That is, besides enjoying soup, chocolate-covered potato chips, edible symbol's of Christ's death, and innovation in the movement for fat-acceptance pornography?
I mean, it is a strange place for a February vacation.
I got a chocolate last supper several easters ago and have slowly made my way up both ends of the table. Only jesus is left. I plan on a picture taking session followed by a delicious Good Friday come April.
I worked in an adult entertainment emporium off and on for a good number of years. The number one question? Do you think my wife would like this? Heterosexuals are clueless when it comes to sex ... not that I would ever point a finger.
PS, Dan, when you go to places like Grand Forks, do people recognise you?
Do the locals run around screaming that one of the most famous perverts in the world is in town? Do you get bibles thrown at your motel window? Do you get propositioned by closeted preachers ?
How exciting! I grew up in Grand Forks. March isn't the best time to see it, and the drive from the airport into town is hideous, so I'm glad you didn't let your first impressions ruin the city for you. Whitey's is wonderful--back in the 30s and 40s it was billed as one of the swankier bars between Chicago and the West Coast, though the post-flood building isn't as glamorous. UND has a beautiful UW-style campus, all brick and ivy and lawns.
Is there any place to find out Dan's speaking schedule in advance?
@2: One of Dan's links shows he's speaking at a UND multicultural awareness committee event. I'm not sure whether the "multi" in his culture is "gay" or "sex advice columnist." The whole press release seems a little off, as they're promising to present 'his speech, "Savage Love."'
Mmmm.... chocolate covered potato chips! It is good to know you can keep yourself amused. Enjoy acting your shoe size and not your age. And, have a safe trip home.
Ps. I hope your hotel has a nice cozy bar to cap your day with.
A old friend, who ironically is named Patty and who looks kinda like Fatty Patty, not that I have ever seen her in that exact position, would absolutely crack up if she saw this.
Looks like quite the quaint little town, but isn't it somehow blasphemous to EAT a cross?
Also, I had an article published today on the website I write for about being GGG. Because I was about to steal your idea, I prefaced the article by singing your praises, Dan. You can find it here: http://collegecandy.com/2010/03/04/sexy-…
Anywhoo.. have fun in Grand Forks. At first I thought you were in Forks, WA (home of the wonderful Twilight vampires) and was about to ask what the fuck was wrong with you. I take my preemptive wtf back. I'm sorry.
@16 Probably because it's less than an hour from the border and welcomes the many Canadian's that come to town on the hunt for cheap booze, cigs and the WalMart. Pretty much the same as any town on either side of the boundary.
I'll bet you didn't know that the whole Red River valley (yeah, where you are right now) was once the bottom of Lake Agassiz, a post-glacial lake that covered a huge chunk of the northern US and Canada. Those bluffs way off in the distance were the shoreline.
@Ness
Eating a cross blasphemous? Nah, it's considered one and same as Jesus, and Catholics eat him all the time. The chocolate cross is just a tasty alternative to the crusty wafer.
Come to Minneapolis, and go to the Smitten Kitten. They don't have a gay or straight section. They get that no sexual enjoyment belongs exclusively to anyone. They have an anal wall with fun things for guys and gals, a wall of things that go buzz, a huge selction of silicone friends for use with or without harnesses, and bookshelves full of porn. This is the best store ever! I can think of no other reason to go to MN, but it's a damn sight better than ND. And get the hell out of Grand Forks before the flooding starts!
By the time you finish blowing Fatty Patty up, you've passed out, so her "colossal" holes (how is that a selling point?) won't do you much good till you can catch your breath.
As a former native of Minnesota and a current resident of Florida... I used to complain about the sheer amount of snow and cold during MN winters but now I would gladly take that back in exchange for the redneck, gun-totin, Palin-lovin', gub'mint-hatin', you-negroes-get-in-the-back-of-the-bus, rhetoric that comes out way too frequently and way too easily around here. The midwest is cold, and it's sorta backwards (e.g., the sign in Dan's post) but at least they're not blatantly and proudly racist.
Grand Forks... One visit was enough. The chocolate place was homey, the porn shop guy funny, busloads of Canadian consumers amusing, but I was pretty glad to get home after my visit.
@ 37, I think you have to go through some process in order to have links post. But if you want to save time, just post that last parts of your links ("caylan/4066etc" without anything that precedes this part of your link. We can figure it out from there.)
If you'd only gotten here a few days earlier, you could have seen the sled dogs on the river, between Amazing Grains and Whiteys! You'll have to get back here next year. . . .
Here's a photo: http://mypixelatedoasis.blogspot.com/201…
as a fat woman, who couldn't care less about any "fat acceptance movement", i think the fatty patty doll is cool.. i think it would open minds because there are alot of men out there who like fucking larger women, even if lots of other people can't/don't believe that.. that's consumer driven proof right there... and if anyone got hung up on the text on the boxes of almost any porn product, they'd already be missing the point..
Oh Dan, this entry is fantastic. I was born in and grew up near Grand Forks, and for a short time during college lived above the coffee shop that is across the street from Romantix. Haha!
That is, besides enjoying soup, chocolate-covered potato chips, edible symbol's of Christ's death, and innovation in the movement for fat-acceptance pornography?
I mean, it is a strange place for a February vacation.
Has anyone ever made a big, fat, hairy man doll?
We could make it look just like Roy Ashburn.
You should bring her to the next Slog Happy.
Thank you.
Do the locals run around screaming that one of the most famous perverts in the world is in town? Do you get bibles thrown at your motel window? Do you get propositioned by closeted preachers ?
It's even more fun when it's 30° BELOW zero. Or not.
@2: One of Dan's links shows he's speaking at a UND multicultural awareness committee event. I'm not sure whether the "multi" in his culture is "gay" or "sex advice columnist." The whole press release seems a little off, as they're promising to present 'his speech, "Savage Love."'
Ps. I hope your hotel has a nice cozy bar to cap your day with.
Um, why is Whitey's flying a Canadian flag?
Have you tried his Facebook fan page, link can be found on the Savage Love page.
Also, I had an article published today on the website I write for about being GGG. Because I was about to steal your idea, I prefaced the article by singing your praises, Dan. You can find it here: http://collegecandy.com/2010/03/04/sexy-…
Anywhoo.. have fun in Grand Forks. At first I thought you were in Forks, WA (home of the wonderful Twilight vampires) and was about to ask what the fuck was wrong with you. I take my preemptive wtf back. I'm sorry.
We bear lovers suffer through your parade o' twinks on Slog constantly- you can't throw us a bone every once in a while?
Eating a cross blasphemous? Nah, it's considered one and same as Jesus, and Catholics eat him all the time. The chocolate cross is just a tasty alternative to the crusty wafer.
Come to Minneapolis, and go to the Smitten Kitten. They don't have a gay or straight section. They get that no sexual enjoyment belongs exclusively to anyone. They have an anal wall with fun things for guys and gals, a wall of things that go buzz, a huge selction of silicone friends for use with or without harnesses, and bookshelves full of porn. This is the best store ever! I can think of no other reason to go to MN, but it's a damn sight better than ND. And get the hell out of Grand Forks before the flooding starts!
Go gophers...
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Here's a photo: http://mypixelatedoasis.blogspot.com/201…