Downsized Suburban Assault Vehicle

Laurie traded in the Odyssey yesterday and got an ’09 Toyota RAV4. She likes it, but the girls are still getting used to it. It’s a nice ride and should be plenty big for the amount of kid-hauling we do these days.

The Original Wailers play the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 30, 2009

Laurie and I spent the day Aug. 30 at the Minnesota State Fair sans kids (both girls had better things to do than hang out at the fair with their parents, though we plan to go back on Labor Day, last day of the fair). I really wanted to go because the Original Wailers, Bob Marley‘s band, were playing a free show at the Leinie Lodge. The band, which included just two of the actual original Wailers, Al Anderson and Junior Marvin, did a great job with the Marley catalog, plus threw in one new original number for good measure. The set list, as captured by my Twitter feed:
UpWithTheMooses
8:38pm, Aug 30 from txt
Stir it up!

UpWithTheMooses
8:42pm, Aug 30 from txt
I shot the sheriff!

UpWithTheMooses
8:55pm, Aug 30 from txt
Get up stand up

UpWithTheMooses
8:56pm, Aug 30 from txt
Concrete jungle. What a show… #Thewailers

UpWithTheMooses
9:04pm, Aug 30 from txt
Natty dread. Irie! #thewailers at #mnstatefair

UpWithTheMooses
9:27pm, Aug 30 from txt
New original tune followed by We And Them then by Pimpers Paradise. #Thewailers #MNSTATEFAIR

UpWithTheMooses
9:28pm, Aug 30 from txt
Buffalo soldier #thewailer #mnstatefair

UpWithTheMooses
9:37pm, Aug 30 from txt
War #thewailers #mnstatefair no more war

UpWithTheMooses
9:44pm, Aug 30 from txt
Three little birds #thewailers #mnstatefair don’t worry about a thing — every little thing’s gonna be all right

UpWithTheMooses
9:47pm, Aug 30 from txt
Heathen #thewailers #mnstatefair my theme song. Howa

UpWithTheMooses
9:55pm, Aug 30 from txt
Jamming #thewailers #mnstatefair I and I will see you through

UpWithTheMooses
10:02pm, Aug 30 from txt
Encore number one: redemption song #thewailers #mnstatefair

UpWithTheMooses
10:11pm, Aug 30 from txt
Encore number two: exodus #thewailers #mnstatefair movement of jah people

Better than a Pronto Pup or a Nut Roll on a stick!

One of the highlights of the fair, for me at least, was the Summit Beer on a stick, a flight of three Summits — Extra Pale Ale, Oktoberfest and Horizon Red Ale — served on a wooden paddle. Mmmm mmm. Above is a picture of me enjoying my favorite fair treat. Thanks, Mr. Stutrud. You the (beer) man!

Ohhhhh. I get it now.

Art shows what Cherokee Lite really looks like at the Minnesota State Fair. Yup, that’s right. He lost a lot of weight last year. It’s a joke. In picture form. Stop rolling your eyes.

Cougars in the wild. Hide your childrens

You might have read that the city of Seattle was on high alert and closed the city’s largest park after folks saw a cougar on the prowl (see photo above, captured by one of those DNR motion-sensitive cameras or something…). You’ll be relieved to know that the city — and its innocent, fun-loving young men — are now safe again (from The Press Association):

Cougar captured in Seattle park

Wildlife officials in Washington state have captured a cougar that has been prowling through Seattle and had forced the closure of the city’s largest park.
Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Darren Friedel said the cougar was immobilised with a tranquilliser and captured in Discovery Park.
Mr Friedel said an enforcement officer tracked the animal after authorities were told the cougar had been spotted on Saturday evening, the latest sighting in or near the 534-acre preserve north west of the city’s central area.

No word on whether or not the cougar was wearing a radio-tracking collar or one of those snug-fitting cocktail dresses.