Monthly Archives: February 2011
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-27
I love maps. New maps: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/, or old maps: http://www.euratlas.com/ # & hockey maps (Minnesota is #1 MT @Richard_Florida The United States of Hockey – NYT – http://nyti.ms/eEdphb # Really getting into DBT's GoGo Boots. Muscle Shoals was good for … Continue reading
Never Surrender Or Retreat
“To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World“: Fellow citizens and compatriots; I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours … Continue reading
Presidents Day Thoughts on the Failure of Politics
I try to avoid getting too political on this blog, although this month with my tributes to President Reagan’s 100th birthday it might not seem that way. Politics inevitably invades all human endeavors. It starts when we are young—watch groups … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20
That opening guitar line alone breaks my heart. -Rodney Crowell "I Know Love is All I Need" http://rodneycrowell.com/ #nodepression # Hey, Bozeman! Rodney Crowell @countrybooks this afternoon is "free and open to the public". God I miss Montana… # New … Continue reading
Food Check-Out Week Benefits Local Food Shelf, and many others
The Cottonwood County, Minnesota, Farm Bureau is teaming up with the local Hy-Vee grocery store in Windom, MN, for a bit of food fun benefiting the local food shelf. The Cottonwood County Citizen reports: At 10 a.m. [Monday], teams from … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
Oh, man, I never realized how bad #blackeyedpeas suck. #fail #superbowl # @BandofHeathens Slash's guitar is the highlight of the half-time show! # Was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction, like a mass short-out putting the frist on #blackeyedpeas light-bright flash … Continue reading
Drive By Truckers: Go Go Boots
[v=kvJ-lWOZMYg] Roots rock band Drive-By Truckers drops their new album Go-Go Boots next week (release 14.2.11 U.K.; 2/15/11 U.S.) just in time for Valentine’s Day. They have posted a series of videos on Youtube ahead of the event. As usual, … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2011-02-06
Authors rewrite the book on self-publishing | StarTribune.com http://t.co/WZdIK1B Don't remember last time I was inside a bookstore. 🙁 # Finalists for Minnesota Book Awards announced – TwinCities.com http://bit.ly/gOc1is # Quit Whining, Start Writing | writersblock http://bit.ly/eaFijU Tips from the … Continue reading
The Reagan I Knew isn't the Reagan You Knew
I am not a fan of biography. Auto-biography is by definition a biased view and other-biography can never be entirely complete. I’m a map guy, a history guy, a “just the facts, ma’m” kinda Joe Friday guy. In my world … Continue reading
On Reagan on HBO
Ronald Reagan is getting the HBO treatment for his 100th birthday. Eugene Jarecki‘s new documentary “Reagan” debuts on HBO Monday night (7 Feb 2011). The Wall Street Journal is hopeful, asking “Can HBO Get ‘Reagan’ Right?” Fox News suggests that … Continue reading
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