I was going to call my band Sexual Predator, but I thought this would be more subtle. And the logo is ready to go. Now all I have to do is develop musical talent and find a drummer.
11.30.2004
Introducing My New Band Name
I was going to call my band Sexual Predator, but I thought this would be more subtle. And the logo is ready to go. Now all I have to do is develop musical talent and find a drummer.
11.29.2004
Anybody want a pair?
Yo peeps. We have made it to Stockholm and it is really cold here. So cold that we almost bought a pair of these. These are so "Mork calling Orson, come in Orson."
Nicks college friend Yufang is putting us up in her swank highrise pad which is great because Scandinavia is very expensive. We did however get haircuts from a Transgender barber at the Tube station. She was amazing! She did a haircut every 8 minutes all in a mini-skirt.
We also enjoyed some Sushi, which was affordable and delicious.
We will be hanging out here with the beautiful Swedes till Thursday when we head off to meet the Ogre.
Hope you are all doing fine and will someone please open a bakery which makes crusty French bread and sells wine for 2 bucks a bottle. Thanks in advance.
ps. Will you fix the pic size again Barrett, I tried to make it smaller to no avail.
An Interesting Discussion About Everyone's Favorite Topic(s)
I enjoyed this little blog about porn/prostitution, and thought some of you might like to cram the PDD comment section with your thoughts about it.
Why can't you legally pay someone to have sex with you, but you can pay someone to have sex with someone else if you film it?
Why can't you legally pay someone to have sex with you, but you can pay someone to have sex with someone else if you film it?
11.25.2004
Best Thanksgiving ever.
Joyeux Thanksgiving.
Nicholas et moi sont arrives a Paris. Nicholas was pick-pocketed in Barcelona on the Subway just 12 hours after the mugging, he did the right thing though and asked loudly where the hell his wallet went. We think it was the pregnant woman in front of us that made the bump. Due to his protest the wallet dropped to the train floor just before the doors opened. We would have been screwed without it. Eurail pass, credit cards, passport.
Anyways we took a train to Montpellier and spent a lovely evening in a cheap hotel followed by some amazing coffee on the local square. Then we took a high-speed train to Paris and met Bob Pokorney. He has set us up in his tiny apartment near the Louve.
Today we spent a leisurley morning drinking coffee and looking at famous art at the Love. This was extra great since we picked up the DaVinci Code to read on our train rides.
Currently we are enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with Bob's friends who are studying in Paris with him. Mashed Potatoes, Veggie torte, Red wine, cheese and bread.
Excuse the random post but I am getting quite drunk and I should be getting back to the party.
Thank you Meghan for the computer and Andy for the Wi-Fi.
Tommorow we head to Copenhagen!
Nicholas et moi sont arrives a Paris. Nicholas was pick-pocketed in Barcelona on the Subway just 12 hours after the mugging, he did the right thing though and asked loudly where the hell his wallet went. We think it was the pregnant woman in front of us that made the bump. Due to his protest the wallet dropped to the train floor just before the doors opened. We would have been screwed without it. Eurail pass, credit cards, passport.
Anyways we took a train to Montpellier and spent a lovely evening in a cheap hotel followed by some amazing coffee on the local square. Then we took a high-speed train to Paris and met Bob Pokorney. He has set us up in his tiny apartment near the Louve.
Today we spent a leisurley morning drinking coffee and looking at famous art at the Love. This was extra great since we picked up the DaVinci Code to read on our train rides.
Currently we are enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner with Bob's friends who are studying in Paris with him. Mashed Potatoes, Veggie torte, Red wine, cheese and bread.
Excuse the random post but I am getting quite drunk and I should be getting back to the party.
Thank you Meghan for the computer and Andy for the Wi-Fi.
Tommorow we head to Copenhagen!
Happy Turkey Day!
If anyone is interested, there is a free turkey dinner at the DECC today (Thursday) from 11AM - 5PM. Come and get your turkey meal served to you by yours truly (and the Mayor, too!)
Happy Turkey Day, everyone!
Happy Turkey Day, everyone!
11.24.2004
11.23.2004
Lovely Apartment Available to Artists
A coveted three-bedroom apartment in the Washington Studios Artist Cooperative will be available in January. It overlooks Lake Superior and the Old Central clocktower. Some of you may know it as the current home of Haley Bonar and David Frankenfeld. Sara Softich lived there not long ago, too.
You don't have to be a musician or hot-looking to get this apartment, but you do have to be an artist and meet a few income guidelines. (It's a three bedroom, but only one person has to be an artist, the rest can latch on, but income is still an issue.)
Fabulous hardwood floors, high ceilings and a cranky old painter next door who is prone to heartattacks are just some of the perks. Rent is $729 plus a little community service.
To apply, call Carla at Bowman Properties, 218-722-3131. She can answer all of the many questions you no doubt have. You can also throw down in the comment section here and I'll answer as best I can. I live in the basement. I know a thing or two.
You don't have to be a musician or hot-looking to get this apartment, but you do have to be an artist and meet a few income guidelines. (It's a three bedroom, but only one person has to be an artist, the rest can latch on, but income is still an issue.)
Fabulous hardwood floors, high ceilings and a cranky old painter next door who is prone to heartattacks are just some of the perks. Rent is $729 plus a little community service.
To apply, call Carla at Bowman Properties, 218-722-3131. She can answer all of the many questions you no doubt have. You can also throw down in the comment section here and I'll answer as best I can. I live in the basement. I know a thing or two.
Barce-Fuking-Lona
Howdy folks.
We made it to Barcelona! We walked, we ate an awesome Falafel sandwich and we were robbed at knife Point! It wasn´t the biggest knife in the world but we were staring at the wrong end of it. Of course we had just replenished our funds as well.
It all happened just yards away from our Hostel which when all the stores were open, was a bright cheerful place. When those gates came down, however, the sinister spawn emerged from their holes.
On a brighter note, they didn´t take our wallets or our Passports or my camera bag so we will be fine. We will be leaving this country though a day ahead of schedule. But first we will visit with some Picasso paintings.
Does anyone else have a holdup story to share?
We made it to Barcelona! We walked, we ate an awesome Falafel sandwich and we were robbed at knife Point! It wasn´t the biggest knife in the world but we were staring at the wrong end of it. Of course we had just replenished our funds as well.
It all happened just yards away from our Hostel which when all the stores were open, was a bright cheerful place. When those gates came down, however, the sinister spawn emerged from their holes.
On a brighter note, they didn´t take our wallets or our Passports or my camera bag so we will be fine. We will be leaving this country though a day ahead of schedule. But first we will visit with some Picasso paintings.
Does anyone else have a holdup story to share?
11.22.2004
Buenos Dias.
Hola!
Nick and I are alive and kickin´ in Valencia Spain, waiting for a train to Barcelona. It is warm here and the Oranges are delicious.
Take care all and see ya in a couple of weeks.
scott and Nick.
ps, barrett please fix that huge photo. It is taken in front of the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain.
Battleship. The way it was meant to be played.
Putting politics into Battleship sure makes it interesting. Perhaps even making it all too real...
Player 1: Who starts?
Player 2: I do. I presume you to have weapons of mass destruction, and I premptively strike you at B6.
Player 1: That's a miss. I send a small boat filled with explosives to G3.
Player 2: That's a hit. I attack A10.
Player 1: That's a hit.
Player 2: I use "shock and awe" and attack A5-A10, A10-E10, and everything in between.
Player 1: Well you sunk my tiniest ship. But missed everything else.
Player 2: I don't care which ship, we don't do body counts.
Player 2: I land a jet on my aircraft carrier and declare "Mission Accomplished!"
Player 1: Isn't that a little premature?
Player 2: Of course not. My ministry of information declares major combat over.
Player 1: Whatever, we still got a long way to go. I attack G4.
Player 2: 'Nother hit.
Player 1: Not a sink though?
Player 2: Nope. My spies reveal to me that you have forces located at...
Player 1: Hey! No peeking in the reflection. I execute your spies.
Player 2: They were on your submarine.
Player 1: Gah. I just executed one of my own men on the battleship then.
Player 1: There. Now he's dead.
Player 2: Muhahah! I had no spies. You killed your own soldiers!
Player 1: You little...
Player 2: I attack A9 with depleted uranium shells. The whole boat sinks with the one hit.
Player 1: Have you no morals?
Player 2: We'll do whatever it takes to make you free.
Player 1: Isn't that ironic. Your occupation stirs up thousands of gurilla soldiers who want to fight back. Suicide bombers attack F5, I7, and A9 simotaneously.
Player 2: That's a hit.
Player 1: A sink?
Player 2: Well it is, but my ministry of information doesn't announce it.
Player 1: Yeah, yeah, whatever. It's still a sink.
Anyway the game was cut short so no winner could be declared. It's just too bad that our game of battleship represented something with much more serious consequences.
Player 1: Who starts?
Player 2: I do. I presume you to have weapons of mass destruction, and I premptively strike you at B6.
Player 1: That's a miss. I send a small boat filled with explosives to G3.
Player 2: That's a hit. I attack A10.
Player 1: That's a hit.
Player 2: I use "shock and awe" and attack A5-A10, A10-E10, and everything in between.
Player 1: Well you sunk my tiniest ship. But missed everything else.
Player 2: I don't care which ship, we don't do body counts.
Player 2: I land a jet on my aircraft carrier and declare "Mission Accomplished!"
Player 1: Isn't that a little premature?
Player 2: Of course not. My ministry of information declares major combat over.
Player 1: Whatever, we still got a long way to go. I attack G4.
Player 2: 'Nother hit.
Player 1: Not a sink though?
Player 2: Nope. My spies reveal to me that you have forces located at...
Player 1: Hey! No peeking in the reflection. I execute your spies.
Player 2: They were on your submarine.
Player 1: Gah. I just executed one of my own men on the battleship then.
Player 1: There. Now he's dead.
Player 2: Muhahah! I had no spies. You killed your own soldiers!
Player 1: You little...
Player 2: I attack A9 with depleted uranium shells. The whole boat sinks with the one hit.
Player 1: Have you no morals?
Player 2: We'll do whatever it takes to make you free.
Player 1: Isn't that ironic. Your occupation stirs up thousands of gurilla soldiers who want to fight back. Suicide bombers attack F5, I7, and A9 simotaneously.
Player 2: That's a hit.
Player 1: A sink?
Player 2: Well it is, but my ministry of information doesn't announce it.
Player 1: Yeah, yeah, whatever. It's still a sink.
Anyway the game was cut short so no winner could be declared. It's just too bad that our game of battleship represented something with much more serious consequences.
11.21.2004
11.19.2004
Further Developments
We are proud to report that www.freeduluth.com is live. Not very live yet, but live. Midwifed by me, Allen Richardson's Campaign Manager, it is the child of the Acting Minister of Information, Ironic1, who offers no endorsement (specifically, "Anybody but Allen! 'ABA!'"). The site will feature a blog. Just another example of results from this campaign. Thank you.
11.18.2004
Link Up With Your Drink Up
Please use the comment section to link the PDD world to your favorite music video's online. It's the best way to waste time at work ever invented.
See you in the unemployment line.
Oh, yeah. I'll get us started with:
Beck | Lost Cause
Gene Simmons | Firestarter
Johnny Cash | Hurt
11.17.2004
11.16.2004
29 minutes and counting...
... since my first Anchor burger experience. Currently cringing in anticipation for the consequences.
$3.50 to the one with the best Anchor story haiku.
$3.50 to the one with the best Anchor story haiku.
Who is your favorite?
OH MY GOD!!!
I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE!!!
THE EASY WINNER!!!
I can't believe you people let this post linger for 24 hours without smacking me down for forgetting Joel Hodgson -- the greatest prop comic of all-time. And I thought you people had my back.
11.15.2004
Thank you, whoever you are
On a long Monday of prepping images for a Tucker Rocky online catalog, it doesn't take much to delight me. I tip my hat to the writer of this headline. And, for that matter, I tip my stem nut covers (which are indeed bad ass).
Schedule of Events
Saturday, Nov. 20th, Declaration of Duluth Independence Planning Party
8-9pm: Manifestos Presented
9-10: Flagmaking Competition
10-11: Declaration of Independence Composed
11-12: Duluth National Anthem Composed and Performed
12-1: Bureaucracy Generated
1-2: War Declared on United States
2-3: Terms of Surrender Negotiated
3-4: Billion-dollar Demands Made For Foreign Aid
4-5: Easter-Egg Style Hunt for Weapons of Mass Affection
8-9pm: Manifestos Presented
9-10: Flagmaking Competition
10-11: Declaration of Independence Composed
11-12: Duluth National Anthem Composed and Performed
12-1: Bureaucracy Generated
1-2: War Declared on United States
2-3: Terms of Surrender Negotiated
3-4: Billion-dollar Demands Made For Foreign Aid
4-5: Easter-Egg Style Hunt for Weapons of Mass Affection
11.14.2004
11.12.2004
I love vintage computing
And you should too! Call me "old fangled" but this guy's tie is HOT and her knees are HOTTER! What's on the tape she's holding? What's he looking for? Where can I get one of those Sperry-Univac Model 345s in the background? Is his 5 & 1/4" disk still floppy? I do have a printable 8.5x11 pdf of this so email me if you want one.Here's another un-baci'd from the same source
11.11.2004
Allen Richardson Declared Frontrunner
Even before Duluth has formally seceded, Allen Richardson’s dark horse candidacy has surged into the lead, according to recent unscientific poll numbers.
"The secessionists have Weapons of Mass Affection. Well drop a love bomb on me, sugar. Now that secession fever has gripped Duluth, I’m looking forward to embracing my sovereignty. Maybe that way we can get a few minutes peace and quiet before the inevitable implosion of the empire to the south, the United States of … whatever it was. That’s why I’m voting Allen Richardson of the No Weirdos Party for President of the Free Republic of Duluth."
-Wilhelmena Wilhelmenason, 62
The candidate issued a statement.
"To the edge of the cliff - and beyond! We are the party to take you there. Unstable times demand unstable leadership. My candidacy is prepared to offer you, the free citizens of the Free Republic of Duluth, a non-stop barrage of contradiction and cognitive dissonance, including trials, a space program, coups and counter coups, Hillside named capitol of Duluth, and the secession of the Hillside from Duluth. Now printing currency. The barbarians are at the gate, the psychedelic submarine must submerge. All aboard! Down Periscope! Cocktails all around! Fire torpedos! Dive! Dive! Dive!" - Allen Richardson, No Weirdos Party candidate for President of Free Republic of Duluth
Put the dent back in President – Allen Richardson for Duluth President.
Cabinet Positions now available.
www.freeduluth.com imminent.
Declaration of Independence Planning Party, Saturday Nov. 20, Gonzo Science Headquarters.
"The secessionists have Weapons of Mass Affection. Well drop a love bomb on me, sugar. Now that secession fever has gripped Duluth, I’m looking forward to embracing my sovereignty. Maybe that way we can get a few minutes peace and quiet before the inevitable implosion of the empire to the south, the United States of … whatever it was. That’s why I’m voting Allen Richardson of the No Weirdos Party for President of the Free Republic of Duluth."
-Wilhelmena Wilhelmenason, 62
The candidate issued a statement.
"To the edge of the cliff - and beyond! We are the party to take you there. Unstable times demand unstable leadership. My candidacy is prepared to offer you, the free citizens of the Free Republic of Duluth, a non-stop barrage of contradiction and cognitive dissonance, including trials, a space program, coups and counter coups, Hillside named capitol of Duluth, and the secession of the Hillside from Duluth. Now printing currency. The barbarians are at the gate, the psychedelic submarine must submerge. All aboard! Down Periscope! Cocktails all around! Fire torpedos! Dive! Dive! Dive!" - Allen Richardson, No Weirdos Party candidate for President of Free Republic of Duluth
Put the dent back in President – Allen Richardson for Duluth President.
Cabinet Positions now available.
www.freeduluth.com imminent.
Declaration of Independence Planning Party, Saturday Nov. 20, Gonzo Science Headquarters.
11.10.2004
11.09.2004
11.08.2004
quick question
A question from an out-of-state exile:
Is the holiday-season themed Menards commercial on yet? You know the one, with the Menards Singers howling "warm seasons greetings to you all from Menards!" in a cheerful, yet strangely haunting manner?
I miss that commercial. I miss Menards commercials in general. The best commercial we have around here is for an establishment known as The Donut Hole, which has commericals featuring stop-animation donuts singing little diddies about frosting and road construction. (There's always a lot of road construction going on around here.) Not bad, but not as good as they sound, either.
11.07.2004
Something Pleasant!!
Here's something pleasant to help get everyone's minds off the elections for a couple of seconds. This comes from the March 1, 1910 edition of the Duluth News Tribune (I think--it's been a while since I came across it). Sounds like a fun time.
11.05.2004
11.04.2004
ANNOUNCING THE DULUTH SECESSION MOVEMENT
Free Duluth! Since the rest of the country is clearly batshit, we propose secession from it. Screw 'em. We got it all right here and we're keeping it. Reject the times, embrace your future as a citizen of the Free Republic of Duluth. Watch for a formal public declaration. Be a part of it! We need to finalize a name, design a flag, build a website, and elect a president and other governing officers. Make up your own office and run for it - we're free now to do as we wish. For Duluth President, I nominate Allen Richardson of the Gonzo Science party, running on a strict No Wierdos platform. Run your own candidate, make signs, flyers, bumper stickers, and buttons. Stay tuned for further announcements of contact info, official secession announcement, formal campaign launches, debate schedules, election date, and most importantly, parties. Preserve our unique culture from the cultural imperialism of our oppressors. All aboard! Next stop: freedom. Email gonzoscience@hotmail.com to help and/or declare your candidacy. And may God bless the Free Republic of Duluth.
Not dead after all!
Before you ask yourself, "what kind of stupid post is that??"... we've elected stupider people President. :P
Axis of Weasles
Okay, I havent posted for awhile...been hunkering in the bunker...IYKWIM....but I thought I'd return with a bit of photshop fun. Not my best work but you get my drift.
Also I found an Interesting web site about daily life in nazi germany.
"Daily life in Nazi Germany was manipulated from the beginning of Nazi rule.Propaganda dominated popular culture and entertainment.Anti-intellectualism was used to prevent the people from thinking and feeding into their strong sense of national and military pride.Finally, Hitler and the party realized the possibilities of controlling Germany’s youth as a means of continuing the Reich, and insuring total control over a future generation."
My feeling on this mess, The fundamentalists everywhere are in the height of their orgy of fear! Soon they will consume themselves and leave us to the global reunification with the collective unconcious we richly desreve...and pizza!
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