[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsjZWlRVvo] Happy Valentine’s Day
Alison and Robert Sand the Grammys
Last year I was Grumpy about the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. I can’t be grumpy this year. My gal Alison Krauss cleaned up. Producer T-Bone Burnett worked his magic on her duet album with Robert Plant, Raising Sand [ Rounder]. Record of the Year Album of the Year Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals Best Country […]
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was one of my first heroes. Growing up in the rural Midwest, he was a man of my people. As a young conservative, he was the founding father of the Republican Party. As an American, he was the man my ancestors fought for—the man who saved the Union. Get the books, and read and study […]
Your bias for dealing with change
Speaking of Change… there are three schools of thought on handling this economic “sea of change”… The academic approach will struggle to apply logic to the circumstance and forecast the end (Confusionism). The creative and/or artistic approach seeks to make peace with the current situation, waiting patiently for resolution (Buddhism). Or finally, the pragmatist will […]
MPR Valentine
A Valentine’s poem for the Minnesota man by Peter Smith, Minnesota Public Radio A Minnesota Valentine How do I love thee? Let me count the ways In Minnesota this time of year, practicality pays. I love thee for thy calories converted to heat, In the night, bun to bun, under the sheets. Never mind lingerie. […]
Tell us about your broadband access
Two broadband ISPs serve my home in a small town in Southwest Minnesota, Frontier Communications and Mediacom, apparently at Broadband Tier 2 with potential residential download speeds of 1.5 to 3 Mbps and uploads (1st Generation Data) at 200 kbps to 768 kbps . So says a new project here in Minnesota. Connect Minnesota, a non-profit subsidiary […]
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work—work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. If we look […]
Census of Agriculture 2007
The 2007 Census of Agriculture was released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS). While I was at Kiwanis for lunch. So much for this afternoon’s productivity! “The number of farms in the United States has grown 4 percent and the operators of those farms have become more diverse in […]
The Day The Music Died
Today is the 50th anniversary of The Day The Music Died. On 3 February 1959, in a field outside Clear Lake, Iowa, a small plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, crashed and killed everyone on board, including pilot Richard Peterson. As we all know, Waylon Jennings gave up his […]
Tatterific—My Favorite SuperBowl Ad
Actually watched the Super Bowl this year. I liked the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head ad, Taters, the best. Only problem being, I don’t remember who the sponsor of the ad is…