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Jason Walker

Minneapolis, MN
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5 years 23 weeks

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Posted on 06/23/09 at 12:02 pm in response to Circling Lake Superior, Part 1: Exploring new, yet familiar, terrain

Stay at the SalzburgerHof - it's on the Canada side closer to Sault Ste. Marie in Batchawana Bay. The lady who owns it cooks breakfast and the pancakes could be the best thing my wife and I have ever tasted. I still dream about them. There is also a good German restaurant on site for dinner, and the rooms are super-quaint. We want to do the circle tour again just to stay there!

Posted on 06/15/09 at 11:41 am in response to Iran's election: It's puzzling -- and significant

Very interesting, thorough coverage. Thank you, Sharon.

Posted on 03/09/09 at 11:49 am in response to Here's a niche business: designing fonts

There's a website called fontstruct.com where you can design your own fonts. Doing it will make you appreciate the time it takes to develop a font!
Also a great movie on the subject is "Helvetica." Came out maybe a year or two ago.

http://www.helveticafilm.com/

Posted on 02/03/09 at 12:58 pm in response to Star Tribune 'experiment' a 'success'?

I don't mind the combined sections as long as there's still some good local news. I'm still livid at the Strib for many reasons, like Nick Coleman's booting and Sid Hartman's inanity (is that a word?), but the combined section is not one of my beefs.
One and a half pages of classifieds is just brutal. I was interested to see on a recent visit that the Wichita Eagle, the paper my parents get, still has about 4-6 pages of classifieds - this in a city with a population about the same as...

Posted on 12/16/08 at 06:01 pm in response to Central Corridor supporters fear MPR objections could derail LRT project

I decided to stop donating to MPR when they watered down the Current a few months ago. It's not eclectic when you play the same Beck song six times a day. This story just reinforces my decision.

Posted on 11/25/08 at 01:08 pm in response to PiPress seeks unpaid leaves of absence

Michael, I'd love, no, I'd LOVE to see that happen.

Posted on 10/31/08 at 11:30 am in response to Even the Strib circulation folks hate Al Franken?

Gary, I don't think 80 percent of the paper's reporting staff has been cut (I'm not saying it won't happen someday, but it hasn't yet).
What kills me about the recent Strib editorializing is a complete and utter lack of guts. They have made no endorsements that took any guts whatsoever. Endorsing Al Franken or Dean Barkley would have taken guts. Endorsing, apparently, ANYBODY in the Paulsen-Madia race would have taken guts. Endorsing Steve Sarvi over John "No earmarks" Kline would have...

Posted on 10/30/08 at 11:53 am in response to Daily Glean: On Coleman 'corruption' claim, fact-checking the fact-checker

The anti-Madia commercials also have zoomed in on his cheeks to accentuate pockmarks. If you look at a normal shot of Madia the pockmarks are barely noticeable, but in the one commercial I've seen it's almost like they're Photoshopping shadows onto his cheeks to underline the flaws. Pretty sad. Not only is he dark-skinned, he once had - gasp - acne! Vote Paulsen!

Posted on 10/24/08 at 01:59 pm in response to Strib editor to columnists: Stop being partisan starting ... now!

I'm so sure that "all" columnists need to be reined in. Reusse and Neal Justin were probably just about to throw their two cents in on the election. Give me a break. This is obvious muzzling of Kersten. And if you need to muzzle her for fear of what she might say, why even have her on the payroll?
The Strib needs to just grab some cojones and give Kersten the boot. She has no business being any major newspaper's columnist and has no journalistic integrity or visible reporting skills. I...

Posted on 10/16/08 at 11:40 am in response to Presidential debate: The answer you didn't hear

Totally agree. I'd also like somebody to ask John McCain this question, just because I'm really wondering:
"Sen. McCain, what in heaven's name made you pick an inexperienced kook like Sarah Palin for your running mate when a laundry list of other people would have been safe, acceptable picks that could have further bolstered your campaign chances instead of flushing them down the toilet by trying to appeal to your base that was going to vote for you anyway?"
Now that's good TV....