Comments on: Today’s Miscellaneous Local Links http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris mankey http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-46011 Chris mankey Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:32:25 +0000 #comment-46011 Just don't get him started on the Twins stadium. He's against that, too, because it helps Pohlad. Or Pawlenty. Or both. Or either. And it doesn't help poor people. And he doesn't like baseball. So it's wrong.<br /> <br /> Who gives a shit about baseball? Fuck the fucking twins and thier retarded fans Just don’t get him started on the Twins stadium. He’s against that, too, because it helps Pohlad. Or Pawlenty. Or both. Or either. And it doesn’t help poor people. And he doesn’t like baseball. So it’s wrong.

Who gives a shit about baseball? Fuck the fucking twins and thier retarded fans

]]> By: Chris mankey http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-46010 Chris mankey Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:27:57 +0000 #comment-46010 <br /> Also, Raindog, who are you to decide how we judge humanity?<br /> <br /> Who the fuck are you to tell him how to think?<br /> <br /> Body worlds is an AMAZINGLY educational experience which gives everyone who views it a REAL opportunity to see what we actually are.<br /> <br /> It's UTTERLY VILE Also, Raindog, who are you to decide how we judge humanity?

Who the fuck are you to tell him how to think?

Body worlds is an AMAZINGLY educational experience which gives everyone who views it a REAL opportunity to see what we actually are.

It’s UTTERLY VILE

]]> By: alamn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40284 alamn Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:40:04 +0000 #comment-40284 The <a href="http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/14835710.htm" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> is off and rolling (at 13 mph) on our Segway story. I have waited all my life to have my name attached to a <a href="http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Beaver-Creek-Minnesota.cfm" target="_blank">Beaver Creek</a> dateline.<br /> <br /> Another first for ALAMN Bob: I did an interview yesterday with <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/index" target="_blank">The Onion</a>.<br /> <br /> Yes, I know. We'll see what they do to my comments on smoking bans. The Associated Press is off and rolling (at 13 mph) on our Segway story. I have waited all my life to have my name attached to a Beaver Creek dateline.

Another first for ALAMN Bob: I did an interview yesterday with The Onion.

Yes, I know. We’ll see what they do to my comments on smoking bans.

]]> By: BrianP http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40233 BrianP Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:24:41 +0000 #comment-40233 Just don't get him started on the Twins stadium. He's against that, too, because it helps Pohlad. Or Pawlenty. Or both. Or either. And it doesn't help poor people. And he doesn't like baseball. So it's wrong. Just don’t get him started on the Twins stadium. He’s against that, too, because it helps Pohlad. Or Pawlenty. Or both. Or either. And it doesn’t help poor people. And he doesn’t like baseball. So it’s wrong.

]]> By: Cary http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40230 Cary Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:58:41 +0000 #comment-40230 Also, Raindog, who are you to decide how we judge humanity?<br /> <br /> Body worlds is an AMAZINGLY educational experience which gives everyone who views it a REAL opportunity to see what we actually are. <br /> <br /> If anything, it ADDS to our humanity as we learn what we are and what makes us who we are. It shows us that our bodies are amazingly complex machines that we all take for granted. Beyond that, the bodies shown are from people who donated them to science... <br /> <br /> Raindog, I percieve you as being rather ignorant, sorry. Also, Raindog, who are you to decide how we judge humanity?

Body worlds is an AMAZINGLY educational experience which gives everyone who views it a REAL opportunity to see what we actually are.

If anything, it ADDS to our humanity as we learn what we are and what makes us who we are. It shows us that our bodies are amazingly complex machines that we all take for granted. Beyond that, the bodies shown are from people who donated them to science…

Raindog, I percieve you as being rather ignorant, sorry.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40219 msparber Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:22:01 +0000 #comment-40219 Coochie coochie! Coochie coochie!

]]> By: DaveM http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40218 DaveM Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:02:22 +0000 #comment-40218 <em>Study is one thing but using CORSPES for entertainment is beyond the pale.</em><br /> <br /> Believe me, I was anything but "entertained" by the exhibit, and I got the sense that my fellow museumgoers felt the same. It was really interesting to me to see the variety of people of all ages and classes filing quietly through, pausing to read the information, asking each other questions and commenting. You didn't see typical museum behavior of unsupervised kids running around shouting, people making stupid jokes and so on. It was all very solemn. Some people might have approached it with a sense of morbid curiosity, but I think most left with a sense of wonder and a newfound appreciation for the intricate machine that is the human body.<br /> <br /> Oh, and I had the opportunity to see Charo a couple of months back. Talk about well-preserved...! Study is one thing but using CORSPES for entertainment is beyond the pale.

Believe me, I was anything but “entertained” by the exhibit, and I got the sense that my fellow museumgoers felt the same. It was really interesting to me to see the variety of people of all ages and classes filing quietly through, pausing to read the information, asking each other questions and commenting. You didn’t see typical museum behavior of unsupervised kids running around shouting, people making stupid jokes and so on. It was all very solemn. Some people might have approached it with a sense of morbid curiosity, but I think most left with a sense of wonder and a newfound appreciation for the intricate machine that is the human body.

Oh, and I had the opportunity to see Charo a couple of months back. Talk about well-preserved…!

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40214 msparber Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:44:12 +0000 #comment-40214 Defining Body Worlds as entertainment is defining it rather narrowly. It's not like it's a corpse puppet show. An overwhelming majority of the show is just organs on display, with placards explaining how they interact with other parts of the body. The sculptural elements of the show are designed to illustrate how the puzzle of the body fits together.<br /> <br /> I actually thinkmost of the people who donate their bodies hope they'll end up as one of the scuptures, instead of as a mass of veins or a single lung. But, frankly, I found the veins and the lung as interesting as anything else.<br /> <br /> And I have to disagree with you about Joan Rivers. She's just not entertaining. Defining Body Worlds as entertainment is defining it rather narrowly. It’s not like it’s a corpse puppet show. An overwhelming majority of the show is just organs on display, with placards explaining how they interact with other parts of the body. The sculptural elements of the show are designed to illustrate how the puzzle of the body fits together.

I actually thinkmost of the people who donate their bodies hope they’ll end up as one of the scuptures, instead of as a mass of veins or a single lung. But, frankly, I found the veins and the lung as interesting as anything else.

And I have to disagree with you about Joan Rivers. She’s just not entertaining.

]]> By: Foster http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40215 Foster Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:40:12 +0000 #comment-40215 Phyllis Diller is also still alive. I saw her in The Aristocrats, and last week on Robot Chicken. She is a ghoul, much more so than Rivers. Phyllis Diller is also still alive. I saw her in The Aristocrats, and last week on Robot Chicken. She is a ghoul, much more so than Rivers.

]]> By: TBartel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9301#comment-40213 TBartel Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:37:41 +0000 #comment-40213 Raindog, that was funny. Raindog, that was funny.

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