December 31, 2008 – 9:00 am
Hope y’all have a very happy (and safe!) New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I’ll be incommunicado for today and tomorrow, celebrating my 35th wedding anniversary with my sweetie.
The Triumvirate will be back with some good stuff early next year.
December 24, 2008 – 6:39 am
In a panic for last minute gifts? I’m sure one of Northfield’s three downtown booksellers (Bookfellows, Monkey See Monkey Read, River City Books) can find one or both of these books for you today.
Most bibliophiles know A.J. Jacobs by his current best-seller, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible [...]
December 17, 2008 – 8:55 pm
One of my kids’ favorite books when they were little was the The Berenstain Bears & the Spooky Old Tree. So they always loved to climb/hide inside the spooky old tree in Carleton’s lower Arb.
Left: I’m not sure when the tree fell over but this is a photo from 2004. [...]
December 17, 2008 – 6:18 am
I took these photos last night of two, um, gender-neutral snow figures locked in a non-Platonic embrace.
How does one describe such a scene?
“Snowmen kissing” presents obvious problems, especially for something sitting in the front yard of the president of St. Olaf’s house.
December 10, 2008 – 12:26 pm
This man can screw in a light bulb one-handed at the top of a step ladder.
He can also withstand significant G-forces in an astronaut suit.
(Details here.)
How does he train for such feats?
November 28, 2008 – 8:33 am
On Wed. morning, Chris Ash alerted us to the takedown of some gigantic trees adjacent to his house. H&H Tree Service in Dundas took down the two big cottonwoods with the help of a crane sub-contractor. Here’s the email from Chris:
Lisa and I live at 417 Union (5th and Union), if you get [...]
November 12, 2008 – 11:48 pm
At Monday’s meeting of the Rice County Board, commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of locating a new Rice County Court Annex in Northfield. Rice County Administrator Gerry Wieirs made the recommendation to the Board in 13-page report (PDF) in which he cited a consultant’s study that a large percentage of the increase in lawsuits [...]
November 10, 2008 – 8:07 am
Walk along the north side of the 5th St. bridge and look carefully at the sidewalk. Yes, I was victimized.
November 3, 2008 – 6:56 am
Complete details at “Obama’s Loss Traced to Griff Wigley”
November 2, 2008 – 8:22 pm
Susan Hvistendahl alerted me to the Froggy Bottoms’ Halloween photos page. Here’s a glimpse of three characters who shall remain nameless:
November 2, 2008 – 7:51 am
Cannon Valley Vet Clinic staff and residents were appropriately costumed on Friday.
October 29, 2008 – 6:04 am
I was the recipient of this birthday e-card a month ago — from one of my loving offspring who, ironically enough, was the hardest to potty train.
“Someecards is not intended for use by people under 18 years of age.”
October 13, 2008 – 7:59 am
I’m one of the many people in Northfield who A) spends most of my day on a computer and B) spends a decent chunk of that time in public spaces with wi-fi access (coffeehouses and pubs).
I’m increasingly irritated by my fellow laptop jockeys who use their cell phones or their VOIP service within earshot of [...]
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