pinkmonkeybird

• Blogaversary today v.02

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  It was two years ago today that the Fraters Libertas guys convinced me (to their regret) to begin blogging. I shall celebrate by wilding in the park all day. [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2006, 8:12am EDT
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• News of the weird

  This story in the Star Tribune sort of lumbered up and freaked me out:
  
  The 81-year-old father of U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman was cited for lewd conduct and indecent exposure Tuesday for allegedly having sex in a vehicle with a 38-year-old woman, according to police reports.
  
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  Posted: July 26, 2006, 7:31pm EDT
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• How to make money at home

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  Sell all your stored up junk on eBay. [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2006, 3:17pm EDT
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• This blog is no more

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  Well folks, it's been fun and it's been a learning experience, but I'm trashing pinkmonkeybird blog into the ashbin of history.
  Readers will know that I've been wrestling with the lefty name of this blog. I recently rationalized that I should continue it, despite the pink name. But my gut [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2006, 7:17pm EDT
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• John kenneth galbraith, rip

  Today, at the age of 97, economist, author and ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith passed away.
  
  That this giant of economic history has only just passed now is amazing. He was very influential to the economic ideas of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But moreso, Galbraith was very much [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2006, 10:14pm EDT
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• I win "most eligible bachelor"

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  After much drama and suspense and a nose-to-nose race, I have been voted the MOB's Most Eligible Bachelor. I accept this honor with great reverence and seriousness and sobriety immediately after the ginormous bender I am launching tonight. Nihilist In Golf Pants points out:
  
  This is indeed an' [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2006, 5:23pm EDT
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• United 93

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  I just saw the new 9/11 movie, United 93 downtown at the Block E Crown Theater. The show times were designed to capitalize on the boxoffice draw, so it seems. Usually, I can see a movie at 5:30 and pay a measly $5 or so at matinee rates. This movie [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2006, 11:30pm EDT
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• MOBMEB vote

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  My good friend, AAA over at Residual Forces is appealing to the MOB's good judgment to vote for him as MOB Most Eligible Bachelor.
  He seems to want it more than I do, (sadly pathetic as that may be) so I endorse Andy as the best choice. Then, when' [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2006, 9:24pm EDT
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• Indeed, I am the most eligible bachelor

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  Nihilist In Golf Pants is causing my meter to jump to heretofore undreamed of, off the chart levels of traffic up into the 30s. Now that Brian "St. Paul" Ward is engaged to be married, he loses the crown of MOBMEB and a new clown prince must be found. [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2006, 4:40pm EDT
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• Lesson learned

  Lent is over, Easter is past, and I am now "allowed" to return to The Patriot am1280. But I've found that I am in no hurry to hear the steady stream of annoying advertisements there that come with the programming. And I find that I'm in no hurry to hear [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2006, 7:20am EDT
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• Happy easter

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  As I've mentioned, I've returned to the Roman Catholic Church. I think the reasons for this are just too personal to write about, but I don't mind saying that this is the first Holy Week that has ever meant anything to me and I feel very fortunate to be on' [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2006, 9:58am EDT
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• Sorry, preoccupied

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  I'm sorry I have not been updating this blog much lately. My days seem to be filled with things to do, and I never get around to posting. It seems that giving up The Patriot radio and its annoying advertisements has taken political topics out of my head. I've been [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2006, 7:52am EDT
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• I'm back

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  As noted the other day, I went on a road trip to Milwaukee. This excursion was a terrific idea. I really needed it. I traveled with parishioners from the Basilica of Saint Mary to see the aforementioned show. We also had dinner at an historic German restaurant and visited the [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2006, 7:40pm EDT
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• Road trip

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  I'll have to let up on my heavy blogging schedule as I go on a little road trip to Milwaukee. I'm going to check out an art exhibit on tour called Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes.
  It's actually something I decided to do almost' [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2006, 10:39pm EST
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• Candlelight vigil

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  The candlelight vigil in memory of the young man who was shot last week at 31st & Girard was not attended by myself. I had no intention of gathering with the bleeding heart types who think the answer to crime is to feel intensely sad about the senseless murder of [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2006, 9:19am EST
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• Uptown mood

  I'm afraid I don't have much to add to the murder story in my Uptown neighborhood. Other blogs and the msm seem to be bring out quite a bit of information.
  Tonight I had to work late. Rather than getting off my bus at the usual stop, I got [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2006, 10:36pm EST
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• Man shot in Uptown

  Rambix & the Red Star blog has this chilling report on a man shot in the head just one block from my house! [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2006, 11:15pm EST
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• SD60 convention

  My Senate District convention was held yesterday morning in the beautiful Lyn-Lake neighborhood, or as suburbanites call it, Uptown. I threw my hat into the ring to be elected Delegate for the 5th Congressional District and State of Minnesota conventions. With a little bit of help from a constituent, I [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2006, 10:43pm EST
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• Huge sucking sound in 5th district

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  That huge sucking sound coming from the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota was heard as soon as Martin Olav Sabo announced he would not seek reelection to his seat and will retire. It was written long ago in stone that the only ways Sabo would be replaced were if [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2006, 10:58pm EST
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• Mehlman & Ruffini

  I just returned home from my weekly gathering at Keegan's Pub for Trivia Night. There was a buzz over a blog event today. Ken Mehlman, Republican National Committee Chair and Patrick Ruffini, previously the webmaster of www.georgewbush.com, were in town today and met with bloggers.
  
  Triple A has all' [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2006, 1:18am EST
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• Dean johnson in the hot seat

  Dean Johnson is in the proverbial hot seat
  From the MNGOP Website;
  
  March 16 Press Release Dean Johnson's Credibility Gap Widens
  
  Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding Dean Johnson's serial contradictions. "Dean Johnson's misleading and contradictory statements have produced'" [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2006, 12:53am EST
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• "Rich loves stacy"

  This winterwonderland snow we were gifted with has got Uptown folks happy and inspired. The miracle of beauty this snow brings is really breathtaking (to use Dr. Evil's favorite exclamation). And you don't have to walk far down the street to see the inspiration the view imbues my neighbors.
  
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  Posted: March 15, 2006, 7:49am EST
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• Change of scenery

  The parent company of the StarTribune newspaper has announced that it is going to purchase the parent company of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In other words, McClatchy Company will be devouring Knight-Ridder, Incorporated. But because there is a law that forbids newspapers from gaining monopolies of media in [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2006, 11:03pm EST
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• Kennedy st. paddy's bash

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  Boy, Republicans can drink! And they can generously buy others drinks. I wouldn't be able to write these words if it weren't for the two aspirin I popped during the wee hours last night along with the tall drink of water I washed them down with.
  Regular readers will know [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2006, 9:21am EST
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• Intelligent guessing power

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  As I've said many times in the past, you cannot win Keegan's Trivia unless you are able to make intelligent guesses and win points for things you do not know. I had the opportunity of demonstrating this tonight at our wonderful Thursday night gathering place. My team mates were Kevin [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2006, 11:54pm EST
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• Lent deprivations

  I've been turning to my Roman Catholic faith lately, attending mass and saying my prayers. This Lent Season is a wonderful time for a Roman Catholic gone astray to come back to the church.
  I'm a little slow out of the gate, but I've decided today what I will give [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2006, 11:56am EST
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