You Make It Real – James Morrison

Tonight it’s David Gray performing at The Orpheum in Minneapolis. And I’ll write a short review post on his show tomorrow.
But this song deserves a little blog time. James Morrison seems to have a very Gavin DeGraw quality to his voice and there are a good number of tracks on his CD, “Songs for you, [...]

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Putting the “S” in Switzerland

I’ve spent the past six days in Switzerland.
After landing in Geneva and taking the train to Tolochenaz (where Audrey Hepburn lived for many years and where Phil Collins lives today), I integrated myself into my work and the role I was asked to do. Our International media day event was a big success.  But beyond [...]

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Nature Valley Grand Prix Rocks, Rolls

This year’s Minnesota Bicycle Festival featuring the Nature Valley Grand Prix started under clouds of drizzle on Wednesday morning, June 10. But riders refused to let wet weather dampen their objective: to reach the podium on Day One of the five-day, six-stage race.
Gold medal Olympian, Kristin Armstrong lived up to all early expectations as she [...]

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E tan e epi tas

My 18-year-old daughter, a senior at Maple Grove Senior High School, graduates on June 7. In a few weeks, wings will spread and she’ll transition from a child student to an adult preparing for the start of her college experience. Wow. Where did THAT time go?
Several years ago, in her Freshman year, she spoke to [...]

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I Love Birthday Cake

Actually, I love the frosting on cake. But since it’s my 44th birthday today, I especially love birthday cake.

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Death of The Republican Party

The Reps dove in the grave not with one toe, but head first.  Christopher Buckley says the party is dead in this blog post (click here).
Buckley also shares this fantastic joke:
Question: How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: Three. One to mix the martinis, one to change the light bulb, and [...]

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The Informers

Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder star in this set-in-LA movie about greed, sex, rock and roll and “the industry.” The screenplay, by Brett Ellis, highlights the continuum of those on the pinnacle of success with those in the far corners of darkness and anonymity.

I want to see [...]

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Holiday Weekend

It’s a Friday before the big holiday weekend. You know, the weekend-before-taxes-are-due holiday. The one in which most Christian-thinking types celebrate by sitting in a church pew then racing home to roast a huge-ass ham and stuff spit-shined kids’ faces with scalloped potatoes before they run back to their video games. And we wonder why [...]

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Trail Ride

As March comes to a quick close, there’s very little to complain about.
Today we ventured out on a Dakota Country regional bike path and the masses of people we shared the trail with made the obvious quite clear – spring is here at last.
The Lucky 13 Pub in Mendota, just adjacent to the bike path [...]

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Let’s Get Social

I sat through a lunch and learn meeting on social media yesterday. A co-worker launching a new social networking site – one of the first this company has ever considered – partnered up with a social media expert from another Fortune 500 company across town that leads the market in a number of food categories. [...]

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