This week's YouTube video of the week comes from "epsafari." It's titled "EP goes to State in '08" and it features the cross country teams.

A series of last minute hit pieces have been directed at EP Councilmember Brad Aho.

First, an ad in the EP News tries to blame the current city council for an airport agreement that was signed in 2002 by Ron Case. City manager Scott Neal responds to the ad here.

The following commentary is from the October 30, 2008 Eden Prairie News:

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Commentary: Scott Neal Responds to Questions About Airport Decision
By Scott Neal

A local blogger stopped by Dunn Brothers, the controversial city-owned coffee shop that has been so much in the news lately. She found the stacks of Ron Case literature there near the cash register and more literature on the bulletin board. There was no literature for any other candidate.

Dunn Brothers is a government building. It should not be used to as one particular candidate's exclusive campaign headquarters. The owner said she feels "used" by Ron Case and promised to remove the literature immediately.

Please read the entire article here:

The following is on page 26 of this week's Eden Prairie News, in our "Looking back" section:

"The Nov. 13, 1975, issue of the Eden Prairie News reported that “Ring Road” would now be named “Schooner Boulevard.”
“Nobody on the City Council was pleased with the name ‘Ring Road,’ the partially completed major street which is planned to encircle an industrial-commercial complex at the highways 169-494 intersection.

My sister who lives in North Dakota tells me that over the weekend she played a game that was surprisingly fun.
She and a group of friends at a party, stood around a stump and took turns pounding nails into it. Whoever pounded their nail in first was the winner.
That's it.
Wikipedia outlines the ingredients for "The Stump Game" thusly (although their version is more of a drinking game):
* 1 Hammer
* 1 Tree stump or flat portion of tree trunk
* 1 2.5" - 3" Nail per player
* Beer
Wikipedia includes "surprisingly" extensive rules. Take a look:

Check out this video of when a student from the tour group I was with danced in front of the Eiffel Tower.

It's back to work today after a week and a half in France and Spain helping my sister chaperone a group of students. See video here for more sights and sounds from my trip to Europe. We saw a rainbow from the top of the Eiffel Tower! Have you visited any of these sights? What did you think?

Having Mystery Science Theater withdrawal?

They're now posting "Riffs of the Day" at www.mst3k.com.

Watch a video from Eden Prairie's School of Rock: