Different Strokes

Kessler: Dakota Renaissance Man
Warren Kessler is remarkably unpretentious. His beard is a bit shaggy with a few grey hairs, and he is wearing a delivery driver uniform – not in an ironic way; he just finished work for the day. He is quick to smile, a little self-deprecating, and lacks overwrought explanations about his life and purpose.  Warren is genuine.

Anonymous: Taking a Byte out of Crime

Recently HPR blacked out its cover to make people aware of the losses of Internet freedom looming from proposed censorship laws like SOPA and PIPA. We have since learned that these laws that would curtail our freedoms of information and free speech were patterned after an international treaty that many countries, including the U.S., have already singed on to. The real threat, an international treaty called ACTA, has become more well known because of an online activist group of famous (or infamous, depending on who you talk to) hackers.

The Best Little Winter Ever

Calli Adamson Gears up for The Celebration
The 15th Annual Celebration of Women and their Music is headed our way Feb. 18 at 6:30 pm in the beautiful and historic Fargo theatre downtown. Each year, a group of local, regional and even national musicians come to Fargo to share their passion for music with the Fargo-Moorhead community.

Soderbergh Makes Bourne-Again Revenge Thriller

Frustratingly coy and belligerently reductivist, Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire” cooks up a story that plays to the strengths of mixed martial artist/American Gladiator Gina Carano. Parallel to the employment of Sasha Grey in “The Girlfriend Experience,” Soderbergh’s selection of Carano in the lead role laces his movie with a sense of expectation based on the occupational history of the performer. And while Carano’s abilities to scissor-lock her thighs around the necks of her hapless adversaries invites a certain measure of respect, the actor is devoid of the necessary skills to suggest any spark of self-reflection (talk of significant post-production voice replacement doesn’t help). Instead, Carano’s deadly agent, Mallory Kane, glides perpetually forward like the doll-eyed shark in “Jaws,” efficiently devouring anything unlucky enough to cross her path.

Buffalo Breasts With the Hair of an Angel

Welcome modest readers to the food porn part of the paper wherein I reside. Today we will philosophize, rub some breasts, get sauced and put our hair in the cheese.
Pancakes… football… boobies… pork rinds… waffles… Like the poet philosopher Homer Simpson once surmised during his ranting slumber:  food, football and sex (not necessarily in that order) are among some of the things that men dream of while sleep-eating their pillow.  In fact, in the male mind the very word ‘football’ conjures up images of tailgating, pizza, cheerleaders, hot wings and burgers. In other words, bar food.

Do Your Feet Hurt?

Part 2: Heel Pain Solutions
Plantar fasciitis—quite possibly the most common foot complaint known to man—is pain centered around your heel and can even run down your arch. The first few steps out of bed seem to be the worst. It’s as if a sharp knot is targeting the bottom of your heel (just where it is about to meet the arch) that lingers and worsens with prolonged pressure from standing.

Best Bests 02-02-12

Best Bests 02-02-12

An electric cocktail:

Erotic art, burlesque and the Red Raven
What do you get when you pair an erotic art event with the talented Bad Weather Burlesque performers? Answer: an electric current sending sparks throughout the entire evening, leaving you charged and visually stimulated. Visit the Red Raven Espresso Parlor Thursday Feb. 9 at 6:00 p.m. to experience that electric charge during their second annual Erotic Art Show.

An Un-Pleasant Experience

This week, the Cass County Board of Commissioners stifled the democratic rights of a group of people in rural North Dakota’s Pleasant Township. The group of 15 residents petitioned Cass County to de-annex their land from Cass County to Richland County. The group is unanimously dissatisfied with the Cass County leadership and asserts that their interests are not being heard concerning the flood diversion plan. The Cass County Commissioners swiftly squelched these residents’ opportunity to bring their issue to a public vote because they felt the residents represented a small group, when in reality, they represent a large amount of land mass in Cass County. The County stopped the petition request for de-annexation by relying on an obscure rule of government that allows the County Commission to be the gatekeepers on allowing this issue be on the ballot, so they denied the petition and prevented a public vote.

View the Meeting of the Cass County Board of Commissioners here: