Secrets of the City

I Was Told There Would Be Bacon thinks the last Twins game was a fitting farewell to the Metrodome.
Twinkietown offer their top five Metrodome memories.
Minnetonkascenes publishes images from the marathon.
The Colu.mn tells of a hateful email chain.

C-Sharp Productions offers aong called “Minneapolis Hot Summer Nights“
Small Laws complains about a bicyclist
Someone on Tale of Two Cities, in the meanwhile, seems rather proud of being an obnoxious bicyclist
Mediation reminds us that this is Jason DeRusha Day
TC Sidewalks looks at message boards
Because Emily Says So talks about job hunting in the Cities

Mathman spends Labor Day at the zoo.
The Big Stuff Project visits the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth.
Stuff About Mpls gives us Bogtime Attic’s drunk squirrel.
Powderhorn365 discusses Disney’s Table Tennis.

The You Are Dumb blog sets its sites on Strib commentors, and finds them, well, to be pretty dumb. Specifically, the blog’s author looks at responses to the recent tale of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who was detained in Newark as a result of having his name on a watch list, which is approximately the equivalent of Julia Roberts being detained in China for being a possible terrorist. Strib commentors, however, don’t really seem to grasp the tale, so the blog clarifies: This is clearly, in the annals of airport security snafus, a minor incident. He wasn’t removed from a plane, he didn’t miss a flight, and he only lost a couple of hours. On the other hand, this is also clearly an issue of a broken system abusing an innocent traveler for no societal benefit, and only coming to light because the innocent traveler being abused has a certain amount of fame, power, and/or pull. And once we leave the land of Clearly, we enter the murky, confused world of the Strib commenters, who proceed to describe a whole other planet.

Penelopedia goes birding.
Mpls Crime Watch points out a blog called Bike Cops for Kids.
Afterglide discusses the reality tv show that is redoing his bathroom.
KC gets rabies shots.
Ericaaaa draws her own TC maps.

Stuff about Mpls reprints an ad for the awesomely named Mr. Nibs nightclub.
Dealernews discusses a recent Hells Angels “invasion” of a Mn town.
Minnesota Pictures gives us a startling image of a bus graveyard.
Lazy Lightning goes to the Spam Museum.

Your Dress Would Look Better On Me looks into more St. Paul gangster history.
Stuff About Mpls discovers that Minneapolis was once “The Ideal Automobile City of American.”
The Empty Envelope gazes with amazement on the world’s biggest cupcake.
I Was Told There Would Be Bacon snaps a photo of the pee cup mascot.
Notes from Mpls looks back on the Minneapolis that once was.

Mumbler Herder takes some photos at Ax-Man Surpus.
The Big Stuff Project posts some photos of a few giant local attractions.
Our own KC goes to the zoo.
South 12th investigates the origin of Powderhorn Park.
Virginia Lord looks at fun things to do in Minneapolis.

Stuff About Minneapolis tells about the last time he was punched in the face, at the Nankin, with pointers about how to get into the Skyway Lounge when you are drenched in blood and may have a broken nose.

When is that last time you got hit?

Roadguy reveals a sidewalk mystery.
Doniree finallt finds the Greenway.
Eda Cherry waves a tommy gun around at the Wabasha Street Caves.
Uptown Mpls asks why only homes get to be historic.
The Deets discusses On Target, a book about Target.