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Getting Involved

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By the time you read this I likely will have already made a strongly worded statement to the local city council about comments they made during their budget workshop.  This will be the second time I will have addressed the council during the public section of the meeting. While national politics are certainly important, many decisions that impact you each… Read more »

Thank God for Football

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The national news is rough right now. What’s happening in Minnesota is illegal, unconstitutional, unethical—and really scary. I do take some comfort in watching people stand up for what’s right, but sometimes the healthiest thing I can do is step away from the constant stream of headlines for my own sanity. Enter: the NFL playoffs. Few things can hold my… Read more »

Chocolate Covered Anything Day

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Tis the season for all kinds of treats, so it makes all the sense in the world that this holiday comes now.  It’s Chocolate Covered Anything Day! Certainly there are all kinds of cookies and candies that fall into this category, but maybe you want to think outside the box?  Maybe chocolate covered bacon or crickets sound good to you? … Read more »

In Defense of the Marching Band

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The marching band is a running joke.  It’s supposedly where the freaks, geeks, and other assorted losers hang out.   Mention it and you’ll likely get NSWF quotes from the American Pie movie series. Full disclosure- I didn’t march myself when I was a kid.  My high school band director hated marching when he was a kid and swore he wouldn’t… Read more »

Dictionary Day

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Today is a wordy one- it’s Dictionary Day! One might think in the era of Google dictionaries are irrelevant.  But you would be wrong. They are the best and most reliable source of the history of a language. They document the changes in a language.  Did you know on average there are 1000 new words added to dictionaries every year?… Read more »