Why I loved living in Duluth

I found this article & thought it funny because I actully had to drive by this place several times.
Duluth police pot holds pot

IRONY: Police attribute a dozen marijuana plants at the West Duluth substation to a joker.

BY MARK STODGHILL

NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Justin Hayworth/News Tribune

Marijuana grows in a concrete planter outside the West Duluth police substation, 5315 Grand Ave.

More photos

• Marijuana plant catches the eye of girl-watcher (7/18/1990)

Like all good reporters, the News Tribune's Janna Goerdt has learned to keep her ears and eyes open for whatever might be encountered on an assignment.

Goerdt accompanied law enforcement officials Saturday as they searched for people illegally using all-terrain vehicles in Duluth. She wrote a story about the enforcement campaign for Sunday's newspaper.

Goerdt also uncovered a dozen marijuana plants growing in western Duluth.

The pot wasn't growing off an ATV trail. And she didn't find it in the woods.

Goerdt found the marijuana growing in a planter near the front door of the West Duluth police substation.

You might say she was paying attention.

During law enforcement's briefing on how they were going to conduct the ATV sting Saturday, Goerdt heard two members of a rival news team talking about "something interesting" in front of the police station at 5315 Grand Ave.

Eavesdropping like a good reporter, Goerdt filed the comment away in her memory bank and accompanied law enforcement on the ATV crackdown.

When that assignment was over, Goerdt returned to the police station and took a walk around the building. She found the marijuana plants. Although she said she didn't know that they were marijuana plants.

She plucked one of the leaves and brought it back to the newspaper. "I needed some evidence," she said. "I didn't know if anyone would believe me. I didn't think it was a big deal. I just thought it was rather amusing."

Duluth City Gardner Tom Kasper was given the leaf for inspection Monday and confirmed that it came from a marijuana plant.

Kasper immediately traveled to the West Duluth police substation to inform neighborhood supervising police Lt. John Beyer of the pot growing in the front-yard planter.

Beyer pointed out that he, his police officers and the public use the backdoor entrance to the police station. The front door just off busy Grand Avenue is usually locked and not used.

"The only thing I can say is somebody has a sense of humor," Beyer said. "Now they'll read about it in the paper and say, 'Yeah, that was me.' "

Goerdt provided the scoop and Kasper did the scooping.

The gardener dug out the 12 marijuana plants by their roots and presented them to Beyer. They were 4 to 6 inches high and Kasper estimated they had been growing about three weeks.

Beyer said the plants will be placed in a paper bag and destroyed when the next batch of police-confiscated drugs are gotten rid of.

Kasper said this is the first marijuana found growing in Duluth that has been reported to him in 10 years.

But this isn't the first time marijuana has been discovered growing in a public place in Duluth. In 1990, a citizen pointed out to police that a 3-foot marijuana plant was growing in the northern corner of the Civic Center courtyard near City Hall.

For a day at least, Goerdt is known around here as "Janna The Snitch." She said she can live with it.

Define Irony

I think this is sick, twisted, and totally great!
Saddam's cartoon capers - Yahoo! News UK

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is being made to watch his appearance in cult cartoon South Park while he is behind bars.

The deposed leader on trial in Iraq was featured in the movie spin-off as the lover of the devil. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut featured Hussein and Satan attempting to take over the world together.

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said US Marines guarding the former dictator during his trial for genocide were making him watch the movie "repeatedly".

"I have it on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed him the movie last year. That's really adding insult to injury. I bet that made him really happy," Stone said.

The death Penalty + "pro-lifers" = the oxi-morons of South Dakota

At this point in time we are less than six hours away from the state of South Dakota legally killing someone. It is the choice of the elected people that we have that option.

I am wondering though, where the hell is Roger Hunt, Leslee Unruh, the Alpha center, New Haven, and all the rest of the "life is precious" crowd that pushed through a bill that all but says that women here in SD are too stupid to make their own choices.

Where are they?

They should be up on the hill standing outside the prison protesting against the LEGAL death of Elijah Page. But no, all of these so-called "right to life" people will most likely sitting in bed watching the news when 10 p.m. rolls around.

10 p.m. when Mr. Page's life slowly drifts away.

WHY IS IT OK FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT NOT OK FOR A WOMAN TO MAKE A PERSONAL CHOICE TO HAVE AN ABORTION!?

There I said it, yup I said the 'A' word. And I will say it again, ABORTION, ABORTION, ABORTION, ABORTION!

Why is that bad, but lethal injection is good? What the hell is the attitude here folks? "you can't kill them when they cannot live on their own but, once they are born & they screw up. Strap 'em down, hit the button & then you can kill them with the states blessing".

THIS IS WRONG!

How can the same people that say life is so special & cannot be wasted under any circumstance, turn around & support capitol punishment. And don't call a bullshit on me for saying that. As of 1992 over 76% of people polled that said that they were "pro-life" also stated that they supported capitol punishment.

Am I the only one that finds that odd?

Personally I do not like abortion. But, if my mother, daughter, wife, girlfriend, or any woman dear to me in my life became pregnant by accident, rape, or whatnot.

They should make the decision, not some 68 year old man several hundred miles away.

Mr. Page made some choices that got him into this situation. He also made the choice to atone for what he did. I find it odd that the only legal protest at this point in time is from the people around the other person that plead guilty for the murder that had happened. The thinking behind that is if Elijah Page is killed, who is to say the state will not come back & murder his partner in crime.

So here we all sit. Watching & waiting. Waiting & watching. While people tell us what to do & what to believe is right & what is wrong.

And all this tripe is attributed to the good of the nation, because as you know, we all are too stupid to know better. {According to those that supposedly represent us.}

I am calling a bullshit on them for that!

Blessed Be & hope for a new world to come soon.

In Honour of the season finale of RESCUE ME

I thought this would be a nice celebration of the ending of the season. NSFW!!! This is what Denis Leary did a long time ago before Rescue Me. We would play this song to start off boys night out.



Blessed be, Dr. Strangelove

Google Search, How true

I don't think I need to say any more than click below.

failure - Google Search

Frogs can't live in a jar

Tonight's episode of Rescue Me was really intense. I teared up several times. But life goes on & sometimes you gotta say "what the fuck"

I just felt I had to post this right now.

believe in what you are.
believe in what you can do.
Blood-lines do not discern between friends & family
Life is something that is limited. So enjoy it, not mourn it.

In the end none of us will make it out alive.

Blessed be, & take some time today to just appreciate the things around you.

Dr. S.

Just something {REALLY} stupid to post

Sorry blog-surfers but I found this really dumb, but fun.

The Most Disturbing Case Mod EVER - 2Loop.com

Just when you thought YOU were a lonely geek . . .

The Most Disturbing Case Mod EVER - 2Loop.com

Justice on the road

My friend Stu told me about this video of a couple rednecks being total assholes & harassing some couple in "his mommies car". And they videotaped the pursuit until they got a little bit of a surprise.

Put it this way, two bats cannot hold up to a Glock. NOT SAFE FOR WORK JUST FOR THE AUDIO. The vid is 6:30, and watch it to the total end. It is damn hilarious!

Just as long as Stu does NOT try this

It is an odd ball thing of a show

Fuse.tv - TV Shows - Pants-off Dance-Off

Fuse fans can escape reality and the local news by ogling the first dance and strip game show on TV. This show features all walks of life--young and old, men and women, fat and thin-- shedding their clothes down to their skivvies while dancing to popular music videos for the chance to win bragging rights and some hard earned cash. fuse encourages viewers to vote online or via text, Tuesday through Friday, to pick their favorite nakeddancer to make the cut, and the potential for their comments to appear on-air. Each night a new contestant will win the opportunity to go head to head on Saturday’s official “pants-off” to be crowned the week’s Pants-Off Dance-Off winner.

Playing with our minds - The paranoia part deux

They say now that there are over forty people detained for being involved in the "terrorist incident" of last week. But how is it that a 40 person "cell" of terrorists would be so damn stupid to get caught like this you ask? The answer is very easy.

Because they are not terrorists, they are stool pidgeons.

I find it odd that at a time when Bush & Blair are at the lowest approval ratings, as well as both Brits & Americans are massively opposing the war actions going on in the Middle East, something like this would happen.
This did not occur because of a group of Muslims were striking out against the United States. This occurred to strike fear & paranoia into those of us that have either become complacent, or very pissed off about our friends & family being killed for nothing more than a power trip by a group of control freaks.

So now we have a situation:

• that calls for people to show up more than 3 hours before their flight time, {Here @ SFX outbound flights start @ 6am, but the airport is closed at 3am}
  
• cannot have anything for a carry on except for medical & personal things that would be needed during the flight [asthma, heart pills, unboxed & unwrapped tampons], and your ID {ok, I a know lot of creative people, but I have yet to meet ANYONE that can make an explosive device out of a Tampax}, in a clear plastic bag. I see it like going to a summer day camp.
  
• Have to pack your Ipod, cell phone, laptop, pda, or anything else of value in your checked luggage, {BTW your flight insurance will not cover loss or damage}, because these things could be used as a triggering device for a bomb.
• airlines are canceling flights because people are too scared to fly, thus those who are not falling prey to the paranoia get totally screwed over because they have to change plans for a later flight
• tensions are flaring & people are getting even more biased & violent against those who are Muslim {well, they ARE the cause of all of our problems aren't they?} [BULLSHIT!]
• and right now there is more terror in the heart & soul of America than there would have been if this was an actual threat carried out
  

A friend of mine has a daughter that got stuck @ O'Hare because of this.
I also know of someone that was traveling in England & got a bums rush in trying to get back home.
I myself would be really pissed off if I had to dump my contact lens solution, shampoo, toothpaste & other stuff to fly someplace for a meeting, buy another set of the stuff that I had to dump, and then do the same thing 2 days later when I came back.

I'm sorry, but this whole thing does not make sense to me.

Why would they have multiple people leave from the same airport on the same day? On top of which, from one of the most tightly secured airports in the world!! Heathrow has always been a pain in the ass even before 9.11.01, and now it is a major hemorrhoid.

Now they say that you cannot have anything fluid with you on the plane what is next?

• no shoelaces - they could be det-cord
• no chewing gum - could be C4 {as who the hell would chew on C4, it tastes like ass!}
• no eyeglasses - you could set off you shoelace/det-cord by focusing the light from the window like a magnifying glass.
• no shirts with buttons - the buttons could be those things that ninjas have that they throw & create a big puff of smoke
• no hard contact lenses - because of the sharp edges you could slit someone's throat with them
  
• no belts - you could strangle or tie people up with that {I know some people that might even enjoy it!}
• no books, magazines or other reading material - one word, papercut
• no digital watches - the alarm could be used to trigger the det-cord laces that sets off the wad of chewing gum C4 that is stuck to the bottom of your shoe
• no life - a dead passenger can't kill the other dead passengers

I hope you can follow where I am going here. The current attitude from the powers that be is that in order for us Americans to be free, we have to lose our freedom & be confined.

And I am again sorry but,
that shit don't fly with me!

Blessed Be all, and start playing nice with each other O.K.?

The paranoia - SHAMPOO & TOOTHPASTE BANNED?

I just spent the last 2.5 hours building up a rant about how blatant that how can 30+ "terrorists" be caught at one of the highest security [Heathrow] airports.

Then Blogger died. I lost everything, links & all.

So I will try tonight to resurrect the silliness & seriousness of said rant.

I am really pissed right now [non-UK reference, read torqued beyond bounds]

Blessed Be, & don't PLEASE don't believe what is fed to you is actually good for you.

P.S. I used to fart around with flash cameras.

It is not easy, and can be EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND DEADLY to mess with the damn things. The battery won't mess with you, it is the other stuff.

And none of that stuff can be reconfigure on the run, [read they could not build a bomb out of the shit while in the air, more or less multiple ones in an aircrcraft lav.]

A stamp can't take down a helo, but Mentos & diet coke is still cool

I just got done watching MYTHBUSTERS.

The show focused on the myth {blown} that a postage stamp on one of the rotors of helicopter will cause it to fail. BUSTED!

They also did stuff about the Mentos & Diet Coke thing. TOTALLY COOL!

I LOVE THIS SHOW!

And by the way, do not ever EVER drop dry ice into a 2Lt. bottle of water.

It will hurt you. BAD!

And for inquiring minds, yes I am pissed right now {UK expression of being drunk}, due to finding out that one of the people I used to work with @ KDLT died yesterday.

Good guy, tough thing though. I hope his family the best blessings.

For everyone else. . . . .

Blessed Be & enjoy your life and those around you.

You really don't know how long that you will have the opportunity to do so.

Top 10 Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs - Or why Gateway failed

I found this & was quickly reminded of why most of us no longer have jobs with the failing computer company.

Top Ten Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs

By: Gregory P. Smith, author of Here Today Here Tomorrow: Transforming Your Workforce from High-Turnover to High-Retention

There are many reasons why good employees quit, most are preventable. From my years of experience as a consultant, I’ve identified a “Top Ten” list of reasons why people leave jobs:

1. Management demands that one person do the jobs of two or more people, resulting in longer days and weekend work.

2. Management cuts back on administrative help, forcing professional workers to use their time copying, stapling, collating, filing and other clerical duties.

3. Management puts a freeze on raises and promotions, when an employee can easily find a job earning 20-30 percent more somewhere else.

4. Management doesn’t allow the rank and file to make decisions or allow them pride of ownership. A visitor to my website E-mailed me a message that said, “Forget about the “professional” decisions—how about when you can’t even select the company’s holiday card without the President rejecting it for one of his own taste?”

5. Management constantly reorganizes, shuffles people around, and changes direction constantly.

6. Management doesn’t have or take the time to clarify goals and decisions. Therefore, it rejects work after it was completed, damaging the morale and esteem of those who prepared it.

7. Management shows favoritism and gives some workers better offices, trips to conferences, etc.

8. Management relocates the offices to another location, forcing employees to quit or double their commute.

9. Management promotes someone who lacks training and/or necessary experience to supervisor, alienating staff and driving away good employees.

10. Management creates a rigid structure and then allows departments to compete against each other while at the same time preaching teamwork and cooperation.

Interesting, isn’t it — that all ten factors begin with the phrase “Management….” Interesting, too, just how many of these high-turnover factors are preventable? My retention survey confirmed the truth of the saying, “Employees don’t quit their companies, they quit their bosses.” Thirty five percent of the respondents answered yes to the question, Was the attitude of your direct supervisor/manager the primary factor in your quitting a previous job?

Soft management skills—people skills—are the critical element in battling high turnover and creating a high-retention workforce or what I call, “retentionship.”

About the Author
Greg Smith is the “Retention Expert.” He shows executives and business owners how to attract and keep customers and build organizations that retain and motivate its workforce. He is the author of the book, Here Today Here Tomorrow: Transforming Your Workforce from High-Turnover to High-Retention.

Idiots, stolen cars, & how I almost killed someone yesterday.

Our little big city is growing up & becoming more the urban jungle.

I heading home from work yesterday. Just as I was passing Lewis Eastgate some black kid ran out of nowhere across 10th street almost getting hit by every car in all four lanes, {including mine}. After his passing about 18" in front of my bumper I then heard the sirens.

I looked over to see a cycle cop & patrol vehicle with another cycle cop a block away. As I then looked into the parking lot of the drugstore the only thing I could think of was cowboys rounding up stray cattle. I later found out the kid stole a car, crashed it while attempting to flee from the PD, then decided to run.

Things like this are why I choose to live here in Sioux Falls.

WHY You ask?

Because that crap is not supposed to happen here.

www.argusleader.com/ STORY LINK

Teens charged with car theft, eluding police

August 4, 2006, 2:55 am

Two teenagers were arrested Thursday afternoon for driving a stolen car and fleeing police.

A boy, 17, driving a stolen 2004 Pontiac Grand Am was charged with aggravated eluding, reckless driving and possession of a stolen vehicle, police Sgt. David Osterquist said. His passenger, 13, was charged with fleeing a police officer.

Officer Doug Flora spotted the car in the right-turn-only lane at Sixth Street and Weber Avenue at 1:24 p.m. When the car sped forward instead, Flora tried to pull it over. A low-speed chase ensued for 10 blocks before the driver jumped onto the curb and slid to a stop at Austin Street and Sherman Avenue, Osterquist said.

The driver nearly hit another vehicle by running a red light at Eighth Street to turn north onto Cliff Avenue, he said.

The teenagers fled, and police said they caught the driver in the Lewis Drug parking lot at 10th Street and Cliff Avenue.

The younger boy was found 30 to 45 minutes later when a resident in the 200 block of North Van Eps Avenue found the boy sleeping on the home's rear deck and called 911, Osterquist said.

The car was reported stolen from the 600 block of North Marquette Avenue at 8:11 a.m. Thursday, he said.

- Melanie Brandert, Argus Leader

THIS STUFF DON'T FLY WITH ME. ! ! !

I have a very good friend in Sidero. I met his older sister Meli when we worked together @ some cow-boxed-computer company. {I was almost hammerlocked into passing out when I asked about possibly dating Mel.} Sid is very protective of his clan.

I met his other sister a while back when she was with child.

This woman is a cool shit.

So anyway Chelle right now is in a BIG thing with the Colorado version of children youth & family services.

So please click on either of the links for HELP FREE KADEAN! or Sidero to find out what the hell is going on.

This is not something that should happen.

But, when it does. People must work to make damn sure that kids are safe.

And not false accusations at someone that loves the child that she born.

Blessed Be