Posted in analysis, midwest living, writing on March 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’m a blog thief today. This idea comes from gentiana from her blog “Headfile.”
Go ahead, try to come up with 10 really unique things that no one else is likely able to say they’ve done as well.
1) I cycled across the state of Iowa
2) I shook the hand of former Vice President Walter Mondale
3) I [...]
Posted in analysis, food, supplements, vegetable on November 4, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Who on the planet pulled a parsnip from the ground and thought, “Hmm. This looks good. Let’s eat!”?
Perhaps one of the ugliest of all root vegetables, parsnips are downright unappealing as a potential food item. No wonder all recommendations are to cube these suckers into small bits and cook them to death!
While they [...]
Posted in alternative music, analysis, color, music, rock and roll on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Blue represents oceans, skies, the uniform color of Union soldiers, alcoholic beverages, and moods. A government funded study indicated that blue (or shades thereof) is the most often cited “favorite” color by a majority of people surveyed.
Blue has long been the subject of artists who write and perform poetry, lyricists and musicians. The following [...]
Posted in Super hero, analysis, careers, celebrities, games, humor, thinking on September 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Your Superpower Should Be Manipulating Electricity
You’re highly reactive, energetic, and super charged.
If the occasion calls for it, you can go from 0 to 60 in a split second. But you don’t harness your energy unless you truly need to.
And because of this, people are often surprised by what you are capable of.
Why you would [...]
Posted in Minneapolis, analysis, careers, communications, life, public relations, work on August 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Work should never feel like work.
To pay my way through college, I labored long summer hours for a moving company owned by my next door neighbor. It was the dirtiest, hottest, most physically challenging work I’ve ever done (far more difficult than completing a sprint triathlon). For $6.25 an hour I worked 70 hour weeks during [...]
Posted in John Stewart, Minneapolis, The Daily Show, analysis, celebrities, culture, entertainment, games, humor, politics, sex on August 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Games We Played
When I ran across this list of childhood games - adjusted for those of us now crossing over into adulthood - I couldn’t resist posting them here:
1. Sag, you’re It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. Twenty questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says bend over.
6. Musical [...]
Posted in analysis, celebrities, humor, politics, television, war on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Chris Matthews, host of CNBC’s “Hardball” program, may not be anyone’s favorite political pundit, but as a guest on “The Tonight Show,” Aug. 22, he explained in under five minutes his views on both Republican and Democrat options for president as well as what’s wrong with Bush and his love affair with the Iraq War.
Matthew’s picks [...]
Posted in Minneapolis, analysis, bridge, catastrophe, midwest living, news, politics, public relations, war on August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s approval rating has skyrocketed recently. Why? In the aftermath of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis that killed 13 people, his face, name and voice have saturated the media. The Republican, now twice elected as governor, has stepped up, admitting some of his own short-sighted thinking about passing legislation that would [...]
Posted in DVD, Minneapolis, analysis, celebrities, favorites, movies, war on August 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In a recent informal survey conducted by Minneapolis radio station KFAN AM-1130, listeners were asked to cast their vote for who they viewed as the bigger bad ass. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, who has starred in three Bourne movies in the past six years), or James Bond (roll them all up into one Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, [...]
Posted in Minneapolis, analysis, bridge, catastrophe, politics, tragedy on August 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our President Bush visited Minneapolis on Saturday. His objective was to see, first-hand, the I35 bridge that collapsed near downtown Minneapolis last Wednesday. He met with the Governor Tim Pawlenty, Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybeck (whom I’ve met on a couple of occasions and truly like), and other government leaders and state officials. He also toured [...]
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