Friday, May 06, 2011

Open thread

The death of bin Laden has kinda sucked all the oxygen out of the room this week and, to be honest, the rest of the news I saw this morning doesn't particularly interest me, so let's have an open thread. Oh, and be sure to vote for your favorite song in the latest Guilty Pleasures. Fearless Maria values your input!

17 comments:

Baby Moose said...

So, what do you all think of poop art?

First Ringer said...

How 'bout that GOP debate last night? I can't tell you the confidence I have in our voters when Frank Luntz's poll participants select a man whose claim to fame is running an 80's pizza chain into the ground as the "winner."

Mr. D said...

Actually there was a fair amount of poop art in the GOP debate last night.

Guess all I'd say about the debate is that only the true believers are paying attention right now, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it. T-Paw didn't crater, which is about the most important development. I love Cain's rhetoric as much as the next guy, but your concerns about his actual management chops are well-founded, FR.

Brad Carlson said...

You can tell that a lot of folks on Twitter had moved on from the OBL killing. By Wednesday, the trending topic was the names of Mariah Carey's newborn twins.

Maybe the terrorists have won.

Mrs. D said...

New Vikings stadium questions. Will it actually be built and if so, where? If something does not get decided by the end of this session, will the Vikings move?

Mr. D said...

Mrs. D raises an excellent issue. Saw the headlines on dead tree after I signed off the computer this morning. I don't know that the Vikings want to be in Arden Hills, but beggars can't be choosers. This will be worth a post or two on down the line....

Anonymous said...

Since it's an open forum and you all are Minnesotans, I gotta ask: What was Fox News' point here?

http://www.metro.us/boston/allusacities/article/853029--fox-news-tim-pawlenty-definitely-not-gay

Thanks,
Rich

Mr. D said...

That's hilarious, Rich. I didn't watch the debate -- did that graphic actually air on the broadcast?

CousinDan 54915 said...

Mr. D:

You should set up a Packer Fan Tours hostel at your house if the Vikings are truly going to be your neighbors. Won't your brothers be surprised when they find out the weekend rates, two night minimum of course.

Mr. D said...

Dan,

That could be lucrative. If the Vikes build in Arden Hills, they'll only be about 5 miles from my house.

BTW, my brothers already can't afford my rates. Just ask them.

Gino said...

have you tried the Totino's crispy crust frozen pizza?
in the world of one-buck feezer fare there aint no way its better than the Mama Celeste.

Mrs. D said...

Gino,

Fearless Maria and I will eat Totino's frozen pizza and it does go on sale for around a dollar once in awhile. FYI - the nearest Catholic high school to us is Totino-Grace High School. Jim and Rose Totino gave a bunch of money to the school a couple of decades ago.

my name is Amanda said...

1. I think it's foolish for Pawlenty to start moving toward the far right in order to get the GOP nom. He's a lot better competition for Obama exactly as he is.

2. I will never understand what is so difficult about renovating old stadiums as opposed to building a whole new friggin' stadium. Sheesh.

3. Mmm, Totino's Mexican pizza - yum yum yum.

4. If you put the song titles/artist names before or after the videos, I could vote on the songs. :) Too hard to go to YouTube to view all those vids on my phone, each time. (Just an idea, take it or leave it.)

Night Writer said...

I think that Baby Moose ( or "BM" to the cognoscenti) is a Poop Art savant.

Mr. D said...

Amanda,

Re #1 -- who knows what T-Paw is thinking. I've given up trying to figure it out.

Re #2 -- I assume they want a new palace because other people have been willing to build their competitors new palaces. I think there should be a better way.

Re #3 -- haven't had the pleasure; will have to investigate.

Re #4 -- thanks for the feedback on our formatting; I'll see about changing how we do it because we value your input.

NW,

I'll admit that I'm not part of the cognoscenti when it comes to poop art, but I'd say BM is certainly a young master in the genre. We may need to get Learned Foot's input on this subject, no?

Baby Moose said...

Better than his output.

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