You’ve probably been on the fence about something for far too long. You don’t want to make a commitment one way or the other. You’re trying to keep everyone happy. But you’re making yourself miserable.
If you think you’re not on the fence and you’re feeling miserable, take a harder look. Maybe it’s one of those invisible fences and you’re wearing a shock collar.
Make a decision. It’s going to make you feel great.
Let’s get back on track, shall we? Creativity! Inspiration! Laziness! Go!
So, surprise surprise, another new website. But, to show off my true laziness, announcing it isn’t even my scoop. The PlopList, a comedy podcast hub, has beaten me to the punch twice. Sure, I gave them the interview and told them about the website in the first place. Just, you know. I’m lazy, so I didn’t write it up myself right here on the website where I write about my projects.
But I did create the project! So there’s something. Anyway, let’s talk about it. Yeah?
NoisePicnic is a Minneapolis based podcast community focused on providing talented Minnesotans with the resources they need to create and publish their own podcasts. There is a staggering wealth of talent here in the Midwest. Podcasts are a great and easy way to share it with the world. I wrote an explication point after that sentence, but deleted it. Sounded too cheerleaderish.
The site was born when Mike Fotis, of improv and storytelling fringe fame, started up his own podcast for Metro Magazine (I wrote “megazine” by accident. The internet didn’t kill magazines. Megazine did!). But Mike didn’t have a place to put his archived podcasts and didn’t have an RSS feed.
So, I says. Why don’t we throw all our podcasts in a pot and invite other people along? And with a little inspiration from Wolf Den and Seth Godin, we were cooking.
Currently, the site has three podcast. All from the two of us. But there are three more podcasts in the works. And hopefully more to come after that!
So, NoisePicnic is in the Twin Cities to help create a podcasting community out of the already massive creative community. Also, you know. It’s also a good place to go if you want to listen to podcasts. That’s kind of the main point of it, right? It’s not just creative people sitting around and patting themselves on the back. That’s the Oscars.
After my email exchange with Tim Peterson took a menacing tone, I thought it might be a good idea to get the press involved. You can find the Star Tribune article right here.
With Tim Peterson publicly stating that his company will stop putting up illegal signs (again), it seems like this one particular sign battle is over. And so, as the nice guy I am, I am taking down the below Google review.
Assuming he truly has stopped, then my “continues to” statement is inaccurate. Of course, if more illegally placed signs pop up, then the statement becomes true again.
But, really, I hope this is the end of this battle. Feel free to contact SGT Peterson’s Boot Camp and take a class there. I have nothing against the business. I have something against illegal advertising practices. And since those practices have stopped, I don’t have anything else to say.
As the article states, we have the right to pluck illegal advertising out of the ground and off of utility poles. Keep your neighborhoods beautiful. Be proud of where you live. I’ll help out the best I can. You see, I get busy sometimes.
Hey, how about a non-snipe-advertising update? I have another website in the works. It should be up sometime this week or next. I’m excited about it. It signals a move from passively going after success with my projects to making an effort to lead myself and others to success.
Then again, it might not work. Who knows? I’m trying, right? That’s half of succeeding.
For the time being, it seems like this issue is resolved. Click here to see the current status of this issue. The below content is kept as a record of events.
This Twitter message alerted me to the fact that Lyndale was swamped with more illegal MPLSBootcamp.com (a website domain owned my Tim ‘SGT’ Peterson of SGT Peterson’s Boot Camp) street spam. I rushed to the scene and performed sign removal surgery on the road. The patient made a full recovery. You can find video and pictures of the procedure below.
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