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What is your opinion of the Eden Prairie City Council's rejection of the lease of Dunn Bros. in the Smith-Douglas-More House?

The Eden Prairie City Council recently rejected the lease offer of the Dunn Bros. franchisee in the Smith-Douglas-More house in Eden Prairie, to investigate whether another tenant might pay more. What do you think of the decision?


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Makin' bacon -- dipped in chocolate

I received a copy of a news release touting the latest in State Fair foods, bacon dipped in chocolate.

Sign of the apocalypse or no, I will try this when we go to the State Fair on Saturday.

Are there any other decadent fair foods we can't miss? Have you tried these oddly named "Pig Lickers?"

The news release follows:


Learn the words

Do you get annoyed, as I do, when our gold-medal-winning athletes don't sing along to the National Anthem. They don't have to hit every high note, just mouth the words.

Couldn't they load the Star Spangled Banner onto the old iPod and give that a play every once in a while?

Is this a non-issue, not surprising or annoying. Vote in the poll by clicking the link below.

http://www.edenprairienews.com/when-gold-medal-athletes-dont-sing-along-...


EP's Airport Crash Rescue Truck in action

Click here for Fire Chief George Esbensen's blog entry with video of the Eden Prairie Fire Department's Airport Crash Rescue truck and the fire it responded to on Eden Prairie Night Out Aug. 5.

http://edenprairieweblogs.org/georgeesbensen/post/568/


YouTube video of the week: B-17 takes off

The following video by "mnhist101" shows the B-17G "Yankee Lady" taking off from Flying Cloud Airport during last weekend's AirExpo.


Fun for lazy bloggers

Have you tried "The Lazy Bloggers Post Generator?"

http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/blogpost.html

Here's what it came up with for me:

"Goodness Gracious I just realised I have not updated this since last month... You would not believe my anguish at my misdoings. I prostrate myself in sorrow and beg thy forgiveness..


Youtube video of the week: "Home Depot Conga!!!"

An improv group does the conga at the Eden Prairie Home Depot. Check out this Youtube video by PlanBMN.


Miller Park's train?

The following is a letter in this week's issue:

Keep the train
I'm writing about the changes to Miller Park. Please don't get rid of the train. You can put ramps on the train, but please don't get rid of it.
Julianna Anderson

So, can anyone tell Julianna what's going to happen to the train? What are some of the specific playground improvements planned?


Mystery Science Theater withdrawal?

Having Mystery Science Theater withdrawal?

They're now posting "Riffs of the Day" at www.mst3k.com.

 


Live video from state golf tournament

Here it is:


Youtube video of the week: School of Rock

Watch a video from Eden Prairie's School of Rock:


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