I got a break from this Texas heat last week and visited family up in beautiful Minnesota, where even in the heat of the day, it isn’t as hot as it is during the night here.
After some begging and whining, I got my Grandfather to take me to the Ax-Man surplus store in St.Paul. I have a memory of going there as a child, but now that I have a working knowledge of electronics I wanted to see it again.
Surrounded by bin after bin of electronic surplus bits, some of it clearly clipped off a circuitboard with pliers, I had a little guy-gasm. This store makes me want to move to the Twin Cities.
At the back of the store they have an old TV camera from a Duluth station:
Up at the family cabin I wallowed in homecooking. Here’s a blueberry pie made from freshly picked wild blueberries and a Danish rennet product called "Junket."
And where were these blueberries picked, you might ask? Somewhere in Minnesota. That’s all I’m allowed to tell you.
On the way back to Texas, I went through the Minneapolis/St.Paul Lindbergh terminal and stopped by the Senator Larry Craig(R) restroom. (it’s near the main food court, next to the "Royal Zeno" shoeshine shop)
Here are some ordinary Americans, unaware of how close they are to a vile den of anonymous gay sex.
Don’t ask, don’t tell.
Here I am, about to embark on a personal odyssey into the very heart of mind-blowing toilet-stall sex.
I had wondered how one could possibly have anonymous sexual liasons with gay men in an airport men’s room. But then I saw this restroom, which was clearly designed with homosexual dalliance in mind. The stalls are three dividing walls away from the entrance, and the facing wall is close enough to the stall doors to prevent people from seeing underneath. Which also discourages walk-throughs.
Also, there is loud, sexy music playing over the speakers to drown out moans and other tell-tale sounds (seriously, I am not making that up).
I can see how Senator Larry Craig(R) would have felt that this venue was private enough to allow public lewdness, but still risky enough to make the anonymous gay hanky-panky totally hot.
The Senator Larry Craig(R) toilet stall is the one with a bag under the door, second from the right.
I didn’t get to see inside the stall itself, because the person or persons using it were taking a very long time indeed.
And they didn’t make a sound.
