MN State Fair

Yesterday I attended the Minnesota State Fair, the famous annual festival full of deep-fried Twinkies, chocolate-covered bacon, and alligator on a stick, among many other strange foods. It had been ten years since my last visit, and I nearly forgot how Minnesota politicians of all kinds use the Fair to their advantage during election seasons. The first stands I saw on entrance (after buying an $8 ticket from a scalper — the regular price is $11) were for the Minnesota Farmers Union and …

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The Wake’s blogosphere has recently gained a new cyberspace prophet. Jack Spencer, aka H.A.R.V.E., will be the mack daddy of the new Sounds and Vision blog, which can be found right here. His blog is currently separated from the rest of the web site, but hopefully one of the Wake’s staffers will be able to transfer the posts to this site soon and give Jack his own account. I am not up to the game. Anybody wanna help him out?

So far, the S & V blog features an extended interview with Cecil Otter from …

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