Mr. Heyworth's Blog

Favorite TV Show

My favorite television show, along with most of thie world, is Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld has given some of the funniest moments in tv history. The writing on the show was absolutely genius and the situations characters put themselves in were a reflection of common modern real situations. They show was extremely believable and yet it was totally far fetched. The characters of the show had so much depth and were so different from eachother yet they all performed and flowed so well together in front of the camera. Episodes of the show have been in syndication for years and they will still be in syndication for years to come. The show will be regarded as the greatest sitcom of all time. Seinfeld was an extremely post modern show in the fact that it was the first of its kind and and will remain the only of its kind. A show about nothing that had so much depth and yet so many people could relate to it. It was far ahead of its time for the length of the series. I hope someday to see a reunion of all the actors together talking about the show. That would be a dream come true for me.

LiRaspian Thinking

Minneapolis has never had a form mass transit besides busses and trollies back in the day. Other major metropolitan cities have Subways, ELs, Metros, and Trollies and I believe with the addition of Light Rail in Minnesota, Minneapolis is now officially a big city. It already was a big city but now it feels even a little more big. Since I was a small boy, I have imagined that Minneapolis would get some sort of track ridden transit. After being in Chicago and Seattle, I just thought it would be a perfect compliment to the City.

]]> After I officially rode the Light Rail for the first time, I became a fan. The ride is smooth, economical, and even entertaining(people watching). Each station I stopped at appeared to have similar architecture. There was somewhere for you to get off the train and then there was a waiting area under covering that you can wait in. The lights in the stations are the first things I noticed while riding. The lights were extremely bright and gave off somewhat of an abnormal glow. With these lights being continous throughout the entire line I believe gave the Light Rail a very modern look. The station that I actually stepped off the train and studied had a familiar sense to me. The overhang and the digital displays reminded me of the train system in England. The station I was looking at could have been in oxford and I could have been having tea. It was an errie sense. I believe that people who use the light rail often practice Somnambulism because the architecture and design of the light rail is absolutely splendid but since its maiden voyage, I haven't heard anyone discuss how sleek and modern the light rail is. People walk throughout these stations and don't acknowledge all the hard work and design that went in to the light rail. I believe that the light rail is a wonderful mode of transportation that we should implement vastly across minneapolis. A train going to ridgedale, a train going to rosedale, and maybe a train to uptown might breath life into the idea of mass transit.

Here is a link to another site dedicated to light rail. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/light-rail/

Yellow Arrow

Hello everyone! How are you on this steamy April tuesday? OK, now that we got the schmoosing out of the way I can do my assignment.
If I could post a yellow arrow anywhere in Minneapolis, I would post it down near the old pillsbury factory in north east minneapolis. I would put it the arrow facing the woods accross from the factory. These woods hide dilapidated stone ruins of what was the old pillsbury waterway. The only other thing to compare them to would be the stone ruins in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It is really a sight to see. I have been there quite a few times and I think a yellow arrow explaining that the ruins are in the woods would attract more people o go see them since I don't think many people know about them.