Comments on: St. Paul fiction in New Yorker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:10:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack Shepherd http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221809 Jack Shepherd Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:51:07 +0000 #comment-221809 Strong Motion was better than The Corrections. I have to say I got to "barfed upon snow" and I stopped. It's too much. Franzen is such a sensitive, feeling guy that you can almost see him as a puny 11 year old getting beat for his lunch money everyday before school. This is how great writers are made. Thank you, Franzen's bullies. You created a genius. Strong Motion was better than The Corrections.

I have to say I got to “barfed upon snow” and I stopped.

It’s too much. Franzen is such a sensitive, feeling guy that you can almost see him as a puny 11 year old getting beat for his lunch money everyday before school. This is how great writers are made. Thank you, Franzen’s bullies. You created a genius.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221688 justpbob Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:44:45 +0000 #comment-221688 I do, but I look at the cartoons first. To tell the truth, most weeks I don't get beyond "Talk of the Town," but that alone is worth the price of the subcription. I do, but I look at the cartoons first.

To tell the truth, most weeks I don’t get beyond “Talk of the Town,” but that alone is worth the price of the subcription.

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221667 Bixby Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:54:59 +0000 #comment-221667 In other news, there are people who actually read the fiction in the New Yorker. Huh. In other news, there are people who actually read the fiction in the New Yorker. Huh.

]]> By: Uncle Sid http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221664 Uncle Sid Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:59:52 +0000 #comment-221664 Why the favoritism for Franzen? Scott Fitzgerald's stories involving St. Paul and White Bear Lake locations get any mention on this website when they were newly published! Why the favoritism for Franzen? Scott Fitzgerald’s stories involving St. Paul and White Bear Lake locations get any mention on this website when they were newly published!

]]> By: g rote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221649 g rote Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:28:17 +0000 #comment-221649 I got soullllll...and I'm Super Max. I got soullllll…and I’m Super Max.

]]> By: Max Sparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221648 Max Sparber Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:36:47 +0000 #comment-221648 <p><em>Nothing sharpens your concentration like spending time in a Super Max.</em></p> <p>I'll say!</p> Nothing sharpens your concentration like spending time in a Super Max.

I’ll say!

]]> By: Dougie_D http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221644 Dougie_D Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:30:51 +0000 #comment-221644 Environmental Consulting. Gotta make sure those prisoners aren't exposed to mold. OPH is well designed. The floor with all the utilities doesn't allow the actual prisoners, other than for medical treatment. It is interesting though in the board room they have pictures of everyone housed there and the gang affiliations on the pictures with little notes like if two prisoners should be kept apart or not. I've been in almost every state facility at one time or another. Smoked out the capitol dome once also. Environmental Consulting. Gotta make sure those prisoners aren’t exposed to mold.

OPH is well designed. The floor with all the utilities doesn’t allow the actual prisoners, other than for medical treatment. It is interesting though in the board room they have pictures of everyone housed there and the gang affiliations on the pictures with little notes like if two prisoners should be kept apart or not.

I’ve been in almost every state facility at one time or another. Smoked out the capitol dome once also.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221642 justpbob Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:17:14 +0000 #comment-221642 <p>I have spent some time working in some odd secure areas, such as hospital psychiatric wards and the place were target codes are entered into <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVT6ZgpjPhI">Polaris missiles</a>.</p> I have spent some time working in some odd secure areas, such as hospital psychiatric wards and the place were target codes are entered into Polaris missiles.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221641 justpbob Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:12:24 +0000 #comment-221641 Don't be alarmed, jane. HVAC means "heating, ventalation and air conditioning." Douglas_D was in the HVAC trades, as I recall from earlier threads. Don’t be alarmed, jane. HVAC means “heating, ventalation and air conditioning.” Douglas_D was in the HVAC trades, as I recall from earlier threads.

]]> By: jane http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/st-paul-fiction-in-new-yorker#comment-221640 jane Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:05:56 +0000 #comment-221640 Dougie_D are you serious? Dougie_D are you serious?

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