tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.comments2024-03-07T13:59:34.249-05:00Dr. Caligari's CabinetKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comBlogger939125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-28215207171298433162024-03-07T11:11:02.859-05:002024-03-07T11:11:02.859-05:00Our little town boasts a very cool and funky coffe...Our little town boasts a very cool and funky coffee shop called Goodbye Blue Monday. It's a popular hangout for townies and college kids alike. I am indebted to the good Dr for teaching me the origin of the name.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-48259567889037927002024-03-05T01:58:48.190-05:002024-03-05T01:58:48.190-05:00Wow! So insightful. Wow! So insightful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-72202217186463283902024-03-05T01:58:25.965-05:002024-03-05T01:58:25.965-05:00Absolutely fantastic article! Loved all the innuen...Absolutely fantastic article! Loved all the innuendos. Very well-written.<br /><br />S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-50814030997852602382024-02-02T11:19:59.916-05:002024-02-02T11:19:59.916-05:00Idi Amin appeared on the old Richard Prior TV show...Idi Amin appeared on the old Richard Prior TV show and gave an impassioned defense of himself and his country and his culinary preferences.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20w3XY1uMVE<br /> Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-45024109547717130632024-01-14T14:43:37.185-05:002024-01-14T14:43:37.185-05:00But it's so delicious slightly sauteed with a ...But it's so delicious slightly sauteed with a little butter sauceKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-90248555781444411272024-01-14T10:02:56.292-05:002024-01-14T10:02:56.292-05:00The julienne calendar I got is difficult to read b...The julienne calendar I got is difficult to read because the pages are so long and thin...Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-80813186905620057102023-12-22T18:04:20.870-05:002023-12-22T18:04:20.870-05:00Thank you for the smack in the back of my head, I ...Thank you for the smack in the back of my head, I needed one. And we are remembering to listen to the great Tom Waits tune "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis."<br /><br />Merry Christmas to one and all of my bunkies!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-38716125939900642182023-12-22T11:23:39.183-05:002023-12-22T11:23:39.183-05:00The happiest of holidays to the good Dr. and all h...The happiest of holidays to the good Dr. and all his minions. Keep up the good work (and please accept this is a friendly long-distance smack upside the head).Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-43746986701692322082023-12-08T10:19:08.972-05:002023-12-08T10:19:08.972-05:00My first honeymoon (yes, there have been two) was ...My first honeymoon (yes, there have been two) was spent at the Palmer House in Chicago. There was an excellent record store around the corner where we spent too much. I do not recall the famous brownies.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-58435306206627139072023-12-02T11:24:50.543-05:002023-12-02T11:24:50.543-05:00The airplanes shown on the postcard from NY Munici...The airplanes shown on the postcard from NY Municipal Airport appear to be Douglas DC-3s. The military version of that plane was called the the C-47, which my dad piloted in WWII. There were no stewardesses on the C-47; the crew had to bring their own damn coffee.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-86877826792076819622023-11-17T10:31:01.951-05:002023-11-17T10:31:01.951-05:00Jane Pauley and I graduated from the same universi...Jane Pauley and I graduated from the same university in the same year. So far as I know, we only had one class together -- a second-year course in expository writing. No seats in that classroom were blown up to provide a more compelling story.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-66214065591783881682023-11-15T11:31:06.836-05:002023-11-15T11:31:06.836-05:00I'm sure that have a hearty laugh over the sce...I'm sure that have a hearty laugh over the scene. And it's makes a nice holiday gift.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-59893904042080316242023-11-15T11:15:13.263-05:002023-11-15T11:15:13.263-05:00The Nordic Ware factory is in Saint Louis Park, MN...The Nordic Ware factory is in Saint Louis Park, MN (a suburb of Minneapolis). You can shop in the factory store and choose from a dizzying variety of Bundt pans -- aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, cast iron, etc. The nice folks at Nordic Ware are at pains to point out that the word "Bundt" is a registered trademark. I do not know whether the Nordic Ware execs laugh or cringe at that movie scene.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-29534073525054102932023-11-05T16:45:29.202-05:002023-11-05T16:45:29.202-05:00I feel doubly embarrassed, he had set me straight ...I feel doubly embarrassed, he had set me straight on this fact, last year I believe. I hang my head in shame.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-77967210490990506382023-11-05T09:48:07.419-05:002023-11-05T09:48:07.419-05:00The Metropolitan Sports Center -- site of the famo...The Metropolitan Sports Center -- site of the famous "Elvis has left the building" announcement -- is in Bloomington, MN, not Minneapolis. Bloomingtonians get testy when this frequent mistake is made. The Metropolitan Sports Center was demolished to make way for that other Bloomington atrocity, the Mall of America. Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-58244391959051402572023-10-15T11:33:11.923-04:002023-10-15T11:33:11.923-04:00Once again you are the font of all knowledge. I en...Once again you are the font of all knowledge. I enjoy the joke immensely. I'd like to think St. Teresa would be doing that,Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-8375875492000667762023-10-15T10:32:20.318-04:002023-10-15T10:32:20.318-04:00The cathedral in Avila, Spain displays one of St. ...The cathedral in Avila, Spain displays one of St. Teresa's fingers in a glass case. I do not know which finger. (There's a joke about her giving the church the finger, but you didn't hear it from me.)Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-19426157843198743202023-10-13T10:28:03.939-04:002023-10-13T10:28:03.939-04:00A surprisingly modern church in the ancient seasid...A surprisingly modern church in the ancient seaside town of Giardini Naxos, Sicily, the Church of St. Mary Immaculate displays an "authentic reproduction" of the Shroud of Turin. Some of relics displayed nearby were all too authentic for my tastes.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-8537753865473331642023-10-05T10:28:41.133-04:002023-10-05T10:28:41.133-04:00A few years after his walk around the globe, Dave ...A few years after his walk around the globe, Dave Kunst came to our son's elementary school (about 40 Miles from Waseca) to give a presentation. Somewhat disappointingly, he drove to the event.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-85869367623525667392023-08-27T19:46:48.095-04:002023-08-27T19:46:48.095-04:00Dave Frishberg, a very clever songwriter from St. ...Dave Frishberg, a very clever songwriter from St. Paul, wrote one about Zanzibar. Perhaps it could be featured on the next anniversary of the war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRA5yJUte4c<br />Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-63990947131112791372023-08-20T14:20:07.960-04:002023-08-20T14:20:07.960-04:00Way back in my undergrad days as a Radio and Telev...Way back in my undergrad days as a Radio and Television minor, we were taught that KDKA Pittsburgh was the first commercial radio station. The FCC official web site also lists KDKA as the first. As a youth, I listened to WWJ Detroit's broadcasts of Tigers games, prompting may parents to get me an Al Kaline bat. Happy radio day, Dr. C.!Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-57641876066149676482023-07-10T18:11:27.491-04:002023-07-10T18:11:27.491-04:00Jim, you are a true America!Jim, you are a true America!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-1038120254327833852023-07-10T11:14:45.049-04:002023-07-10T11:14:45.049-04:00In high school, we discovered that the handles of ...In high school, we discovered that the handles of the cafeteria spoons could be jammed into the coin slots of downtown parking meters to register an hour of paid time. We self-described meter mashers were lunchtime heroes to many. Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-84460776152413144462023-06-22T13:52:44.884-04:002023-06-22T13:52:44.884-04:00I would not wanted to have pissed off Anthony Quin...I would not wanted to have pissed off Anthony Quinn.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024733535794127.post-55045029080352960132023-06-22T11:39:12.887-04:002023-06-22T11:39:12.887-04:00Some scenes in The Guns of Navarone were filmed on...Some scenes in The Guns of Navarone were filmed on the island of Rhodes. Anthony Quinn liked the setting so much he bought a big house there. When he tried to close the beach on his property to outsiders, he was told firmly that the entire coastline of Rhodes is considered public property. He wasn't happy. Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.com