What I Heard 2011-01-21
Two from from the week. See you again friday.
8th Street Bar & Grill [Bar Notes]
Located on the corner of 8th Street and Marquette Ave in downtown Minneapolis and in the shadow of the IDS Center, sits a quaint little bar and grill. It’s nothing much to look at the outside, particularly in the winter, and in the summer it’s appearance is over run by the busy and ruckus on sidewalk patio with music being piped in from the bar. This apparently unmentionable bar is anything but.
An Evolution in communication
So as most of you may have noticed I don’t seem to blog as much. Those of you who are still visiting here from time to time to see if I’m dead or not, may have noticed.
Well, I have evolved my online communications. I’m on twitter now, which I don’t think I’d ever do and you’ll notice that has a feed off to the right of the site now. I’m going to reserve my blog post for more of a “commentary” roll with my day to day stuff is going to go through twitter and facebook. Let’s be honest, it’s easier that way.
So there it is. As I have time or topics to actually blog about, you’ll see them, otherwise check me out on twitter or facebook.
I, am offically old.
My good friend and I get a daily coffee at the DBC in our building. Today was a particularly momentous coffee acquisition. You see while were waiting for our coffee to be completed I made the comment, “I sold off my CD collection back when selling three CDs bought you a tank of gas and two packs of smokes.”
To which our lovely and wonderful barista (no sarcasm intended) innocently asked, “Do you guys mind if I ask how old you are?” To which responded our ages.
She then noted, “You had CDs?”
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What I Heard – 2009-07-17
I missed last week due to the Basilica Block Party.
Basilica Block Party 2009
Okay so, the BBP is almost a week past. However, I’ve decided to post about it anyway.
For as long as I have been old enough to understand what 1) a block party is, and 2) what a music festival is, I have always had a soft spot for the BBP. Sadly I have only ever been twice, and boy have things changed in the 13 years between visits.
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A Bookstore Love
Recently I had a friend ask me an interesting question. “With how much you read why don’t you just use the library?” A question that seems completely sensible. My answer goes to the heart of why I read.
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What I Heard – 2009-07-03
This weeks installment of what I heard.
Check Behind the cut, and comment your own.
What I heard – 2009-06-26
It’s back!
Once again, everything is behind the cut to save the kiddies, and don’t forget to comment your own!
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Upgradified!
Ladies and gentlemen it’s official, I have completed my first upgrade of WordPress since its initial install so many moons ago.
Aside from a couple of hiccups (one being my own dang fault), it went very smoothly.
You should notice a new piece of functionality here. You will now be able to reply to someone’s comment and it will tree the conversation… woot.
So there’s that excitement…
Hope you’re all surviving the heat.
