Comments on: Miscellaneous Local Links – 6/27/06

By: Big G

Big G — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:59:32 +0000

Oh great. So the Strib now owns KITT from the Knight Ridder folks?! Gee, I wonder if anyone told Hasselhoff about the crummy deal(LOL!)

KITT: “Michael, why is Andres Gyllenhaal in front of my steering wheel?”

By: lolly

lolly — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:42:44 +0000

hey wine lovers heres a new site i’ve been checking out.
http://wine.woot.com/
pretty tight if you ask me. seems to be about 1/3 off actual price. goes quick.

By: g rote

g rote — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:19:03 +0000

The best Minnesota-related Wine is Cabernet made by Betty O'Shaughnessy...but it just so happens that she decided to grow & bottle it on 40+ acres on the top of Howell Mountain in Napa Valley. She's from St. Paul, dontcha know.

By: msparber

msparber — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:11:17 +0000

I hate the "How do you feel" question. There's a story I read years ago where the world is ending and the last two people are standing on a mountain top with the waters rising around them. One is a reporter, and he puts his microphone into the face of the other survivor, saying, Well, here it is, the end of the world. How do you feel?"

The other man thinks about it for a moment, then shrugs. "You know," he says, "I feel great."

It'soneof thereasons can't stand Oprah as an interviewer. The only question she knows how to ask is "How do you feel" and variations thereof. "Since you got your sex change, do you feel any different?" "How does it feel to know that your father is a crack addict?" "This new makeup willmake you feel great!"

But, then, Oprah is woth a billion dollars, andI am worth ten, so maybe I should revise my interviewingapproach.

By: jderusha

jderusha — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:55:26 +0000

Cool map, Jerad. The wine trail is a great idea. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with some of our Minnesota wines. I have this image of Midwestern wine as being really sweet and fruity. There’s some very tasty dry reds and whites from locally grown grapes.

By: Jerad

Jerad — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:49:36 +0000

Oops–if the above links don’t work try this one:

http://www.communitywalk.com/map/11788#10193;Pa010744.3Z7h8-92.2cU\0

By: Jerad

Jerad — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:41:30 +0000

On a less "stages of grief" and more "useful to me" note, I got really excited when I read about the MN Wine Trail! I just moved back to nordeast from the DC/VA area (and Virginia is loaded with great wine) and can't wait to try out some of the local vineyards.

The website they have doesn't do a very good job of making info usable, so I created a GoogleMaps one through CommunityWalk . If you've every been to one of these 7 MN vineyards, could you please check out the map and comment on 'em? I'd love to know how the view is, if it's a destination unto itself or if there's other stuff around to see, how snooty it is, etc.

Anybody who's been to one, please comment on the Three Rivers Wine Trail here! My wife and I thank you...

By: jderusha

jderusha — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:35:04 +0000

Not sure we’ve ever researched that issue. We do know that people in Minnesota want their news reporters to be “polite.” So I never stick a camera in someone’s face. I always go to knock on the door, and the photographer stays in the car with the camera.

And the “how did you feel” question is a silly question. How did you find out? When did you last see (or talk to) them? What’s your favorite memory? What do you think really happened here? Those seem to be better questions to me.

By: TBartel

TBartel — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:32:28 +0000

Jason, not trying to be the smart ass here. (I know–another first.) but what does the research say about sticking a camera and mike in someone’s face and asking, “How did you fee when you heard your son (daughter, father, mother, brother, sister–pick one) was killed?”

By: Reader

Reader — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:28:36 +0000

Very interesting, thanks jderusha! Keep up the good, empathetic work!