Stars Wars, Legos and the Mall of America
This morning, after sleeping in, I did a bit of blogging, then took my hostess out to lunch with a Twin Cities blogress, Peg Kaplan at a restaurant at the Mall of America before meeting the fetching Carlos to visit the amusement park area in the Mall’s atrium.
No sooner did we ride a roller coaster where that fair Texan treated us to some rather colorful language than I spotted a Lego store with cool Lego dinosaur sculptures. Turns out Carlos was also a fan of those interlocking building blocks, having, just like yours truly, delighted in building Lego houses as a child.
WOW!! WhY didn’t they have stores like this when I was growing up? Â Well, another good thing about nieces and nephews.
Anyway, as a Star Wars fan, I took particular note of these sculptures:
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Is camp Snoopy still there? with the Paul Bunyan log ride? I remember, as we floated under Bunyan and his faithful Blue, looking up and discovering that the giant ox was unfortunately anitomically correct. talk about blue balls.
First time in a LEGO store, eh? My favorite part is that you can buy bricks in any size and color by the bucketfull.
Comment by American Elephant — September 6, 2008 @ 7:59 am - September 6, 2008
You should like this place, then:
http://www.fbtb.net/
This is where I like to hang out:
http://www.classic-castle.com/
Alan
Comment by Alan — September 6, 2008 @ 1:04 pm - September 6, 2008
Because, GPW, you and I grew up during the Seventies, when our parents’ disposable income was sucked up by double-digit interest rates on houses, energy cost increases well in excess of what we see today, and stagflation, where inflation went up and economic growth went down.
It was also known as the Carter era — or, put differently, the teaser for Obamanomics.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — September 6, 2008 @ 3:00 pm - September 6, 2008
I also grew up in that time so I know that your analysis, NDT, is total crap. Funny how you can blaim Carter who was in for one 4 year term for all the ills back then but when anyone dares to blame the almighty Reagan or the current idiot for the ills of the country during their terms all of a sudden it’s Congress or this or that, anything but the President. Carter wasn’t great but he inherited the fallout of a scumbag administration, just like the next President will. He had more morals in is pink finger than any of those that have followed him - and I am including Clinton. Some of you piss your pants because he doesn’t follow the adoration of Israel (which is actually just for show, the people of that country mean nothing to you), because it’s so horrible that someone would consider the lives of all people important not just those needed for political gain.
Comment by Dave — September 7, 2008 @ 11:21 am - September 7, 2008
we love legos. it is just that it takes so long to build something of substance.
Comment by michael — September 7, 2008 @ 10:48 pm - September 7, 2008
#4 - Especially when you have the intellect of a five-year-old.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — September 7, 2008 @ 11:33 pm - September 7, 2008
Funny how you can blaim Carter who was in for one 4 year term for all the ills back then but when anyone dares to blame the almighty Reagan or the current idiot for the ills of the country during their terms all of a sudden it’s Congress or this or that, anything but the President.
I am quite happy to put both Reagan’s and Bush’s economic records up against Carter’s.
Furthermore, given that Bush inherited the Clinton recession that began in the summer of 2000, why wouldn’t you include that as well?
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — September 8, 2008 @ 12:11 am - September 8, 2008
#4 - Especially when you have the intellect of a five-year-old.
Regards,
Peter H.
oh grow up and knock off the ad hominem bs
Comment by michael — September 8, 2008 @ 11:03 am - September 8, 2008
#7 - I would have figured the electricity in your shanty had gone out from hurricane flooding. Are you posting from the public library in the closest town with a population of 100 or more?
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — September 8, 2008 @ 11:06 am - September 8, 2008
naw, but did start a fire this morning to drink coffee by.
Comment by michael — September 8, 2008 @ 3:37 pm - September 8, 2008