Monday, March 15, 2010

Online friends becoming real friends

Through 140 characters Thea Miller Ryan has met a small town movie theatre volunteer, bird watchers,… [more]

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Life: One Year Ago

A couple of weeks ago I took a trip to the Bronx to hang out with some friends at the end of a busy workweek.… [more]

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Ethiopian Restaurant offers flavorful cuisine, sans untensils

The idea of eating an entire meal without utensils maybe enticing to some, while disgusting to others. … [more]

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Prepare for the biggest beer holiday

by Ty Omoth February 25, 2010 Columns
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St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner and there is probably no other holiday on the calendar that is more closely associated with beer. I found a short Irish poem (courtesy of Kashmira Lad) that sums up this country’s attitude nicely.

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Partying with purpose

by Ty Omoth February 23, 2010 Faces
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You never know where you might run into them.

One night they might be overrunning the karaoke at Chasers Food and Spirits, belting out Jimmy Buffett tunes and enjoying a few beers. The next morning they could be the sea of Hawaiian shirts and leis showing up as one of the best supporting groups at Mall Golf for the Special Olympics. With prominent members like Corona Girl, Mutt and All Night Annie and a club president known as Pirate Rick, the Parrot Heads of the Prairie might seem like a questionable group.

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Veterans advocating for renewable energy

by Brian Kimmes February 22, 2010 Faces
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University of South Dakota students LeighAnn Dunn and Eric Gage both served in the South Dakota National Guard overseas and it was during their service they decided to commit to another battle: climate change.

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Putting up with the mundane for the magnificant

by Geoffrey Nixon February 19, 2010 Big City Adventure

Since my return from South Dakota a few short weeks ago, life has maintained a steady pace of working, walking and waiting. Though I have three-day weekends, they somehow manage to get away from me. I spend the entire week working just counting down the hours until I can enjoy my weekend. Then, before I know it, the days have passed and Tuesday is upon me once again. After catching a few more shows, courtesy of my sweet internship, my evenings have been filled with the dull and mundane. Though I tackled my growing laundry heap and conquered Mass Effect 2, I feel like I haven’t accomplished one thing since February began.

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Becoming a fan 2.0

by Heather Mangan February 16, 2010 Faces
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Thanks to an online community, John Meyer became an Anaheim Ducks fan on Jan. 1.

In November, Meyer, of Sioux Falls, launched Pick My NHL Team to find a favorite a hockey team using the loyalty of existing fans. Using video segments and guest blogs to attract readers, he asked fans to vote for their team to become his team. His site gained national attention and was featured on NHL.com and AOL.com. At the end of six weeks, the beginning 2010, Meyer counted all the votes and was declared a Ducks fan. To celebrate, he attended a game on Feb. 3 in Anaheim and met many of the Duck fans who followed his site.

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Choosing home

by Brian Bieber February 15, 2010 Faces
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On any given Saturday night in downtown Sioux Falls, you can find a jazz combo playing a block away from an organ-driven rock band, or rap crew performing down the street from a symphony orchestra. But at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday night in December, you can sometimes still hear the hum of the streetlights between the waves of sporadic traffic down 11th Street.

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Valentine’s Day Special: Local Couples

by Lucinda Albers February 14, 2010 Faces
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Earlier this week I took to the streets to find random couples and ask them how they met. The stories I came across were, for lack of a better word, adorable. Enjoy this special Valentine’s Day read from your friends at The Post.

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The Post presents: In Search of Atlantis – The Olympics

by Lucinda Albers February 12, 2010 Featured
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The 2010 Olympic Winter Games begin today, but local Sioux Falls music fans can also get a glimpse of competition right here on The Post.

Local alternative rock group, In Search of Atlantis, went through what we like to call ISOAlympics. I met with the five guys and challenged them five separate games. Each event was scored and totaled to find the winner. Read below to find a more detailed explanation of each game, and watch the video to find out who the winner was.

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Learn to use a cell phone, please

by Eric Meyer February 11, 2010 Casually Unmethodical

There are a lot of things that have come to baffle me in this world.

Just trying to understand the basic elements of time travel has left me buffaloed, and sometimes drooling in comprehension. The enjoyment of NASCAR is a concept that eludes me like a win for the New Jersey Nets (How can watching a car go in a circle for three hours be fun?). Also, I mightily struggle to understand how people can be so bad with cell phones.

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Review: Tasty chicken dinners withstand economic woes

by Roxy Hammond February 9, 2010 Featured
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It hasn’t been an easy year for Lonnie Larsen.
As part owner of The Keg restaurants in Sioux Falls, Larsen has felt the pinch of a sour economy. With many customers cooking at home to cut back on expenses, Larsen has seen many of her regulars drop from a few nights a week to just a few days a month.

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