisfying breakfast's i've ever eaten was after a skullcranes show in cedar falls, iowa. golden fucking pancake, indeed. (pretty sure it wasn't a golden pancake, but it was STILL delish) on my mind cuzza breakfast, and well, "skill", "skull"...

signage etiquette

so this obama sign is planted outside of the ivy arts building on 27th & 27th...



made me wonder what the signage etiquette is for businesses and such where not all of the people/biz's actually support a candidate.

i'll keep my eyes open to see if mccain or nader or whoever signs sprout up over time.

ear

super busy in real life today, so no "exciting" mpls pix.

i DID take delivery of a piece of art that i purchased like a month ago at a show at the vine arts center in the seward 'hood.

it's entitled "ear" and it's a woodburning piece by clint peterson. don't really know many deets about the dude, and REALLY wanted to buy a dif piece that was nfs, but thought this was pretty cool.

bread

new french bakery monday midnightish, through window on 26th.

YUM!!!!!!!

here's the deal...

so here's the deal...

i'm out and about a lot in south minneapolis. more specifically in the longfellow, seward, powderhorn, and phillips neighborhoods, and the greenway.

i figured that since i'm always noticing stuff while i'm out, why not snap a picture of anything that i see that strikes me as cool, or sad, or suprising, or shitty, or whatever.

the plan is to post like picture or two each day, and post it here. sometimes with commentary, sometimes not. sometimes they'll from a phone camera, sometimes from a "real" digital camera, so the quality will vary.