Secrets of the City

Gawker picks up the catfight.

Wait, why did Gawker pick up the media cat fight story?

And saying the “Daily Glean” is the among the “most-read things on Minnpost” is like bragging about finishing first in the Special Olympics.

HA! That’s awesome.

Gawker is stalking Minneapolis. Should we be proud?

And fairly true, when it comes down to it…

Gawker is stalking Minneapolis. Should we be proud?

It depends – how low is our self esteem?

I like how k-hoff ended with a snippy little note about Brauer: He would probably say that this piece is too “testosterone-driven.”

Well, you’re the one who started the piece by throwing around the word “pussies,” Kevin. That word, which is a pretty piss-poor one, seems to be gaining some currecy around the paper.

Don’t want to be accused of being testosterone-driven? Then try not to write like this in a 1998 British lad magazine.

I’m still surprised they approved my comment where I call K-Hoff the “biggest pussy” in this whole ordeal.

*firm forehead slap*

I like this part of the comments:
On the civic front, I served as chair of the board of the Children’s Theatre Company in the mid-1990s, and more recently as board chair of Achieve!Minneapolis, which galvanizes community support for public education in Minneapolis. My wife, Laurie, was recently chair of the board of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota, and is currently president of the Smith Club of Minnesota. Laurie and I are members of the 1% Club, which means we promise to contribute 1% of our net worth every year to philanthropic causes.

- Whatever. My liberal arts alumni society of MN could beat up your liberal arts alumnae club.
- Also, last week I gave a hoot and didn’t pollute.
- I contribute a significant amount of my net-worth to my college AND the federal gov’t to pay off student loans. And it’s way more than 1%
- And I’m not going to believe all of this community involvement he’s claiming until I see some proof of it on a linkedin profile.

The tap water at work in NE does smell pretty “lakey.”

I drank the water in New Jersey. Minneapolis water doesn’t scare me!

Jill Burcum weighs in at under 155 pounds

ouch. that’s like when Groucho Marx would refer to short people as being “well over 4′ tall”.

Still not sure why CP hired a child to do an adult’s job. Skewing young in ad sales’ sake is one thing, but c’mon already with juvenility….it’s CP, not friggin MNSpeak.

I’m guessing all the silliness has lead to literally dozens of additional hits for Minn Post and the CP Blotter today. Well done everyone!

155 isn’t that much, Grote.

Whoo hoo! We should start our own controversy!

Right now, I am imagining some big wigs at Avista slathering themselves in oil, rolling around in a bed of $100 bills, and laughing at how this became news instead of the real story.

SERIOUSLY. I will say it again. If the world sucks, it’s our fault.

This type of journalist-as-news story only serves to make us dumber and number.

You have bizarre fantasies Molly.

It’s not bizarre if it’s hot, Jason.

By “bizarre,” I assume you mean “hot.”

JINX!

And yes I did. Oil = sexy.

You have bizarre fantasies Molly.

And a remarkably cheery outlook!

*high five*

call me jaded, but I’m not bothered by the level of conflict of interest involved in the Strib pushing for offshore drilling while their parent company owns offshore drilling related stock. the old familar news paradigms have been obliterated. the good news is that as news consumers who should always be considering the source, we have more sources at our disposal than ever before.

Ang…regardless of where 155 is on the healthy eating continuum, go ask Jill Burcum how she likes having her (assumed) weight listed in print. she’s prolly got a different view of it.

also, I like a little meat on the bone, a bit more zaftig if you will…I never understood why my brother insisted on emaciated looking GFs.

g -

That’s cool. My point is, if you want to dismiss it, you should know the dynamic exists. Thus, disclosure

Oh, yeah. Brauer sometimes comments here. I don’t know if we mentioned him in the “who in the local media comments here” thread.

Also, I don’t know why that block quote I posted had any part bolded. Stupid firefox extension..

go ask Jill Burcum how she likes having her (assumed) weight listed in print. she’s prolly got a different view of it.

True. Unless she’s 6′0″, then she’s probably flattered.

Okay, could someone quickly summarize what the citypages post is about for those of us with ADD?

You have bizarre fantasies Molly.

And a remarkably cheery outlook!

Huh? So, I should be instead writing glib comments about “murdered artists”? Nothing like staying dumb…

I’m going to give that point to Molly.

(Changes score on board.)

Jason I meant “black gold,” not the hot kind. I don’t think it’d be too hot to imagine a bunch of fat white men rolling around in any kind of oil. Unless, of course, it’s Dick Cheney. There’s a chance he could burn himself, you know.

I’m taking her point away now.

(Returns to score board.)

Don’t try to take the fantasy away!

I knew what kind of oil you meant, Molly. Come on now. I’m not that obtuse. I’m taking another point away.

Ok, if it REALLY turns you on to imagine fat white men with oil in their creases, I give it to you. Fat, slipper, oil-soaked men…rolling around in $100 bills…reading MnSpeak.

Okay, you get your point back.

Jason, you can’t take points away. You lose a point for that.

david…I never doubt that those dynamics exist. but here’s the thing about modern investing. If the Strib pushed for no drilling and more immediate shifts to alternative energy, I’ll bet I could find something in their vast portfolios that smacked of a conflict of interest as well. But I don’t get paid to investigate that stuff.

call me jaded, but I don’t need disclosure because I already assume that any corporate controlled media outlet is only providing self-serving editorials. That said, you’re doing well by the silly folks who still believe in a free press.

Doi, Jason. I’m not either. Of course I knew what you meant. I just wanted to make a point about Dick Cheney burning.

I mean, what do you think…I just came from the Special Olympics!?

EEEYOOO!

True. Unless she’s 6′0″, then she’s probably flattered.

36-24-36? Only if she’s 5′3″!!!

Fat, slipper, oil-soaked men…rolling around in $100 bills…reading MnSpeak.

was there a hidden camera in my exec meeting this morning?

Am I winning yet? Because that’s what it’s all about. If I invoke burning Cheney, men slathered in oil, murdered artists, and the Special Olympics, maybe I could eventually be something.

Fat, slipper, oil-soaked men…rolling around in $100 bills…reading MnSpeak.

That’s actually my job description.

g -

I’ve heard the “what about every diversified interest” argument made before.

I agree one could find increasingly tiny interests and pick those apart, but for Avista, IMHO, offshore drilling is not a small interest … a solid 20 percent of its portfolio and possibly more revenue-wise, though we don’t know. Offshore drilling is a pretty specific interest and this was the Strib’s first pro-drilling edit in at least 20 years.

I also understand the cynicism; my argument here is that it’s worth it to at least know what to be precisely cynical about.

I bet dick cheney has enough fuel oil in him to burn for eight days.

by the way, g, huge thanks for discussing the fundamental issues raised by my piece. That’s a silver lining to the Khoff escapade.

It’s a chewbanaka miracle

my argument here is that it’s worth it to at least know what to be precisely cynical about.

I guess that’s where we disagree. Mine’s reflexive.

Nothing like staying dumb…

Nyah, nyah, nyah! You’re the dumb one! You dumby dum dum.

Sheesh. I think I’ll head over to the Playboy U social network to see if I can finally find the socially relevant dialogue I’m looking for!

I bet dick cheney has enough fuel oil in him to burn for eight days.

Just like a Menorah! Now THAT’S hot. Er, wait…that’s seven days. Ok, he gets one for good luck.

Arthappy gets a point for showing me that site.

like swamp gas or oily rags on a shop floor in the summer, the pent up sexual tension between molly and arthappy is about to coalesce into an explosion.

I’m bored with journalists arguing via message boards. Why can’t they settle this like they did in the old days: in the alley behind the Little Wagon.

Why does Kevin Hoffman write like that? Does he do it on purpose?

Why does Kevin Hoffman write like that? Does he do it on purpose?

closed head injury.

like swamp gas or oily rags on a shop floor in the summer, the pent up sexual tension between molly and arthappy is about to coalesce into an explosion.

Well, much as I resist it, I have always been attracted to the prudish, holier-than-thou, moralizing types. (11 yrs of Catholic school’ll do that to ya!)

Oh, haiiiii, ArtHappy. Wish you were heeeeerrre!

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x305/chipross/4thOfJuly2008032.jpg

That was supposed to be the actual pic. Damn.

Well, that is certainly promoting socially relevent dialogue.

(that was a response to arthappy’s crazy judgments)

I posted a pic from the Playboy site he referenced just for him. Hooray for de-evolution!

the fur is flying. I love a good chick fight.

the fur is flying. I love a good chick fight.

Irony. Look it up…

Molly gets a point.

Geoff loses one for double-clicking.

How about Molly and ArtHappy channel their anger into that summary of the post that I was looking for earlier?

Why can’t they settle this like they did in the old days: in the alley behind the Little Wagon?

Funny. We had a MNspeak meetup there, once. As usual, nothing was settled, but we had a good time.

I always assume Max is covered in oil. Flavor depends on the day…

My hips haven’t seen a number in the 30’s since I was prepubescent.

Sometimes it seems like the local media is as mature as junior high girls.

Today’s Wagon just ain’t what the old way scuzzier one used to be … besides, that’s Strib home turf. I want a neutral site.

My hips haven’t seen a number in the 30’s since I was prepubescent.

I can show your hips the number 8 1/2.

Hey now.

I thought for sure you would show me your point too Max.

Heyoh!!

Now you’ve gone too far.

jinx

I’m having trouble getting comments to post. stupid mnspeak… bad mnspeak

prudish, holier-than-thou, moralizing types.

is that irony, or is douchebaggery now your literary device of choice?

Try this Molly:

Point for Jason.

grote beat me to it.

4 points for Jason

God Bless America(n bikinis)

Ironic douchebaggery is my m.o., at least today.

I can show your hips the number 8 1/2

Let’s hope they like Fellini.

They never complained when I feltlini them in the past.