Re: [Mpls] The biggest panhandler in Mpls

2005-04-26 Thread Seamus
I have the same questions Craig has, and I find it interesting that none of these have been addressed. I don't think this deal is quite as hokey as the one were Pohlad's contribution turned out to be a loan, but I do smell something fishy. Naming rights are the major thing I don't see being

Re: [Mpls] Flags

2005-04-05 Thread Seamus
The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, but he he also the head of state for Vatican City. As a world leader, it's not unusual at all for flags to be flown at half mast. I say this as an agnostic with pagan tendencies. Jim McGuire Como REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at

Re: [Mpls] Story reports Viking party reached City lake in 1632

2005-04-01 Thread Seamus
What an exciting find! Incidentally, what's the date today? Jim McGuire Como Doug Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the department of Stuff you Never Knew comes this: A Twin Cities anthropologist and scientists from Oslo have tied old timbers found in Lake Nokomis to a party of Norse

Re: [Mpls] The E-List Party - this Friday - the 7th - early evening

2005-01-07 Thread Seamus
Glad someone posted about this today, I would've forgotten. I'll be taking the light rail in from work and will stop in for at least a little while. See you all there! Jim McGuire Como REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before

Re: [Mpls] Mpls Year in Review, Unsung Heros

2004-12-28 Thread Seamus
Steven Clift [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interested in your take on the highlights of 2004 in Minneapolis. What was a step forward for the community? A step back? On a somewhat selfish note - One of my personal highlights was working on the One Day in July Streetfest downtown. 1500

Re: [Mpls] Restaurant LRT connections

2004-12-06 Thread Seamus
For the past couple months a group of U of M students along with staff at Seward Neighborhood Group, Seward Redesign, and a couple other organizations have been working on a map of businesses within walking distance of the Franklin Avenue Station. You know, this sounds like a website to me.

Re: [Mpls] Ward 1:7 (Tuttle School)

2004-11-03 Thread Seamus
I too voted at Tuttle School. I left work at 3:30 and took a bus past De LaSalle High School and noticed a line out the door and around the block. With some trepidation, I approached Tuttle School at about 3:45. SE Como isn't usually busy, but with the number of college students there is

Re: [Mpls] FW: Light Rail Promotion Idea

2004-06-29 Thread Seamus
The problem with this is that the hours of operation of the LRT are not conducive. The last train leaves downtown for south Minneapolis at 1:10, well before a 2:00 bar closing. If this city were trully sophisticated and interested in keeping people from driving drunk, the LRT (and buses)