Weird Posts

Lake Superior Aquaman Highlight Reel

Summer 2013 at various Lake Superior beaches and Lester River swimming holes.

Here’s a link to all the original videos if you missed any.

Lake Superior Aquaman Patrols Undersea Landscape

Free Jim Carlson

Welcome to Duluth.

(Image courtesy of Tyler Scouton.)

Kink in Duluth

The Onion:
Masochist dog enjoys being walked around on leash while naked

Mr. Nice in: We Have to Roll Together

NSFW weekly episode. Mr. Nice gives back to the community.

Here is a Duluth group doing jujutsu and judo since the 1980s

Mr. Nice in: Real Good Deal

NSFW weekly episode.

Mr. Nice in: Blooper Reel

Your weekly Nice. NSFW.

Mr. Nice in: The Telephone

NSFW. Tune in Sundays for new installments.

Art (class) becomes reality?

My wife and I were having the usual musings on current society over dinner last night. We were barbecuing and she still had on her iconic McIlhenny Company Tabasco Sauce apron at the table.

Somehow the conversation turned to the smocks we had used in art class as fourth graders. These were the brown, excessively thick vinyl ones that were festooned with others’ clay frustrations and misguided painting experiments.

As I pondered this, of course my mind wandered to how this could fit into a business opportunity. The thought of mega retail in America came to mind, and the image of the stereotypical subculture of the unmentionable Walmart shopper we all know and shun — those who still find Zubaz a viable fashion statement and forgot to not sleep in their Crocs last night.

That’s it! Smocs! (Say it whilst tilting the head slightly and gurgling like a 1940’s radio character.) It could be the next huge retail trend — and not just a short-lived fad, but addressing a real need to promote the lifestyle shall we say by averting those unnecessary food droppings that mark up clothing, etc., and allowing a whole generation to sleep in their clothes for weeks on end.

Rubberized industrial Smocs in bright colors for any occasion could make for an excellent business opportunity. Might even globally increase the sale of pressure washers as well.

Late July, Lake Superior

Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?

This short film was one of the highlights of last weekend’s Free Range Film Festival in Wrenshall. Call this an encore presentation.

Jim Carlson: the drink

Rim a glass with an orange slice and sugar (designed to look like bath salts). Pour some Jim Beam high-proof bourbon in the glass. Light that badboy with a match to caramelize the sugar. Shake some “spice,” a.k.a. cinnamon, into the fire and watch the sparks fly. Add Kahlua, coffee and cream.

The Crunchy Bunch News

The Crunchy Bunch DJ collective is releasing its third mix-tape on July 19 at the Red Star Lounge.

Grandma’s Marathon 2013 Double: Embrace the Suck

Eric Strand embarks on his second annual 52.4-mile journey from the finish line to the starting line to the finish line of Grandma’s Marathon.