Secrets of the City

There! I did it. An entire week with no Strib links.

And yet no Bottle Gang links.

It should be noted that commenting is down about 35% from last week. Probably not related to the strib links. Just not much going on this week. Traffic down about 8% from last week.

I think it’s just that Maz was gone.

You don’t get a Perfect Storm of commenting like last Friday every week.

Matt…you need a snarky fake 7QQ to lead off Friday mornings…the readers are out there.

Someone has to put me in touch with the guy that got shafted on the condo deal. I’m a Nigerian Prince and I need $30,000 dollars to get my fortune transfered to America. I will give him $300,000 on Tuesday for the $30,000 today.

Moral…Greedy people that want something for nothing usually get nothing or worse!

I think the other lesson should be, uh, don’t make real estate deals in nightclubs. Seriously, guyz, I know most of the downtown crowd is loan originators and shit, but that’s not the place for business, party shirts or otherwise.

Okay, the guy does come off as stupid and venal and whiney, but, seriously, how many of us could have said no to buying a condo in a building that has our own face painted over one entire outside wall? It’s like, fate or something.

I think the guy on the side of the building is Jesse James X.

Also…you’re going to sublet to someone named Jesse James Holliday your furnished Condo?

Hi I’m Butch Cassidy and this is Sundance we have a real estate deal for you!

You crack me up man. heh

Cheers to the Bottle Gang!

I’d buy from Butch, It’s either that, or he kicks you in the nuts when you aren’t expecting it.

I’m utterly baffled by the stupidity of people… (e.g. John Falk)

That guy got totally screwed. But come on, dude. Did you really think you were going to get a free condo from a guy named Jesse James? Ranty, you should try selling one of your houses to this guy.

If it seems to good to be true…

Seriously, in this day and age if you are dumb enough to think you’re going to come out on the winning end in a scheme you yourself did not cook-up, you get what you deserve.

And seriously…Jesse James Holiday? Somebody loves him some Young Guns.

I just wish Jesse would give me some of the Good Leads…the Glengarry Leads!

Blake: You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate.

You win a set of steak knives!

By the way, can somebody explain how that dude’s face got on the side of the building? Is that a graphics joke or did someone actually “project” it?

I’m so confused by the weirdness…

Ranty meet Photoshop.

Uh. Kay.

I don’t think I have that…

I’m still a bit uncomfortable that The Salvation Army is not just a religious organization, but an actual religion. Why not give your money to the Mormons or the Jehovah’s witnesses? I’m sure they’ll put it to good charitable use, too.

“Ranty meet Photoshop.“

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Famous graphic artist with a bent for humor, I guess. I’ve seen all kinds of weird images stuck in unlikely or impossible places over the years, and when I ask about them, people tell me it’s this Photshop guy. You have to admire the work ethic of the guy – this face-on-the-building thing must have been just gawdawfully time-consuming, and yet I’ve seen several other new Photoshop works that he must have done right around that time. Guy must work 24/7.

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Or, you could just buy like-new Target stuff from them.

“Why not give your money to the Mormons or the Jehovah’s witnesses? I’m sure they’ll put it to good charitable use, too.“

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“Cuz the Mormons and the JW’s won’t spend the vast majority of the money feeding poor people. Give them the money, and you end up with all the homeless guys burning Books of Moroni and funny little cartoon tracts about getting AIDs from sheep to stay warm.

(The SA’s main harm is, they’re not an equal-opp employer – you need to be a believer to work for them. But they’ve always done a good job of spending the money on the poor.)

The SA also tried to get themselves exempted from EEO laws allowing them to not hire anyone they suspected of being homosexual.

Screw Them!

I don’t care how well the SA spends their money, they’re not getting any of my gay dollars.

Did ya know? The Salvation Army does not help the hungry, etc. with their kettle campaign. The money you drop in goes to OPERATING COSTS!!!
So, in other words, you are paying for them to run their business.

“So, in other words, you are paying for them to run their business.”

Except they are NOT a business. They are a charity. Charities can’t count on charity from the landlord, the phone company, the utilities, etc. So yes, there are operating costs. Even Ghandi had operating costs.

If you are feed up with the Salvation Army, there is always the American Lung Association of Minnesota. No anti-gay hiring policies here.

I’d rather give it on up to Homelessville.

Except that the Salvation Army isn’t a charity, it’s a religious organization.
Do you give money to the Lutherns????

Even Ghandi had operating costs.

Have you seen the monsterous building they just finished on 27th and Central. I don’t think Ghandi ever lived so ostentaciously,

“Do you give money to the Lutherns????”

No, but I still keep getting those copies of Metro Lutheran sent to my work address. I have no idea why.

“I don’t think Ghandi ever lived so ostentaciously”

Point taken. However, the image of SA workers shivering outside in homespun saris in our climate isn’t very good, either.

You can live ostentatiously at 27th and Central?

They built a gym in there, and a rock climbing wall, but chances ae you’ll never get to use any of their community center… They don’t have money to staff the huge 4 million dollar building….

Heh, Rat!

However, Central Ave NE IS changing a lot. Part renew, part arson, but there are many changes afoot there.

If the Salvation Army isn’t your cup of tea, there’s alaways Sisters Camelot that outfit that “distributes free organic produce and dry goods to neighborhoods all over the Twin Cities”

They drive around in those painted buses. They might as well paint “you’re welcome to stop this bus for minor traffic offenses and search it for drugs” on the side.

The last time I went to the walgreens on NE central some dude was hassling my neighbour and I for change at like 2am. It’s got a long way to go before I’ll feel completely safe up there.