May 2010
41 posts
Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a... →
seoulbrother:
Erik got into his red-and-blue superhero costume, and called on the powers of Moonshine Maid, who owns a DeLorean sports car. For good measure, more than 20 motorcycle officers from the Bellevue Police Department and King County and Snohomish sheriff’s offices escorted Electron Boy to Seattle.
“They shut down 405 — they shut down I-90,” marveled Moonshine Maid, aka Misty Peterson....
April 2010
52 posts
Riverside Plaza Apartments to Undergo Huge...
Sounds like the Riverside Plaza renovation was much needed.
The owners of Riverside Plaza, a 1,300-unit apartment complex near downtown Minneapolis, are planning a $40 million to $50 million renovation project there starting this fall.
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The property includes 11-connected buildings; 669 units of subsidized housing, a post office, a grocery store, day care facilities and a resident resource...
Time to Audit Your Facebook Privacy Settings,... →
Now that Facebook is loosening its data-sharing policies with third-party Web sites and applications, it’s the perfect time for users to consider tightening up their privacy settings.
What does Facebook publish about you and your... →
“Certain groups of people - Muslim fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists,...”
– George Carlin waxing prophetic in 1999. Teabaggers, anyone? (via sixtyforty) (via affably) (via enemyswim)
'Kid who doesn't exist' looks to future →
The story of an 18-year-old who has gone through life without learning the basics of his background — where he was born, where he could find his birth certificate, who his birth parents were, and even if the name and birth date he used were really his.
The Improbability Pump →
givemesomethingtoread:
Unlike germ theory, the idea of evolution strikes at the heart of human ego, suggesting that we were not the special object of God’s attention but were made by the same blind and mindless process of natural selection that also built ferns, fish and rabbits. Another answer is ignorance: most Americans are simply unaware of the multifarious evidence that makes evolution more...
The Boy Who Grew Up to Be Charles Manson's Son →
givemesomethingtoread:
Rocker Matthew Roberts learned that Charles Manson might be his biological father. Then came the strange part: his whole life suddenly made sense.
“So let’s begin.
Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon...”
– ~ from Tim Wise’s remarks, “Imagine if the Tea Party was black”, posted on Ephphatha Poetry
Imagining the Tea Party as a mostly black group is my new favorite game.
(via mediation)
(via s4xton)
“In the nursery rhyme, nowhere does it say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg. There...”
– List of common misconceptions
The Passion of David Bazan →
At the Cornerstone Christian rock festival, a fallen evangelical returns to sing about why he broke up with God. (via givemesomethingtoread)
I enjoyed Pedro The Lion and have been really liking Bazan’s latest album. Definitely looking forward to more.
“The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging...”
– — Mythbusters’ Adam Savage, in a recent speech to the Harvard Humanist Society
(via Pharyngula, posnonrel)
Stuff about Minneapolis: Minneapolis Pop Quiz →
1) We all like to say “I love my Cub” when it comes to Cub Foods grocery stores, but what does the “Cub” in Cub Foods stand for?
2) Tom Hanks and Madonna made the All American Girls Professional Baseball League famous in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own”, but did you know Minneapolis had a…
Watchmrgan:
chrisereneta:
For their newest music video Hanson* staged an elaborate, computer-enhanced recreation of the Ray Charles musical number (“Shake a Tail Feather”) from The Blues Brothers. More than 300 fans turned up to participate in the dance number INCLUDING KIDS, but even the hired dancers look as if they are having the time of their lives.
Also, shaking the tambourine in the...
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he...”
– Submitted by glusica (via friendlyatheist)
The importance of commas →
WatchVideo: Target Field opening day time lapse (via wintwins)
