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Showing posts with label minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minnesota. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Uncertainty

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With far too much of the world gripped in a panic induced by a pandemic, I've been contemplating how poorly the vast majority of humans ...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

38 Degrees Below Zero

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The title says it all, we hit –38 F overnight with windchill taking it down another ten degrees below the base temperature. I thought thirty...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Okay, Enough with this Winter!

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This is only a short rant/documentation about the latest winter storm to hit here in Minnesota. An entire weekend gone to freezing rain, sle...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

President Elect Donald Trump and Other Post Election Thoughts

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Well, Tuesday was some night for many of us and unfortunately for me, I overdid things making the upper respiratory infection that was nearl...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Yucatan Floods 2016 Edition

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Torrential rain and over saturated soil combined to cause more flooding in the SE Minnesota area with Yucatan Valley being no exception. We ...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

July is Already Ending?!

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It has been well over a month since my last post and time has not flown by, yet seems to have escaped me instead. Still haven’t even taken n...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Miller vs. Hagedorn: Round 2

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Things have once again gotten out of control on the GOP side in the run up to the 2014 elections. A primary to decide who the candidate is t...
Monday, September 09, 2013

A Dirty Atmosphere

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The time had come around to make the annual trip to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival this past Saturday. A somewhat smaller group went on ...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

One Week Later: Scars of the Flood

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A sunny July 1st provided an opportunity to get a close up look at two places in the Yucatan Valley heavily damaged by the flooding on June ...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Turkey Day in March

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Hey, if you can have Christmas in July events this should be allowable, right? Anyway, this was the scene outside the house during the snow ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Dry in the Breadbasket

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Forget about the fluctuating temperatures this winter because there is something more problematic going on with the weather. There is a seri...
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Monday, November 05, 2012

The Other 2012 Races

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Like most political junkies, the Presidential race is the main focus for me, especially given what is on the line this time out. But there a...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Walz vs. Quist University of Minnesota, Mankato Debate

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Time to see how the third debate goes between the Minnesota Congressional District 1 candidates Allen Quist (R) and Tim Walz (D) goes. I mis...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Hokey Smoke!

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While finishing up the Beowulf review tonight, I heard a loud impact on the air conditioner. Sometimes a panicked cat will jump up there, s...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Walz vs. Quist: Rochester Chamber of Commerce Debate

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Twenty-five minutes in and it is obvious the two men cannot stand each other. What surprised me is that Republican Alan Quist managed to get...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Another Day at the Polls, Another Fiasco for the MNGOP

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Ron Paul’s libertarians have struck another blow on behalf of losing to Democrats. Yesterday, an incredibly low turnout of 3% of voters part...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Why I Support Mike Parry for Congress in MN CD-1

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Ever since Gil Gutknecht lost to Tim Walz in 2006, the GOP candidacies have been hamstrung by internal strife amongst the party activists. B...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Fly Like an Eagle

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Living out in the countryside has many benefits with one of the more interesting ones being the variety of wildlife that inhabit the area. ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Slow Death of the Minnesota GOP Isn’t So Slow Now

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Back when I was in the leadership of the Houston County Republicans, I used to lock horns with the state organization and quickly learned th...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Redistricting Thoughts

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No, this is not about censorship or anything Orwellian. Instead it is about political redistricting in my corner of Minnesota. Tuesday after...