I'm heading in to Minneapolis for my morning at Camp Quest tomorrow—comments awaiting authorization may be held up for a while, so don't panic.
I may just pop in to the Minneapolis Drinking Liberally event tonight—we'll find out who actually reads the blog by who is surprised. There's also a Morris Drinking Liberally tonight that I'll have to miss, unfortunately.
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But please, avoid Minneapolis, OK?
With the Democratic National Convention going on in Denver, and the Republican Convention about to start in Saint Paul, I thought I'd pass on some helpful advice for Republican delegates and others who may be coming to town.
A few days ago I wrote a note to each of several trusted fellow political activists asking them to provide me with a short list of which of the many candidates running for Mayor of Minneapolis they would feel comfortable with winning this important race.
Yesterday, Minneapolis had a convention pursuant to the process of electing a new Mayor. Also, sausages were made.
Watch out for zombies.
Have fun -- here in NYC, we're getting clobbered by another summer storm. My sky view is a little limited, but I'm still seeing some really impressive lightning, and really happy to be appreciating it from the safety of my apartment. Now if only my power doesn't go out... I didn't even get rebooted by last week's storms, though the area north of me got their power knoicked out for days.
I only heard about Camp Quest two days ago on "The Colbert Report". Stephen had this to say:
"Well, Camp Quest, here's another activity. How about canoeing on a lake of hellfire for all of eternity? Sleep tight, kids." And here's the picture he posted with this commentary. How long will an aluminum canoe last in molten lava?
Michele Bachmann claims to have "raised math and science standards"
http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2006/07/dump-bachmann-exclusive-michel…
I'm not sure how pushing for IDiocy in the Science Standards helps improve Science Standards!
Camp Quest is a wonderful organization, and I'm sure they appreciated you coming there!