In toney Eden Prairie, Minnesota, high school students have been busted. Busted by dozens of photos they or their friends have posted on their profile pages found on social networking pages like Facebook (see the previous post about this story as it broke on Jan. 9).
So far, 42 students have been disciplined and 13 have [...]
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In a room filled with 30- to 40-something adults, if a facilitator said, “Who here comes from a dysfunctional family?” how many hands would shoot up?
All of them.
It’s no joke. While I’m sure “Dr. Phil” might spout off some dumb-ass Texas cliche about dysfunctional families, the bottom line is, all of us hail from dysfunction. [...]
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Posted in children, daughters, family, tagged birthdays on January 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s January 5, and this early in the year, every day is still a great day.
But today is special. It’s been this way for 17 years. At 4:30 in the afternoon on Jan. 5, 1991 my daughter came into the world. She’s my first born and I continue to be ecstatic that she’s in my [...]
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I’m not talking about silicone breast implants. Although I have an opinion on them. What I am blogging about is the conundrum of real versus artificial Christmas trees.
Each have their advantages.
Real trees smell wonderful when freshly cut.
Artificial trees don’t prick you to death when you’re stringing on the lights. In fact, the latest of [...]
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Like the old oak tree that’s lived a long and healthy life, my Mom turns 87 on Sunday. Since she and Dad divorced in 1984, Mom has lived “down home,” not far from where she grew up as a kid. She’s been surrounded by her brothers and sisters in her senior years. Family means the [...]
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Yet another first day of school is in the books. Both kids started back on September 4: One in 7th grade (first year of junior high), and one now a junior in high school. They scrambled to tell me how their first days went and I listened, congratulated them and patted them on the backs [...]
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Posted in children, culture, fair, family, food, humor, life, midwest living, parenting, recreation, relationships, writing on August 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Great Minnesota Get Together starts on Thursday and runs through Sept. 3. This year I’ll find myself at the fair. Last time I strolled the Fairgrounds along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul was 2005 and my head wasn’t in the game, so to speak. I’ve always liked a good fair. The sights and sounds [...]
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Posted in celebrities, children, community, culture, family, life, music, rap music, relationships, television on August 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
CBS’s “60-Minutes” reran a story that first aired last April. The topic: Snitchin’. Or shall I say, the topic is really about how impressionable kids in some cultures throughout America are readily adopting a philosophy that says refusing to help police authorities solve crimes of any kind is cool.
The scariest segment of the show was [...]
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Posted in Minneapolis, alternative music, books, bridge, catastrophe, family, humor, life, midwest living, music, relationships, religion, thinking, tragedy, writing on August 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
On Thursday nights in my city, in the downtown shopping district, live music can be heard while venturing to and from all the big box chain stores. We were there last night, my son, daughter and myself, back-to-school-shopping at American Eagle. On the way to the store, I had to stop and listen to a [...]
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Humans! We’re tough nuts to crack.
I suppose that’s why the psychology/psychiatry field is a multi-billion dollar industry. On the upside of life, however, we each choose how to live our lives. Some get in line behind the Jim Joneses of the world and drink the kool aid unquestioningly. It happens. With the bandwidth of the [...]
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