Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.25 :: Alley-blog! throw-back post

A shot like this takes me back. Back to simpler times -- when the skies were cleaner and the rivers ran pure... when you saw chewing tobacco ads in places other than just above gas station pumps... when massive Dodo Bird herds roamed the Minnesota prairie.
Just a delivery truck, a pickup and a car.
Beautiful.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.25 :: Twilight

If you look really closely, you can just make out Edward and Bella down there a ways along Riverfront Ave.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.25 :: Law & Order

The order is implied.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.25 :: Art, not advert

Please remember that to preserve its purity, Alley-blog! does not accept advertising, only social commentary. Discuss.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.17 :: More decorating

...and the Christmas lights keep on a-coming to Alley-blog!

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.14 :: The Adventures of ULF Man

Run over by an 18-wheeler hauling radioactive cargo, young Mac Turbo not only survived, but miraculously gained amazing semi-truck powers, such as the ability to carry things super-long distances and eat super-greasy food at truckstops. But with great power comes great responsibility: ULF Man must be ever vigilant for his cruel arch-enemy, No-Zone.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.14 :: Christmas time is here...

Once upon a time there was a cute little park next to a very busy alley, and every year magical city faeries would lace the trees with colorful lights, and then go for incredibly long smoke breaks at the taxpayers' expense.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.13 :: The Dark Knight

Nice homemade sign outside the second-run theater in the mall next door.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.13 :: Holiday prep

The city started putting up Christmas-- er, holiday lights outside Alley-blog! HQ yesterday, and we're still chomping on Halloween candy!

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.07 :: First snow of the season

Anybody take Nov. 7 in the Snow Pool?

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.06 :: Chivas

A new boozy graphics package comes to the alley...

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.05 :: Only Smike?

This contraption is along a walkway in the big parking ramp (not the wee one made famous on Alley-blog! due to its infrastructural inadequacies).
Any ideas on what "only smike" means?

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.04 :: Election Day babe alert!

The only thing better than voting? Getting picked up by a babe in a sweet ride to go vote. :-)

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.03 :: Road trip!

We don't know for certain, but this bus is believed to have been filled with fanatical, bloodthirsty Republican operatives, sent to destroy craven infidels with flaming swords of justice.

That's the word on the streets anyway. Awaiting confirmation from Fox News.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.03 :: Introducing MVT

If we've ever seen Minnesota Valley Transport come through here, it's been a very long time, so I'm just going to say that this is their Alley-blog! debut.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.03 :: Two-dog night

One of the odder things I've seen come through the alley: a pair of dogs connected to each other with a harness, roaming loose. Understanding Boss was waiting for them to try to pass on both sides of a lamppost -- all cartoony style -- but no such frivolity ensued.
(Hopefully they found their owner before getting into too much trouble.)

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.03 :: Palin/McCain '08?

On my walk from the parking ramp to the office, I passed a local Republican Party temporary campaign headquarters. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought the giant sign read just "Palin" -- with no "McCain" -- causing me to jerk to a stop. Thankfully the heebie-jeebies faded quickly, and I was able to go on with my day.

Alley-blog! :: 2008.11.03 :: Putting the "P" in personalization

One of the biggest days in Alley-blog! History began with a great personalized license plate I saw on the way to work. Looking back, this was clearly a harbinger of much more juicy goodness to come...