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John Reinan

Minneapolis, MN
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5 years 19 weeks

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Posted on 11/22/10 at 04:50 pm in response to After brief breather, TV stations and newspapers facing huge problems

This just in: Netflix says it is de-emphasizing physical DVDs and putting its money behind streaming video.

http://yhoo.it/gmcavO

Posted on 11/17/10 at 02:44 pm in response to Christine O'Donnell's Masturbation Stance

Reminds me of the legendary headline we always heard about in northwest Minnesota (and very possibly apocryphal):

"Fertile Woman Dies in Climax"

Posted on 11/08/10 at 10:13 pm in response to Cargill's new logo: Why it works

Holy moley! You try designing a logo for a gazillion-dollar company! Let's see what you come up with.

Posted on 11/05/10 at 11:50 am in response to Fox9's Collins channels Fox News

Who is alleging that Ritchie is corrupt? And what is the basis for the allegations? I'm not being sarcastic -- I want to know.

Posted on 10/27/10 at 05:02 pm in response to Even small cuts in state aid can cause big problems for Minnesota's small towns and counties

Greg Kapphahn, do you have any connection to Fergus Falls? Any relation to Tim Kapphahn or Cathy Kapphahn?

Posted on 10/26/10 at 01:28 pm in response to Have we designed our way to disaster? An interview with U design dean Tom Fisher

I have to disagree in part about Minneapolis not being walkable.

It was, in the streetcar days for which the bones of Mpls were laid out.

I'm most familiar with south Mpls -- and there you can see the business nodes on every major thoroughfare that were once used by streetcar riders.

Think of corners like 43rd & Upton, 36th & Bryant, 38th & Chicago -- many, many others.

Now, many of these nodes don't function as they used to. In the old days they would...

Posted on 10/19/10 at 08:59 am in response to Day-after thoughts on the Strib Horner endorsement

Amen, Ray. I've appreciated hearing your views, informed as they are by your experiences living in other cities.

I read once that Minnesota has the highest percentage of residents, of any state, who were born here and have never lived anywhere else.

I was born in Minnesota and lived here through college graduation. Then I moved away and came back 20 years later. I always think it would be good if more Minnesotans got away and came back. As you say, the "Red Star" label is...

Posted on 10/18/10 at 10:45 am in response to How Graco is moving into consumer marketing

According to their spokespeople, this is Graco's first product aimed at consumers. However, it's certainly possible that the people I spoke to weren't around 30 years ago and there may not be a lot of institutional memory of an earlier attempt.

Posted on 10/15/10 at 10:54 am in response to Memorable guitar work puts the rif(f) in terrific

Don't forget several great riffs by Les Paul himself on "How High the Moon."

Here's a 1950s video from Alistair Cooke's "Omnibus" with Les demonstrating how he mixed a multi-track recording of that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rITJyZVTfy4

Posted on 10/14/10 at 09:50 am in response to A Minneapolis family: From $62,000 a year in income to homeless

You're right, Dennis -- that IS a lot of money. And note the story says that that the actual cost is closer to $300 a day -- meaning more like $9,000 a month.

A lot of money, indeed. Yet what's the alternative? Do you have any suggestions? Are we to let this family live on the streets until they die? Or should their accommodations be more bare-bones -- crude bunks in a barracks setting, with oatmeal and cabbage for meals, and no social workers or job counselors? We could save some...