25 2006 |
Over at sex-kitten.net, I use big server mojo to secretly replace fresh-ground web images with Folger's obscene images for bandwidth thieves. We even have special ones for the new-daily MySpace jerks (nsfw), and I've been known to create special images for unique situations that require extreme humiliation. My sis won't feel such wrath, because she's cool and all that. Other than her also stealing my content by repeating links I've took the time to track down and lovingly compose into HTML myself. Hey! Wait a minute! My sister sucks! No, that's the lack of caffiene talking. She rocks, and she can steal all she wants from me so long as she links back. It also gets her a spot of honor at "Friendly Sites", in the right-hand column.
I've been through Pequot Lakes MN a bunch. It's on highway 371, one of the major roads through the Lakes Region, and probably what you'd drive to get from Brainerd To Bemidji. It exists in a space-warp for me, because it seems I pass through Pequot Lakes even though I didn't think I was anywhere near it.
I've noticed their watertower in passing, red and white like many others, but not striped. And what's with that 50-gallon oildrum topper? Ah, after a couple trips I realized: it's supposed to be a fishing bobber! Minnesota has a tradition of building giant things alongside the road (with Paul Bunyan being the most famous), but this is an innovative alteration for an area whose business revolves around year-round fishing.
If you stop at a gas station in the Minnesota lakes area, bring the kids in: they'll probably be treated to a miniature zoo/petting area. Near the back, or off to the side, will be the minnow live-tanks. They're usually semi-transparent bins, around 3 feet on a side, packed with little tiny fishies around an inch or two long. These are wild fishes, ones designed to swim as fast as they can to keep away from predators, so these tanks will be far more exciting than bettas and goldfish at WalMart. I maybe overstepped the 'petting area' part of this, because you probably don't want to stick your arm into the tank -- if you did, boy, you'd really get to see the fish move. I'm not sure of the legality of raising a shiner of your very own, but I'll bet you could keep it alive at least as long as the average WalMart goldfish. If the satisfaction of rescuing a tiny fish from impaling isn't enough, it could be the start of an exciting career in minnow farming -- boy, who knew stopping in a Minnesota gas station could be so rewarding!
I must say the bandwidth thief image for MySpace has class...far more than those who steal it.
--Jewel, 03/04/2006 22:35:39