Okay, okay, so biking through a downtown city such as Minneapolis may not hold that title, but today I was pushed off the road. That is right, a guy in a red Jeep Cherokee didn’t signal and veered off in an attempt to park in a loading dock. At first I was so [...]
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Know that feeling when all is right in the world? If not, you will once you’re through reading this post. Intrigued? You better be!
I
just
found
my
journal
which
I
kept
while
abroad.
I was so elated I did my happy dance (I cued up Rubberband Man by the Spinners) throughout the apartment, and I danced to it for the entire song. [...]
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Better Luck Tomorrow
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Have to admit that this is a pretty good flick. Plus, its great to see asian-americans represent with not only numerous roles within the movie, but the lead role as well!!!
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anINCONVENIENTtruth
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Have you seen this documentary yet? It paints a very good picture about what is happening to the world around us based on what we do to it.
To sum part of it up, those coal, oil and other polluting industries (airlines, various chemical plants, etc.) do a terrible job [...]
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1996 Aluminum frame
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
For the past few months I have been an avid bike rider (at least to and from work, which is roughly 4 miles each way) and am happy with the side effects of such a lifestyle: I get in 2, count em, two workouts a day, don’t have to [...]
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one red paper clip
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
What would you do with one of these shinny babies if you had one? That I believe is the question of the year! Why, haven’t you heard yet? This guy from Montreal proclaimed that he would try an accomplish the feet of trading it [...]
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Farmers’ Market
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Fresh Shopping
Steve Rice, Star Tribune
Not-so-simple choices
Jeremy Iggers, Star Tribune
Last update: July 12, 2006 – 3:38 PM
What does your shopping cart say about your values?
A typical grocery list might include eggs, milk, pork chops, asparagus, coffee, salmon steaks and bananas. Sounds simple. But each involves a personal choice that reflects [...]
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New Sculpture DT
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Back during Pride weekend (well before the Forth), the finale to the event ended with a spectacular fireworks show. We didn’t go, but saw it pretty well nonetheless. Love how this angle makes it look so close to DT buildings and such, don’t you?
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Touch the Water
Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
Here was another one that was just over the water as it exploded into a shower of sparks, this is one of my favorites. Though, the ones that dart around once the main explosion takes place are good too. The cloud of smoke after each firework explosion [...]
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Ever have a brush with fame?!
Aside from meeting – “you don’t have to take my word for it!” – LaVare Burton at a Reading Rainbow book signing and the main actor in The Boy Who Could Fly at a special screening, getting autographs ‘for-my-mom-and-sis’ from Nancy Kerrigan, working stage security at a Midnight Oil concert, seeing Dennis Kucinich speak before a crowd of several hundred [...]
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