It was a hip and happening day here in the Twin Cities...

Things I missed:

1) Picnic in my local park with Ron Paul! Jesse Ventura was supposedly there too. There were about 50 people there plus free food too!
If I wasn't so tired from the state fair I would have caught it on my walk, they were less than a minutes walk from my place, oh well. My brother dropped by and took some pictures. They were handing out tickets to Ron Paul's thing tomorrow but my brother didn't get one for me.

2) The peace march on the RNC convention which started out peacefully, a small group of 10,000. However, after the initial march, a riot broke out. So far no one I know was arrested.

3) The last day at the state fair and the final fire works.


Things I did:

1) Had a power outage thanks again to the 22 month old who lives below me who has this thing about flipping switches in the laundry room. Practiced restraint when encountering child, her siblings and mom.

2) Went to barbecue south of the city, over shooting the exit by 10 miles ;-) because I was listening to Al Stewart's new CD. While there watched Gustave related coverage a very large satellite TV.

3) Saw a bit of the Misses McCain and Bush give little speeches, and was amazed to see that their faces above their upper lip had limited mobility when they spoke. I remember someone trying to teach me to smile for photos once where you just smiled from the upper lip down so you don't scrunch up your eyes, and wondered if that is what they were doing.

4) Was shown a pair of Z-coil shoes someone bought at the state fair which looked straight out of Toontown. They offered to let me try them on, but I declined. Supposedly they are really comfortable, but they look dangerous to me. I would probably get them caught on something. Here is the video. They even sell them in Texas and LA!

5) Saw lots of police on all the bridges on the way back, would have taken pictures but they seemed a bit stressed. They had big wagons with lots of room.

6) Spent time making my computer happy again from being turned off suddenly while in the midst of a few programs and downloads. Reset my tv, appliances...

I will post about the fair in a few days.