January 2011

[UPDATE: D’oh! YouTube took the video down!] Green Bay Packers’ Charles Martin body-slams Chicago Bears’ Jim McMahon in 1986. Martin was ejected from the game and suspended for two games. He’s dead. The injury to McMahon ended his season. That’s a terrible terrible choice by Martin. A friend of mine (a Bear’s fan) posted this

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Green Bay Packers’ Charles Martin body-slams Chicago Bears’ Jim McMahon in 1986. Martin was ejected from the game and suspended for two games. He’s dead. The injury to McMahon ended his season. That’s a terrible terrible choice by Martin. A friend of mine (a Bear’s fan) posted this video to his facebook page, titled, “Today

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Ry-Krisp workers in the 1920s. (MN Historical Society) I work at MinnPost HQ, which is right across the street from the old Ry-Krisp plant – Lisa Peters has a cool post about the company including old photos and old ad campaigns: “The durability of Swedish flat bread”.

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minnpost: In case you missed it earlier this week, here’s a little Friday fun for you: Minnesota video pros Aaron Dabelow and Mike P. Nelson put together this fantastic take on the trench scene from “Star Wars.” Our only complaint is that it’s so short. Fortunately, these guys have another four or five months of winter to recreate a

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