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Obama Riding a Lion by Jason Heuser

Obama Riding a Lion by Jason Heuser

Obama Riding a Lion by Jason Heuser

Obama Riding a Lion (Variant) by Jason Heuser

laughingsquid:

Obama Riding a Mighty Lion Wielding a Crossbow & Light Saber by Jason Heuser

mprnews: At the State Fair this year, Minnesotans got creative...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:22:21 -0500

mprnews:

At the State Fair this year, Minnesotans got creative with glue and seeds and found a big audience for their political expressions in the Ag-Hort building’s crop art exhibition. MPR News’ Nikki Tundel snapped a few photos, but she wasn’t able to find any “Vote Yes” art.

Read more from reporter Sasha Aslanian about political expression at the fair and see more photos from Nikki Tundel here.

stuffaboutminneapolis: Portland douses some Haterade on Mpls...

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:12:41 -0500

stuffaboutminneapolis:

Portland douses some Haterade on Mpls after regaining Bicycling.com’s Best Bike City honor

Two years ago, Portland, after reigning as Bicycling.com’s Best Bike City for 15 years, ceded the title to Minneapolis.

Though Bicycling.com’s methodology is pretty fuzzy, the news prompted wailing and gnashing of teeth in PDX.

This morning, Bicycling.com released a new version of its biannual list, and suffice it to say Portlandians can breathe easy once again — their city again rates as the Best Bike City

Rob Sadowsky, executive director of the city’s Bicycle Transportation Alliance, said Portland is “back on top where we belong.” A Bike Portland blogger tweeted that he’s glad Bicycling.com “came to their senses,” adding “it really was scandalous to put any other city on top.”

Bicycling.com pours a bit more Haterade on Minneapolis in a column accompanying the release of the new rankings. Check out the dismissive tone with which Portland resident Bill Donahue mentions Minneapolis (emphasis mine):

Those of us who ride daily in Portland, we know. We know we are the vanguard of American cycling. No other city in the United States has more cyclists per capita, and no other town has a coffee shop like Fresh Pot, which boasts 25 chairs and parking for 26 bicycles. We have trains of elementary-school bike commuters, and we have Move By Bike, a relocation-company that trundles couches across town on overstacked bike trailers. Even our city’s noncycling Lotharios know it is a deal-killer to ask, at the end of a sprightly first date, “Can I throw your bike in my car and give you a lift home?”
Minneapolis? Please. Let’s ride along the Willamette now…

via City Pages

Portland? Please. Let’s ride along the Mississippi now…

The great Portland versus Minneapolis bike war of 2012 has begun my friends.

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laughingsquid: What Facebook Might Have Looked Like If it Was...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:22:10 -0500

laughingsquid:

What Facebook Might Have Looked Like If it Was Created in the 1990s

laughingsquid: Set My Coffee Cup Here

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:13:33 -0600

laughingsquid:

Set My Coffee Cup Here

wr3n: Pillsbury Doughboy statue by Minnesota Historical Society...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:52:51 -0600

wr3n:

Pillsbury Doughboy statue by Minnesota Historical Society on Flickr.
“Eight-foot tall fiberglass statue of Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillbury Doughboy, holding a clear plastic globe. The statue sits on a blue wood base, and the globe is connected to an electric motor that allows the Doughboy to spin when the unit is plugged in. The statue was displayed in the lobby of Pillsbury’s Riverside Technology Center in Minneapolis in the late 1990s.”