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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Fast, American There was an auto show in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls today.  Most cars were American classics - everything from '69 - '72 Chevelles to drag cars to Corvettes.  There were a few foreign cars1 but they were usually stock directly (and for sale) from local dealers. I find these cars definitively American: fast, fast, and fast2a,b.  El classico. The inside of a drag car. The rims aren't big, but do tires count? Looking fast. Low flow. posted in [home], [snippets] 1It's funny how we all like the cars we grow up around. I'd love a Land Rover Defender 90. I also grew up around manual transmissions. It was awkward for me to see the fast looking Corvettes with automatic transmissions.  Of course, the owners would argue that these are as effective as manuals... 2aIn a straight line. Handling?  Whatever for? 2bA lot of what I know about these cars, I learned from video games. And they keep getting more accurate. 9:55:21 PM    comment [] South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center My first week in Pierre I frequented the municipal library to get online.  The parking lot ends in a hill that typifies the local surroundings. When K came for the week she showed me the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center on the other side of the hill, an almost perfect building for the environment since it is built right into a hill, underground.  The architect, Blake Holman1, inspired by Native American design, succeeded not only in making a building that was aware of its surroundings, but also one of the most energy effecient structures in the United States.  Inside I talked to a staff member of the South Dakota State Archives and he told me they usually see deer right outside the elevated windows. An ode to the female settlers of the Dakotas - posted in [home], [prattle] 1I couldn't find them online so I called their offices to see if they have a website.  The conversation was as follows: David: Hey, I took some pictures of the SDCHC and was posting them online. I wanted to reference the architect, Blake Holman. Do you have a website? Unidentified Male: No. David: ... Unidentified Male: ... David: Uh, [cough], thank you. Click. 11:25:22 AM    comment []

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