Paul Lundgren Posts

Duluth 2009 General Election Sample Ballot

Oct 14, 2009 8 Comments

You’ll probably be surprised to discover there are two questions on the Nov. 3 ballot regarding amendments to the City Charter. There’s nothing highly sexy about the questions, so there hasn’t been much reporting about them. Read the questions and you’ll pretty much get the gist.

Another note: There are more races going on than the ballot image above indicates. What will be on your ballot depends on what precinct you vote in.

A complete and more legible list of candidates can be found here. PDD presents this ballot image because, well, some of us are visual learners.


Politics

Captured by Robots

Oct 14, 2009 7 Comments

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In reference to the Captured by Robots show at Pizza Luce, I believe Lumpy G put it best: “It’s like Chuck E. Cheese meets David Lynch.”

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Music

Another “harsh online critic” of the Duluth News Tribune

Oct 13, 2009 26 Comments

John Ramos’ Cheerleader Blog presents: “How to Control the Media: A Rant.”


Uncategorized

Duluth’s western middle school plans

Oct 13, 2009 10 Comments

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Check out the plans for Duluth’s western middle school. Click here to see the PDF file.


News and Current Affairs

Famous Beaver Bay Invention: Sexual Armor

Oct 13, 2009 4 Comments

SexualArmor00234The Green Door, a liquor store and bar in Beaver Bay, has a framed tribute to Ellen E. Perkins. She was the inventor of “certain new and useful Improvements in Sexual Armor.”

The account on the wall of the bar reads:

Surprisingly enough, the sexual armor invented by Ellen E. Perkins of Beaver Bay, Minnesota is not for defense against assault but to keep the wearer from playing with himself. In her 1908 patent she calls the practice that the garment is designed to prevent one of the most common causes of insanity, imbecility and feeblemindedness – especially in youth – and equally true of both sexes. Her profession, by implication nursing, had made her very familiar with the subject.

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Fall colors on Lake Superior’s North Shore: Silver Bay and Beaver Bay area

Oct 13, 2009 13 Comments

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Someone left this for me to find on the footbridge across Penn Creek. Kudos to the artist.

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Fire on the Water – Firey photos of the flaming frenzy

Oct 09, 2009 10 Comments

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The Spin Collective Fire Dancers performed at Lake Place Park as the grand finale to last night’s Fire on the Water dance show at Teatro Zuccone.

There are two more performances, Oct. 9 and 10. See original post.

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Art, Photos

Kill the Skunk! – Plus open ranting in the comments about experiences at the West Duluth Kmart

Oct 06, 2009 17 Comments

Last night I walked past a house that reeked of a fetid oil recently sprayed from the anus of a West Duluth skunk.

Two kids, who looked to be about 11 years old, were walking the sidewalk toward the odiferous house as I was walking away. They seemed to know that something was going on. Another kid, maybe two years younger, came from across the street and shouted, “Did they kill the skunk yet?”

“No, but they’re about to,” one of the other kids answered.

“Awesome!” the younger kid yelled with great enthusiasm, running over to join them.

I continued on my way, as I often do in these situations, only to wonder later why I didn’t hang around for the full story. It seems that, at some point in my life, getting to Kmart became more important than witnessing an execution.


R.I.P.

Red, White and Bruised – Harbor City Rollerdames

Oct 05, 2009 6 Comments

Harbor City Rollerdames video courtesy the Dusu.


Sports, Videos

Go Twins!

Oct 04, 2009 1 Comment

The Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers are tied for the American League Central Division Championship. The Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 today, and the Twins topped the Kansas City Royals 13-4.

The tie-breaking Twins/Tigers game will be on Tuesday, 4 p.m., at the Metrodome, about 17 hours after the Viking/Packer game ends. Quite a back-to-back lineup.


News and Current Affairs, Sports

If the Vikings lose to the Packers, I’m blaming it on the lame new name of the field

Oct 01, 2009 11 Comments

“Branding the field [at the Metrodome] as Mall of America Field represents an opportunity to share our name and image with an even larger nationwide audience. It also connects two treasured Minnesota brands – Mall of America and the Minnesota Vikings – which adds value to both companies.”

–Maureen Bausch, executive vice president of making people want to puke

Read more here, if you can stomach it.


Sports

Duluth News Tribune paid circulation dropped nearly 16 percent in past year

Oct 01, 2009 60 Comments

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The Duluth News Tribune is seeing its readers migrate to the Internet faster than ever before. Paid distribution of its Monday through Saturday print editions dropped 15.8 percent from Fall 2008 to Fall 2009.

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The Sunday edition saw a 13 percent drop during the same period.

Source: Duluth News Tribune Statements of Ownership, Management and Circulation


Random ,

Moose on the Loose at Deer River High

Sep 30, 2009 2 Comments

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From WCCO:

“Students at Deer River High School got a surprise nature lesson without leaving the classroom after spotting a moose wandering around the school’s bus garage.”

Photo gallery here.

Deer River is about 100 miles northwest of Duluth.


Outdoors

Iran will allow Swiss access to detained hikers

Sep 29, 2009 1 Comment

Associated Press story via KARE 11 TV.


News and Current Affairs

Brian Olson’s mural of the Palace Theater

Sep 29, 2009 25 Comments

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Two blocks from the site of the old Palace Theater in Superior is the new Palace Theater, a painting of the old one. Brian Olson created this mural on the back side of the Douglas County Historical Society building.

Pretty sweet.


Art, History