http://www.motorballer.org/beyond random thoughts I occasionally put down Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; text-align:center;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Welcome, Rich White Oligarchs! - Daily Show Billboard, originally uploaded by The Zeppelin. Unfortunately I missed out on tickets for this, but I will be going to see Lewis Black on ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2008/08/27/welcome-rich-white-oligarchs-daily-show-billboard/ Stuck at work for about 3 more hours, another 45min beyond that before I get to Blockbuster so I can pick up my copy of Super Smash Brothers Brawl, more time to get home from there, and then only a few hours of playtime before I have to go to ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2008/03/09/clock-so-slooooow-whine/ New Year's Eve: 'Worked', moved desk/computer into ex-roommate's old room(yay ethernet, no more wireless!) New Year's Day: 'Worked', post-work still undecided, possibly more furniture shifting. To make up for these dull days, some of my favorites snaps from the past week and a half or so: http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2008/01/01/happy-new-year/ Well, now we know what happened with the Shinders collapse: [Shinders owner] Weisberg, a lawyer by trade, was arrested in June 2006 after officers with the Anoka-Hennepin Drug Task Force pulled over his van. During the search, officers found methamphetamine, Ecstasy, a submachine gun, ammunition, a police scanner and other items, ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/12/18/shinders-collapse-news/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; text-align:center;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSCN2608, originally uploaded by pi8you. http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/11/27/dscn2608/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; text-align:center;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSCN2476, originally uploaded by pi8you. http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/11/25/lightrail/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; text-align:center;} .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSCN2416, originally uploaded by pi8you. This unexpectedly lovely view showed itself as I was leaving work tonight, I love the way the clouds lined up with the gap in the skyline. *test ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/11/11/st-paul-sunset/ Let's see... Books Finally finished up Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides the end of last week or so, fantastic as usual, though the characters perhaps outshone the story this time, particularly Tehol and Bugg, one of the best duos ever. Kicking myself for putting it down for 4 months. Argh. Plowed through ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/11/11/and-the-entertainment-side/ Yep, that's me, absolutely terrible at blogging. So what's going on for me? New apartment's working out alright, no problems with the roommate, though I think I've seen her cat more than I've seen her. I've even started taking random pictures of the cat :| Room's a bit ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/11/11/state-of-the-month-or-somesuch/ Just closing some tabs with various art-bits from the last month or so. First, some really cool architecture in the form of water towers converted into homes. 1, 2, 3. Secondly, made my way to the Walker last week to see the big Picasso/American Art exhibit before it left, and I was ... http://www.motorballer.org/beyond/2007/09/15/cleanup-on-aisle-12/