Those Loony Minnesotans -- "The Internet is Over", Proclaimeth Prince

Ahh, my home state -- the land of 10,000 lakes -- the land of those heart-breaking Vikings -- the land of underdogs (Minnesota Twins -- 2X World Series Champs with no payroll) -- the land that chose, of all things, a burrowing rodent (the gopher) to be the mascot of my alma mater ... the land mocked by its own in the movie "Fargo" don'tcha know (interesting side-note: the Coen Brothers' father was my Econ teacher at the U of M). Our state bird is the Loon for god's sake -- how appropriate is that for the loony schizophrenic legacy we have? The State, my state (I grew up there), definitely dances to the beat of its own drummer ... as Kramer says to Seinfeld, "We're Out There Jerry, and We're Loving It!"

Just think about it ... Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Governor, comedian and SNL alumnus Al Franken as Senator, bodysnatched pod person Barbara Bachman as Congressperson ... and on ... and on .... Who are these people? Who is this State? First, Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale ... and now Jesse and Barbara and Al? Oh My!

And, now this. Our beloved Prince. The Purple one himself. The man who single-handedly put Minnesota on the map in terms of music. He now doth proclaimeth that "the Internet is Over!" Tell me oh Purple one -- what do you know that the rest of us don't?

Fellow Minnesotans ... what will we do next? Finally Win the Super Bowl? You betcha'?????

Not if those Purple People Eaters -- our beloved Vikings -- follow the prognostications of purple power mogul Prince ...

I'll go out on a limb ... the Internet still has some legs ...